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  • Big welcome planned today for Donald Driver in Grafton

    GRAFTON - People in Grafton are planning the royal treatment for Donald Driver today. The Packers' legend is visiting John Long Middle School. The school won the visit after collecting more than 70,000 items for Goodwill. Donald will see his welcome long before he gets to the school. "We have parents that are staked along his route, the high school is along the route and another ...

  • Pope famous athletes musicians and others tweet thoughts about Oklahoma tornado

    I am close to the families of all who died in the Oklahoma tornado, especially those who lost young children. Join me in praying for them. - Pope Francis ...

  • Crews douse blaze at Sauk City hardware store

    Sauk City -- Firefighters from more than a dozen departments helped Sauk City put out a fire in a building that houses a hardware, small engine and tire store. Investigators will be looking for the cause of the three-alarm fire that started late Monday and burned into the early morning hours Tuesday. Module type name is JSO Mod-Script ...

  • GOP measure seeks to limit local recall elections

    Madison-- It would be harder to recall a local Wisconsin elected official from office under a proposal up for a hearing before a legislative committee. The Republican-sponsored bill is up for a hearing Tuesday before the Assembly's Committee on Campaigns and Elections. It would require anyone who petitions to recall a city, village, town, town sanitary district, or school district official ...

  • Panel to consider Scott Walker proposal for high-deductible health plans

    Madison -- Government workers in Wisconsin would have to be offered a high-deductible health insurance plan with a health savings account under a proposal to be voted on Tuesday. The provision included in Gov. Scott Walker's budget is up for consideration before the Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee. It calls for creating the new health insurance option for state and local ...

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Capitalism: A Love Story

Capitalism: A Love Story

It should be clear by the subject of his latest documentary, which is nothing less than the very bedrock foundation of the United States and much of the Western worlds economic system, that rabble-rousing documentarian Michael Moore has not mellowed in the slightest. However, in our brave ... ...

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  • Milwaukee area morning freeway traffic alerts road conditions travel times

    Expect cloudy skies and some rain today with temperatures in the 70s. For the latest Milwaukee-area freeway travel times, traffic alerts, road conditions and more, visit our traffic page ...

  • Police worried high school game could turn deadly

    BROOKFIELD - Teenagers with guns have been running around naked and breaking into homes. They say it's just a game, but police aren't playing around. The game is called assassin or paranoia. It started out with high school students shooting each other with Nerf guns. Now, the game has added public nudity and breaking and entering to the rules. Police say they are breaking the law. ...

  • Protecting police while they protect us

    Law enforcement officers drive, run license plates and stay alert all at the same time. But there's new technology designed to protect police while they protect ...

  • Prosecution Wis. trial is not about raw milk

    BARABOO, Wis. (AP) -- Prosecutors say the licensing trial of a Wisconsin dairy farmer is not about raw milk, although his supporters say it is. Jurors heard opening statements Monday in the trial of Loganville farmer Vernon Hershberger. Hershberger is charged with distributing milk from his dairy farm without a milk producer's license, operating a retail food establishment and dairy plant ...

  • TODAYS TMJ4 meteorologist to provide live reports from deadly tornado

    MILWAUKEE - TODAY'S TMJ4 Meteorologist Brian Gotter is headed to Moore, Okla., an area hit hard by Monday's tornado. Gotter is no stranger to that area of Oklahoma. He and his family moved to the Sooner State his senior year in high school, then he attended the University of Oklahoma to get his degree in meteorology. The university is in Norman, Oklahoma, ten minutes away from Moore. ...

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