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  • Brewers Lohse has rough fourth inning

    Kyle Lohse on the mound, Aramis Ramirez out of the lineup and the St. Louis Cardinals with another big inning. It all added up to yet another setback for the Brewers to their rival at Busch Stadium on Sunday afternoon, 4-2. The Cardinals got to their former teammate Lohse for four two-out runs on six hits – five of them singles – in the fourth inning while the Brewers’ ...

  • State takes over Madison police shooting case

    MADISON -- The Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigation has taken over the investigation of the shooting death in Madison of a man who allegedly charged police officers with a sword. The Dane County Medical Examiner identifies him as 43-year-old Brent E. Bozek. The Wisconsin State Journal reports Bozek was shot Friday night after a day-long standoff that began when officers attempted to ...

  • Severe thunderstorm warning issued for Madison area

    The National Weather Service in Sullivan has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the Madison area until 3:45 p.m. Sunday. The area within the warning includes southeastern Columbia County, Dane County, southern Dodge County, Green County, northwestern Jefferson County and northwestern Rock County. A severe storm was reported at 2:44 p.m. near the Monroe Airport and was moving northeast ...

  • Black flies at Wis. refuge plague whooping cranes

    MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Experts say a swarm of black flies appears to be the best explanation for why endangered whooping cranes are abandoning their nests at a Wisconsin wildlife ...

  • PolitiFact Testing Barrett claim on report on residency requirement

    PolitiFact Wisconsin : Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett says a state report projects that "approximately half" of public employees would live outside municipal boundaries after a decade if the state bans local residency ...

Movie Review

The Debt

The Debt

A remake of a little-seen 2007 Israeli thriller, John Maddens The Debt is a cagey examination of the slippery nature of truth and the manner in which recorded history can distract us from the reality of what has actually happened. The story centers on three young Mossad agents who are sent ... ...

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  • Wisconsin has 2 $1 million Powerball winners

    The sole winning ticket for the $590.5 million jackpot was sold in Florida. But the Wisconsin Lottery says $1 million tickets were sold in Antigo and ...

  • Milwaukee Public Museum to feature poop exhibit

    An exhibit traveling to the Milwaukee Public Museum this fall concentrates on something few like to talk in depth about: poop. The exhibit is called "Scoop on Poop" and it's based on a popular children's book by the same name. It gives visitors an idea of what poop is and how animals and humans use it. It features artifacts, models and interactive exhibits. Visitors can ...

  • Operation Drive Sober initiative results in 12 arrests

    MILWAUKEE- A weekend drunk driving intiative in Milwaukee county results in 12 arrests. The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department says the average PAC of the offenders was 0.16. Two of the people arrested were repeat offenders. The aggressive Driving Under the Influence initiative began Friday night and ended early this morning. Since January 2010, Operation Drive Sober has resulted in ...

  • Green Bay marathon held under ideal conditions

    Green Bay Press-Gazette . Eliud Ngetich of New York won the men's marathon in about 2 hours 18 minutes, the newspaper reported, and Lauren Kleppin, a Milwaukee native who now lives in California, won the women's marathon in 2:47.21. Module type name is JSO Mod-Script ...

  • Combat team - dog Wisconsin Marine - reunited

    Marine Sgt. Ross Gundlach of Madison is reunited with Casey, a 4-year-old yellow Lab he worked with while deployed in Afghanistan, in a surprise ceremony Friday at the Iowa Capitol in Des ...

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