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  • Deadline approaching for adding numbers to Wisconsin no-call list

    Madison - The quarterly deadline to place a telephone number on Wisconsin's no-call list is approaching. The deadline to be added to the list is May 31. Any number put on the list then will be protected from unwanted phone solicitations and text messages starting July 1. Registrations are good for two years, and people can re-register their numbers at any time. The list is updated four ...

  • DNR lifts burning ban

    Madison - The state Department of Natural Resources has lifted a statewide burning ban. The DNR temporarily suspended all burning permits on Wednesday because low humidity, windy conditions and high temperatures had created conditions ripe for fires and dozens of fire departments were already committed to battling a massive wildfire in Douglas County. DNR fire officials said they lifted the ...

  • Wisconsin Marine reunited with dog pal from days in Afghanistan

    Des Moines, Iowa - When Marine Sgt. Ross Gundlach served as a dog handler in Afghanistan, he told the yellow lab who was his constant companion that he'd look her up when he returned home. "I promised her if we made it out of alive, I'd do whatever it took to find her," Gundlach said. On Friday, he made good on that vow with help from some sentimental state officials in ...

  • Madison officers shoot 43-year-old man with sword

    Dane County Sheriff's Lt. Charles Immel says Madison police were called to the man's condo building after sheriff's deputies were unsuccessful in serving the man with an eviction notice Friday morning. The man was believed to be armed with knives and a ...

  • Ladies You Can Resume Hanging Your Bras at Milwaukee’s Holler House

    There’s a tradition at a Milwaukee tavern/two-lane bowling alley called the Holler House where first-time female patrons remove their bra, sign it, and hang them from the rafters, which sounds like something I would support wholeheartedly. Apparently, others do too, because according to Marcy Skowronski, the 87-year-old owner of the establishment, the tradition has been going on from ...

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Cop Out

Cop Out

Its no secret that Kevin Smith has been trying to reboot the Fletch franchise for the better part of the past decade, and the fact that Cop Out features a suspiciously similar synth score by Fletch composer Harold Faltermeyer and ends with Stephanie Mills Bit by Bit (Theme Fr ... ...

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  • Three Madison police officers on leave after shooting armed man

    MADISON - Three Madison police are on leave after a Madison man dies in a standoff Friday night. WISC reports police were called to the scene on Rockefeller Lane when a man barricaded himself inside his home after deputies tried to serve him an eviction notice. The man allegedly charged at police with a large sword twice That's when the officers shot and killed ...

  • Car crashes and catches fire in Racine

    RACINE - Authorities in Racine are investigating after a car hits a pole and catches fire. It happened around 3:30 a.m. at MLK Drive near Kewaunee. The two people in the car reported shots fired at them. The driver was taken to the hospital and the passenger was treated at the ...

  • Group seeks volunteers to plant 500 gardens in Milwaukee

    MILWAUKEE (AP) -- The Victory Garden Initiative is seeking volunteers to plant 500 vegetable gardens in Milwaukee this month. The nonprofit is named for efforts during World War I and II to have people grow food to support the war effort. It encourages people to plant gardens now as a way to improve nutrition and quality of life. Director Gretchen Mead says the goal is to make sure everyone ...

  • Is it better to buy your Powerball ticket in a small town

    Tonight's powerball jackpot is $600 million. That's the biggest powerball jackpot ever. You can increase your chance of winning big by thinking small. TMJ4's Steve Chamraz ...

  • Man trying to commit a robbery is shot and killed

    MILWAUKEE - Police in Milwaukee are investigating what appears to be an attempted robbery that happened Friday shortly before midnight. An 18-year-old man was shot and killed while trying to commit the robbery near North 23rd Street and West Keefe Avenue. The alleged shooter remained on scene and cooperated with the investigation. Police are not looking for other suspects at this ...

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