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  • Brewers try to bounce back against Astros without Braun Aoki

    Milwaukee Brewers Rickie Weeks (23) hits the third out in the bottom of the 8th stranding runners and the score tied 3-3 during the MLB baseball game between the Milwaukee Brewers and San Francisco Giants at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Wednesday, April 17, 2013 Journal Sentinel photo by RICK WOOD/ ...

  • School district fights state legislatures push to expand vouchers

    MEQUON - Shawn Osowski is a dad and plans to keep his kids in public schools, even if the state passes an expanded voucher program. "I’m pro public schools." Mequon-Thiensville School Superintendent Demond Means is making a last minute plea to lawmakers to reconsider expanding school vouchers. "This is bad government. This is not the way we should invest our ...

  • Tiny devices will allow U.S. to track common terns in Wisconsin

    Among a colony of common terns now nesting in northern Wisconsin are 15 birds whose tiny legs now sport the latest in technology. That will allow government officials to spy on 15 Wisconsin summer residents without their knowledge. Not that the birds care. But scientists are eager to learn where the endangered species travels before and after they land in Wisconsin to breed. Outfitted with ...

  • Milwaukee Brewers coverage on your smartphone

    Stay up to date on the Milwaukee Brewers wherever you are with "Milwaukee Baseball," the Journal Sentinel's new mobile site for smartphones. Just go to your phone's browser and type in the web ...

  • Native Mob member sentenced for murder

    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A member of a Native American gang has been sentenced to 43 years in federal prison for shooting and killing a fellow gang ...

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  • Unrest after Juneteenth celebration in Milwaukee

    MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee Police have taken at least four people into custody after an apparent fight a short distance from the end of the Juneteenth celebration in Milwaukee. It happened just after 5:30 p.m. Wednesday near the corner of North 4th and West Center Streets on Milwaukee's north side. Milwaukee Police officers wearing riot gear came to the scene. Chopper 4 video shows a large ...

  • Police search for owners of abused dogs

    An investigation is underway for a pending case of animal abuse. The Oshkosh Area Humane Society says the two dogs were dropped off on May 31, after a bad Craigslist adoption in Fond du ...

  • Proposed settlement continues to cover those who bought prepaid funerals

    under water since at least 2007 . The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is reviewing the fund's aggressive strategies. The fund, which is supposed to have $70 million on hand but actually has less than $50 million, had collected money from about 10,000 people who wanted to ensure that their funeral costs would be covered. Funeral directors who sold the investments have been honoring ...

  • Wis. Innocence Project helps inmate go free

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A Milwaukee man who won a new trial after being convicted of homicide and sentenced to a life term has instead reached a plea deal that made him a free man this ...

  • Potawatomi shooting suspect released from custody

    Shooting at Potawatomi Casino MILWAUKEE - TODAY'S TMJ4 has learned that the 27-year-old man arrested at the scene of the weekend shooting at Potawatomi Casino has been released from custody. A woman was wounded before other people wrestled the suspect to the ground. The Milwaukee County District Attorney's office said they are still investigating, and they still could file ...

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