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  • Wis. farmers firefighters partner on hazards maps

    To help rescuers reach people quickly and safely, a handful of Wisconsin farmers - Ortner included - have been working with researchers and firefighters on an online program that maps farm hazards. The recently completed pilot project built upon earlier work done with paper maps, and researchers at the National Farm Medicine Center hope the project can expand, with the online program eventually ...

  • Milwaukee gun sting expected to surface in ATF hearing

    bungled ATF sting in Milwaukee . The Milwaukee case, known as Operation Fearless, is expected to be one of the issues to come up at the hearing, according to the aide. The ATF has been without a permanent director since 2006 ...

  • Chief Edward Flynn blasts Scott Walker Legislature

    Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn says the legislature is hurting the city and ultimatelys the state with proposed bills about residency and funding for public safety ...

  • Brian Wardle to retain UW-Green Bay coaching post

    accused Wardle last month of using abusive language. Bross told the Green Bay Press-Gazette at the time that Wardle used vulgar, demeaning language toward him during a workout in which he lost control of his bowels and that Wardle continued to ridicule him about the incident during the season. Bross, a 7-foot-1 walk-on rising freshman, is leaving UWGB for Concordia University in Mequon. Wardle, ...

  • Wash. gov declares state of emergency for bridge

    MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) -- Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has declared a state of emergency in three counties around a collapsed Interstate 5 bridge. Inslee said in his proclamation Friday that the bridge collapse has caused extensive disruption, impacting the citizens and economy in Skagit, Snohomish and Whatcom Counties. The governor is instructing the emergency management division of the ...

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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert [DVD]

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert [DVD]

When Stephan Elliott's The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert became a surprise international hit in 1994, it marked the high point of the mainstream breakthrough of what critic B. Ruby Rich had dubbed The New Queer Cinema, a trend of political ... ...

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  • The Maino Project Local wrestler in WWE

    GREEN BAY - Pro wrestling, what is that sport really like? You have the good guys, you have the villains, but what about outside the ring? Well you might be suprised to find out they're actually pretty normal guys, like one former local resident, who made it pretty big in the world of wrestling. During his days at Two Rivers Washington High School, Ken Anderson found a way to make his ...

  • Could Wisconsin see a bridge collapse

    , 1,157 of the 14,057 bridges in Wisconsin are considered structurally deficient. That is 8.2 percent. Out of those 14,057 bridges, 779 (or 5.5 percent) are considered functionally obsolete. ASCE also reports that Wisconsin received $18.3 million from the Federal Highway Bridge Fund in ...

  • Woman guilty in stealing from Fontana business

    A Walworth County jury has convicted a former Sawyer County woman of receiving money her friend embezzled by writing checks forged from a Fontana business for more than a ...

  • Out of control woman kicks police sergeant in face

    the State Journal reports . Eliza Kulp, 19, of Blue River, was charged with battery to an officer, disorderly conduct, criminal damage to property, underage drinking and a probation violation, according to a news release from the Grant County Sheriff's Department. Authorities responded to a home in Boscobel after getting a call about a woman out of control. "She had become ...

  • Most in Milwaukee-area delegation voted to end Scouts gay ban

    gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders , a fiercely contested compromise that some warned could fracture the organization and lead to mass defections of members and ...

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