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  • After Mattingly criticism Dodgers top Brewers 9-2

    Dodgers manager Don Mattingly criticized his team and benched All-Star right fielder Andre Ethier, then watched Los Angeles beat the Milwaukee Brewers 9-2 ...

  • Fond du Lac child among victims of Oklahoma tornado

    MOORE - A child from Fond du Lac is among those dead in Monday's tornado outside Oklahoma City. Cody Holyoke has the full story at 5 ...

  • Packers sign rookie WR Alex Gillett

    Packers General Manger Ted Thompson is all smiles after The Green Bay Packers pick Datone Jones , DE, UCLA as their first pick in the NFL draft. Photos taken Thursday, April 25, 2013 Journal Sentinel photo by RICK WOOD/ ...

  • 4 Americans killed since 2009 in US drone strikes

    FILE - In this May 15, 2013, file photo, Attorney General Eric Holder gestures while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. Four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009, Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Holder said that in conducting U.S. counterterrorism operations against al-Qaida and its associated forces, the government has targeted and ...

  • Lockdown lifted at two Mayville schools

    Mayville Middle School and Mayville High School are being released from lockdowns that started Wednesday afternoon, city police said, though the cause wasn't identified. Channel 12 News ...

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Mr. Deeds

Woe to poor Adam Sandler. Stuck in what appears to be a cinematic perpetual motion machine, he continues to show up year after year in dim-witted comedies organized around his increasingly unfunny presence. In his latest project, Mr. Deeds, Sandler once again offers ample proof of his limited range in portraying the titular hero by combining the boyish innocence of his character from Th ... ...

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  • BYO Burger expands into Mahtomedi eyes Wisconsin

    < 200){ requestedWidth = 200; } BYO Burger, which opened this past winter on Robert Street in West St. Paul, is already expanding. The fast-casual burger joint (BYO stands for Build Your Own) opened a second location in the old Zantigo at 961 Wildwood Road, Mahtomedi. The West St. Paul restaurant is also a former Zantigo. There are plans for a third location near Interstate 94 and ...

  • Mayville Middle School High School on lockdown after reports of an armed person

    MAYVILLE - Mayville Middle School and High School are both on lockdown after reports of an "armed person" with in the neighborhood. Dr. Patricia Antony, superintendent of the Mayville School District, has confirmed that Mayville High School and Middle School have been locked down, due to reports of an armed person in the neighborhood. No one was reported inside either ...

  • Gov. Walker to court Iowans stoking 2016 talk

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is gearing up for re-election next year. But the Republican's actions suggest he might be seeking a much bigger prize -- the presidency in 2016. Walker is courting outside-the-state donors and conservatives. This week, he plans to talk to Republicans in Iowa, which traditionally holds the nation's first presidential caucus. He's ...

  • Boy achieves family dream with geography bee win

    The games paid off when Karthik, now 15, made the finals of the National Geographic Bee in 2011 and 2012. But it was 12-year-old Sathwik, of Plainville, Mass., who finished the job, calmly answering questions about obscure island chains, bodies of water, global trade and culture to win the 25th annual geography bee ...

  • Con-way Freight to Build Facility in Wisconsin

    will build a new, 96-door freight service center in Fond du Lac, Wis.The $8 million, 47,000 square foot facility will serve as the local hub from which the less-than-truckload trucking company will provide daily local freight pickup and delivery services connecting the greater Fond du Lac metropolitan area with one-, two- and three-day service points ...

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