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Motorcyclist Dies After Colliding With Deer, Two Vehicles
A motorcyclist has died after the person's bike collided with a deer, a car, and a dump truck. It happened about 7:25 Wednesday night near Ashippun in Dodge County. Sheriff's deputies say the motorcyc...
Oct 5, 2017
Judge To Consider Plea Deal For Final Slender Man Suspect
A judge in Waukesha will decide today (Thursday) whether to accept a plea deal for the second and final suspect in the Slender Man stabbing case. Fifteen-year-old Morgan Geyser is expected to plead gu...
Oct 5, 2017
State Dems To GOP: Act On Our Gun Control Bills
Wisconsin Assembly Democrats want action on what they call "common sense gun safety bills" in the wake of the Las Vegas shooting massacre. Madison lawmakers Chris Taylor and Melissa Sargent held a new...
Oct 5, 2017
US Senate Candidate Vukmir Raises $250,000 In Three Weeks
U-S Senate candidate Leah Vukmir (vook'meer) says she has raised almost a quarter-million dollars in just three weeks. Vukmir is a Republican state senator from Wauwatosa who's running for the seat he...
Oct 5, 2017
Lane Closure Notice in Manitowoc
The 2 eastbound lanes of Waldo Blvd. between Fleetwood Drive and North 23rd Street are scheduled to be closed to traffic starting around 7 A.M. on Friday, October 6th. Eastbound traffic on Waldo Blvd....
Oct 5, 2017
CNN Report: Russian Facebook Ads Targeted Wisconsin, Michigan
C-N-N says a number of the Russian linked Facebook ads for last fall's presidential election were targeted to Wisconsin and Michigan. And as part of their investigation, Special Counsel Robert Mueller...
Oct 5, 2017
Affordable Care Act’s Health Insurance Tax Impact of Wisconsinites
In a bipartisan effort, the Affordable Care Act's Health Insurance Tax was delayed for 2017, however it is slated to return on January 1st. Global management consulting firm Oliver Wyman estimates tha...
Oct 5, 2017
Gas Main Struck in Manitowoc
The Manitowoc Fire Department was dispatched to the 2300 block of South 10th Street just after 7:00 last night after a construction crew hit a gas main. Residents were asked to leave their homes for a...
Oct 5, 2017
Officials: Taxpayers Won't Be Hit For Local Foxconn Costs
Officials say it will cost 764-million dollars to cover utilities and other local costs for the new Foxconn plant at Mount Pleasant in Racine County. But village leaders promised Wednesday that their ...
Oct 5, 2017
State DOT: September Traffic Deaths Fewest Since World War II
Wisconsin records its fewest traffic deaths for a September since the end of World War Two in the 1940s. According to preliminary figures from the state D-O-T, 41 people lost their lives in state cras...
Oct 5, 2017