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  • Ryan Braun and Aaron Rodgers will open 2nd Milwaukee-area restaurant

    October 18, 2012 Photographs from 8-twelve MVP Bar & Grill at 17800 W. Blue Mound Brookfield. Here the bar area, with Ryan Braun and and Aaron Rodgers Jerseys hanging framed above it. MICHAEL ...

  • Milwaukee Pug Fest attracts 1700 dogs

    The Milwaukee Bucks announced on Tuesday that center Samuel Dalembert will be suspended for one game without pay to a violation of team ...

  • Scott Walker proposes $50 fee for state workers who smoke

    Madison -- State workers who smoke would have to pay $50 more per month for health insurance under a proposal by Gov. Scott Walker. The Legislature's Joint Finance Committee planned to take up the issue Tuesday. The nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau estimates that the fee will generate $6 million over the next two years. Twelve other states currently impose similar fees, but ...

  • Late winters big chill drove 10 jump in heating costs

    A colder-than-normal winter pushed up winter heating costs from last year, even as the price of natural gas fell, according to the state's largest utility. We Energies released final statistics for the winter heating season that ended April 30, and they show a typical customer paid about $49 more than last winter for heat. But thanks to low natural gas prices, the bite of a colder winter ...

  • River Falls man dies after fall from party bus

    Ellsworth -- A River Falls man has died after falling out of the back of a party bus. Police say 23-year-old Joel Velure fell out of the back door of the bus on Saturday in Ellsworth and was pronounced dead at the scene. The bus is owned by Elijah Omweno and leased to Kilimanjaro. Omweno referred questions to his attorney, who did not immediately return a call Monday. The death remains under ...

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Hulk

Hulk

Ang Lees ambitious big-screen version of Hulk is much like the titular green behemoth himself: Grand in scale and purpose, it is a weighty, muscular adaptation of the popular comic book series, but its own bulk often gets in the way. At times elegant and other times clumsy, Hulk is frequently entertaining, but too often dour and humorless, the clear result of the filmmakers passiona ... ...

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  • Work requirement would reduce food stamp rolls

    Walker wants to require FoodShare recipients to spend at least 20 hours a week searching for work or participating in job training to keep their ...

  • Milwaukee bra ban overturned

    Holler House Tavern was decorated with hundreds of bras left by female patrons for nearly half a century, until a Milwaukee, Wisc., city inspector decided that the sartorial decor constituted a fire hazard. "We've had bras hanging here for 45 years. It's been a charm of the place," Holler House Tavern owner Marcy Skowronski, ...

  • Plan to address jail problems never put in place

    WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) -- Officials in Wisconsin say they had a plan to address problems at the Marathon County jail before two officers were injured during an attack there in March. But the plan was never put in place. Marathon County officials provided information about the plan last week to community members assigned to tackle problems at the jail in Wausau. Marathon County Administrator Brad ...

  • Man killed in ATV crash wore unsecured helmet

    WAOW reported . Lincoln County Sheriff's officials say Randy J. Romenesko was traveling eastbound on an ATV trail east of County Road B, when he lost control and crashed into a tree. Module type name is JSO Mod-Script ...

  • Powerball fever hits Milwaukee after $1M ticket sold

    MILWAUKEE - Who is it? Who's the newest millionaire in Milwaukee? A store on the city's east side sold a $1 million Powerball ticket. There was a lot of buzz Monday at the Pick 'n Save on East Garfield Avenue near North Humboldt Street. "It would have been nice (for me to win,)" said Sharon Gamm. "I called my sister in Antigo first because I knew ...

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