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Senator Taylor Says Committee Removal Was "Political Lynching"
The Milwaukee state senator removed from the Legislature's budget-writing committee is defending her record and the way she treated a former employee. Democrat Lena Taylor calls her loss of that seat ...
May 10, 2018
Thunderstorms Result In Tornado Reports In Southern Wisconsin
National Weather Service teams will be in the field investigating whether tornadoes actually touched down in at least two locations in southern and southeastern Wisconsin Wednesday. A trained weather ...
May 10, 2018
Convicted Killer Given 2 Life Sentences
A Milwaukee County judge has given a convicted killer two life sentences for shooting his landlord and roommate to death. Robert Tatum is going to prison with no possibility of parole. Judge Mark Sand...
May 10, 2018
Medical Helicopter Had Been Inspected The Day Before It Crashed
A preliminary report from the Federal Aviation Administration doesn't list a cause of last month's fatal crash of a medical helicopter in Oneida County. Pilot Rico Caruso, flight nurse Klint Mitchell,...
May 09, 2018
Milwaukee Committee Members Stunned By Rising Cost Of ACLU Lawsuit
The cost of settling a lawsuit over stop-and-frisk procedures used by Milwaukee police has topped six-million dollars. Members of the Common Council's Finance Committee took no action Tuesday for a se...
May 09, 2018
Altoona Third Grade Teacher Named Private School Teacher Of Year
An Altoona third grade teacher is the 2018 Private School Teacher of the Year. St. Mary's Elementary School honored Erika Galewski Tuesday at a special assembly. She is also one of 14 Kohl's Teacher F...
May 09, 2018
Madison Firefighters Rescue 2 From Rooftop
Madison firefighters used ladders to rescue two people from an apartment roof at about midnight Tuesday. Emergency responders were called to the eight-unit residential location. Three of the five peop...
May 09, 2018
La Crosse Police:  Robbers Apparently Traveling The Country
Evidence shows two robbers who hit a La Crosse business last month are apparently traveling all over. Two men entered the La Crosse Antique Center three weeks ago. While one distracted the clerk, the ...
May 09, 2018
People Walk Right By Traffic Crash, Don't Try To Help
Emergency responders in Milwaukee say they aren't surprised. Statistics show only one-in-five people will try to help someone in cardiac arrest. When a violent crash happened Tuesday, surveillance vid...
May 09, 2018
Over 1,000 Sign Up for WisCaregiver Careers
More than 1,000 people have signed up for the Department of Health Services (DHS) WisCaregiver Careers program, taking the first step toward becoming a certified nurse aide. This first-of-its-kind pro...
May 09, 2018