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Things Settle Down In Marshfield After Bomb Scare
Marshfield police say two fireworks-mortar shells taped to P-V-C pipe caused Thursday's bomb scare. Nobody was injured and there were no explosions. The device was found in the front yard of a home an...
Jan 12, 2018
2 Accused Arsonists Arrested In Wausau
Wausau police have arrested two men for allegedly setting a storage building near a high school on fire. Twenty-two-year-old William Ritchie and 19-year-old Jacob Kerswill are scheduled to make court ...
Jan 12, 2018
Ethics Commission: 1 In 7 Lobbyists May Not Be Registered
An audit released by the Wisconsin Ethics Commission suggests more than 14 percent of the lobbyists working at the state capitol may not be authorized. No names were released in the report. Any lobbyi...
Jan 12, 2018
Local Health Officials Concerned that Preteens are Not Protected against Certain Cancers
In Manitowoc County, only 38 percent of preteens and teens are being vaccinated against certain cancers. According to 2016 data from the Wisconsin Immunization Registry, only one third of Manitowoc Co...
Jan 12, 2018
Vacant Warehouse Becomes SkyWest Airlines Maintenance Base
A two-hangar complex at Mitchell International Airport will become one of 12 U-S maintenance bases for SkyWest Airlines. The property was previously used by Midwest Airlines, but has been sitting vaca...
Jan 12, 2018
Witnesses Say North Dakota Man Fired Shot In Dispute Over Bitcoins
Milwaukee police have arrested a 28-year-old North Dakota man who is accused of firing his gun inside a condominium during an argument over a bitcoin transaction. Jonathan Royce has pleaded not guilty...
Jan 12, 2018
MPSD asks for $3.5 Million in Spring Referendum
The Manitowoc Public School District will have a referendum question on the spring election ballot. Manitowoc Public School District Superintendent Mark Holzman explained saying, "This is the third an...
Jan 12, 2018
Wisconsin Man Found Mentally Unfit For Trial
An Illinois judge has decided to release an 80-year-old Wisconsin man to a secure living facility after he shot an Amtrak conductor. The DuPage County judge says he doubts Edward Klein of West Allis w...
Jan 12, 2018
Parking Garage Fall Leaves Man With Badly Broken Arm
When a Fond du Lac man decided to vault over a concrete barrier in a downtown Madison parking garage, he thought he would land on a surface at the same level. Instead, the 32-year-old fell several sto...
Jan 12, 2018
Teachers Earn National Certification
Two area teachers are among 126 Wisconsin Educators who earned a National Certification in 2017. They include Dannielle Arneson and Gary Kalk from the Howards Grove School District. There were an addi...
Jan 12, 2018