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Prison Guard Gets His Bonus Back
The Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission has ruled a youth prison guard at the Lincoln Hill School for Boys and the Copper Lake School for Girls should receive a 25-hundred dollar bonus. Kyle Hof...
Oct 23, 2017
Suspected Drunk Driver Causes Fatal Crash In Green County
Additional charges are expected against the 44-year-old driver who apparently fell asleep, drove across the centerline of State Highway 11 and caused a fatal accident. Nathan L. Leopolid has been char...
Oct 23, 2017
Green Bay City Council Approves $11M Riverfront Development
Boat docks, a playground and a recreational path would all be part of an 11-million dollar development planned for Green Bay's west-side riverfront. The city council approved the agreement for what is...
Oct 23, 2017
Man Faces Charges In Milwaukee After 3-State Chase
A South Milwaukee man faces four criminal charges after being accused of leading officers on a chase in three states. Prosecutors say the chase began after 30-year-old Kenneth Brown kidnapped his two-...
Oct 23, 2017
Report: State Entrepreneurship Growth Remains Slow
Wisconsin continues to have slower than average growth in its new small businesses. The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation says the Badger State is 23rd among the 25 largest states in employment growth ...
Oct 23, 2017
Burglars Uses Statue Head To Damage Church Window
Milwaukee police are looking for burglars who used the head from the statue of the Virgin Mary to break into a church early Thursday morning. They broke in through a window at St. Gregory the Great Ca...
Oct 23, 2017
Suspect Slams Stolen Car Into Store, Steals Guns
The Dane County Sheriff's Office reports somebody drove a stolen car into the P-T Firearms gun store in Cross Plains early Friday morning. The burglars backed the car through the front of the store, s...
Oct 23, 2017
Murder Defendant Skips Trial; Case Goes On, Jury Convicts
A 25-year-old Milwaukee murder suspect skips out of his trial, and a judge ordered a manhunt before a jury convicted him. Dwayne Chaney attended the first three days of his trial, but not the last two...
Oct 23, 2017
Wisconsin's Latest Phone Scam Is More Threatening
Phone scams appear to get more and more threatening. In the Green Bay area, sheriff's deputies say people are getting phone calls threatening to hurt them or their families, unless they fork up money ...
Oct 23, 2017
Judge Okays Defense Plan To Offer Evidence Of Another Killer
A Brown County Circuit Court judge will let the defense present evidence another man is responsible for the murder George Burch is accused of committing. A jury trial for Burch is scheduled to begin n...
Oct 23, 2017