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Green Bay Child Finds Needle In Halloween Candy

Green Bay police say a child found a needle in a piece of Halloween candy collected during trick-or-treating. Television station W-B-A-Y reports that an 8-year-old girl was about to the eat a peanut b...

Police Probe Hit And Run Death, Deputies Investigate Truck Death

Authorities are investigating two of Wisconsin's latest traffic deaths focused a hit-and-run driver in Milwaukee, and a truck that started a fire near Athens in Marathon County. Police were still look...

Report: State Speaker Confronts Kasich On GOP Redistricting

State Assembly Speaker Robin Vos reportedly told John Kasich he was "betraying his party" by signing a legal brief against the Wisconsin G-O-P district maps targeted in the U-S Supreme Court's gerryma...

Pedestrian Killed In Superior

A pedestrian has died after being hit by a pickup truck in Superior. It happened about seven this (Thursday) morning on Highway 35 in the downtown area. Police say the walker was crossing the street a...

Day Two Of Obamacare Signups, Trump Keeps Trying To Chip Away

It's Day Two of the signups for next year's coverage from the Affordable Care Act. And President Donald Trump used Day One to try to keep chipping away at the ability of Obamacare recipients to find a...

Senate Panel Hears Testimony On Fetal Tissue Research Limits

A Wisconsin Senate committee is hearing testimony today (Thursday) on two Republican bills aimed at restricting fetal tissue research. The Senate judiciary panel is holding a public hearing which star...

Appleton Sex Offender to be Released

The Outagamie County Sex Offender Community Notification Core Team has notified the Appleton community that a convicted sex offender has been released. Jerome Lischer will be living at 1717 South Telu...

State Official Says Tax Ranking Is Best In 50 Years

Wisconsin's revenue secretary says the state's tax ranking is the best in 50 years. But Rick Chandler says he's always interested in new ways to make the tax climate better, after Assembly Republicans...

Man Acquitted In Killing Of Ex Girlfriend's Father

A northwest Wisconsin man has been cleared of allegations that he killed the father of his former girlfriend. A Rusk County jury deliberated for five hours this week before finding 27-year-old Thomas ...

Lawmakers Seek To Encourage New, More Buyers At Foreclosure Sales

A state Assembly Democrat asks colleagues to support two bills to discourage abuses at sheriff's sales where foreclosed homes are sold. Milwaukee Representative Evan Goyke (goy'kee) has proposed measu...