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Corrections Official Named Interim Leader At Lincoln Hills

The state's juvenile corrections administrator will serve as the interim superintendent at the embattled Lincoln Hills facility. John Paquin was named by Corrections' Secretary Jon Litscher to replace...

Anonymous Donor Saves Sturgeon Bay Granary

An anonymous donor offered $1.25 million to keep Sturgeon Bay's Granary building standing. The granary is in bad shape, and was ordered to be torn down by the Fire Department in the city due to struct...

Power Outage Shuts Down Green Bay Bridge

The Ray Nitschke Bridge in Green Bay was shut down yesterday due to a power outage. The bridge which is a part of Main Street, was preparing to lift to allow a cargo ship to pass, when the outage occu...

Manitowoc and Two Rivers Lead Problem

Lead testing completed by Manitowoc Public Utilities has found lead levels n some homes are above the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's action limit. Two Rivers tested their water and got a simil...

Walker White House Camp Distances Itself From Trump Dossier

Governor Scott Walker's 2015 White House campaign insists it had nothing to do with a dossier that slams President Donald Trump. Media reports say Hillary Clinton, national Democrats, and some of the ...

Trump Signs Whistleblower Law That Honors Tomah Doctor

President Donald Trump has signed a bill that protects federal employees who expose wrongdoing, while honoring a V-A doctor at Tomah who did just that. Senate Republican Ron Johnson of Wisconsin autho...

Body Found On Okauchee Lake

A medical examiner has been trying to identify a body found floating on a lake near Oconomowoc. Town of Oconomowoc Police were called Thursday afternoon to Okauchee Lake, and the body was recovered an...

National Group Airs TV Ads Attacking Baldwin

With all the political attacks and posturing, you'd think the elections are next month instead of next year. The latest salvo comes from the conservative Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, which sa...

Vehicle Hits Deer, Causing Chain Reaction Freeway Crash

Wisconsinites heading to work in Minnesota's Twin Cities got tied up early this (Thursday) morning. The State Patrol says a westbound vehicle on Interstate-94 hit a deer about 5:50 a-m near Hudson's S...

State: Two Thirds Of Kids On Medicaid Don't Get Required Lead Tests

A new state report says two thirds of one-and-two-year-olds on Medicaid do not get lead poisoning tests as required by the federal government. Just 32-percent of Wisconsin's Medicaid babies and toddle...