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Former Leaders Claim State Unit Closed Because They Did "Too Good"
Leaders of a state corrections' internal affairs unit said it was shut down because they "found out too much" about abuses at Lincoln Hills, and it made the agency look bad. The Office of Special Oper...
Oct 11, 2017
Former Elderly Hartford Couple Dies In Wildfires
A former southeast Wisconsin couple has died in the northern California wildfires. The New York Times says 100-year-old Charles Rippey and his 98-year-old wife Sara died together as rapidly moving fla...
Oct 11, 2017
Foxconn Signs Local Memorandum For Plant, Growth
Foxconn has signed a memorandum of understanding with Racine County and Mount Pleasant about the company's new high tech plant and the land it will sit on. It's a major step toward a development agree...
Oct 11, 2017
Corn Harvest Remains Slow
Only five percent of Wisconsin's corn for grain has been harvested, and that's 12 days behind schedule. The state Ag Statistics Service says 72-percent of the corn for animal feed is in the bin, five ...
Oct 11, 2017
Lawyers To Minnesota: Let Wisconsin Boy Dance
A legal foundation says it vows to file suit against the Minnesota State High School League, if it does not allow boys to compete on varsity dance teams. The Pacific Legal Foundation went to bat today...
Oct 11, 2017
Charter/Spectrum Holding Job Fairs To Hire 275 In State
Charter/Spectrum is holding job fairs today (Tuesday) as it seeks to hire an extra 275 employees throughout Wisconsin. In Milwaukee, where Charter recently acquired Time Warner Cable, the firm is hold...
Oct 10, 2017
Jury Rejects Battered Woman Defense, Convicts Her Of Murder
A suburban Milwaukee woman will get a mandatory life prison sentence three days before Christmas, after she was found guilty of killing her boyfriend. Jurors deliberated late Friday and again for five...
Oct 10, 2017
Lawmakers Hold Hearing On Bill To Bring Back Industrial Hemp
Industrial hemp could be grown again in Wisconsin as part of a bill that's getting a public hearing today (Tuesday). The state Senate's agriculture committee is holding the hearing on a bill that's co...
Oct 10, 2017
Milwaukee Asked To Install Cameras To Enforce Red Lights
A news conference was scheduled for today (Tuesday) to propose red light cameras at Milwaukee intersections. W-I-T-I T-V says a group rallied Monday to reduce reckless driving and traffic deaths in Wi...
Oct 10, 2017
Teen Convicted Of Killing Two In Crash While High On Marijuana
A 19-year-old northeast Wisconsin man has struck a plea deal that convicted him of killing two people in a traffic crash while high on marijuana. Devon Robley of Greenleaf is scheduled to be sentenced...
Oct 10, 2017