| Was Joel Hoffman Released Prematurely After Case Involving Teen Girl? MILWAUKEE - He's accused of sexually assaulting two women, including a UWM student. Wednesday, Joel Hoffman was in court for the first time. But could the alleged assaults been prevented? Milwaukee... | |
| The Payroll Company Is A Wisconsin Company To Watch PRWEB ) March 11, 2010 -- The Payroll Company has just learned that it has been awarded a Wisconsin Company to Watch award by the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Network. This inaugural award... |
| Wis. Biennal Cheese Contest Attracts 2,300 Entries MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association says its biennial contest to name the world's best cheese has attracted a record number of... |
| Wis. High Court To Rule On Volvo, Dealer Dispute MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The Wisconsin Supreme Court is expected to rule Thursday on a dispute between a Wausau truck dealership and a major manufacturer of... |
| Wis. Officials Propose New State Natural Areas State-designated natural areas are zones on state land devoted to scientific research and preservation. The Department of Natural Resources says the designation doesn't affect any existing uses or... |
| Legislative Committee To Tackle Regional Transit MADISON, Wis. (AP) - How best to serve the transit needs of southeast Wisconsin and other parts of the state is the subject of a public hearing before state lawmakers. The hearing Thursday before... |
| Trap-neuter-return Program Helps Control Feral Cat Population Lounging in a stack of hay bales in one corner of a shed at Professional Landscape Management, where Frisque works, these feral cats are still wild, but they've been vaccinated and sterilized as part... |
| Gun-deer Harvest Dwindles, Dnr Says The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says the drop was steeper for antlerless deer. The DNR says gun deer hunters registered 147,000 last year, down 40 percent from... |
| Diversity Conference Opens Students Eyes For some students, it was a realization they may have homeless classmates. For others, it was a difficult look at Native American stereotypes or a more positive perspective on going to... |
| Scott Schmidt Guilty Of 1st-degree Homicide In Wifes Death That journey, however, ended with Kelly Wing Schmidt dead, shot three times in the head by Schmidt following a frenzied argument that quickly turned violent. On Wednesday, a jury rejected Schmidt's... |
| No Word On Parole For Rey Moore One of the men convicted of killing paper mill worker Tom Monfils in 1992 had his parole hearing Wednesday, but even the state prison system won't know the result of that hearing until later... |
| Allen Larsen Sentenced For Child Pornography Allen Larsen was arrested in spring of 2009 after his mother's cleaning lady discovered his stash of pornographic photographs in a dresser drawer while she was putting away blankets, according to the... |
| Waylon Picotte Gets Prison For Sex Assault A Green Bay man who avoided a murder conviction seven years ago over a technicality was sentenced this week to eight years in prison for second-degree sexual... |
| Ashwaubenon High School Honor Roll High honors: Adam Alberts, Carly Allard, Sara Babbitts, Zachary Beauchamp, Katherine Bieda, David Blihar, Brandon Blochowiak, Patrick Bollom, Amie Bomber, Kelsey Boyea, Logan Brecklin, Christiana... |
| Brown County Under Air Quality Advisory Today The orange advisory means particle pollution levels are unhealthy for sensitive groups including the elderly, children and those with respiratory problems, according to the Department of Natural... |
| No-call Violators Top State List State consumer protection officials say they received 2,187 complaints about no-call violations in 2009. No-call violations have led the top 10 complaint list every year since... |
| Uwgb Professor, Ganga Nair, Dies Ganga Nair, a world-renowned expert on forest preservation who taught for 40 years at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, died Wednesday at St. Vincent... |
| New Music Festival Planned MILWAUKEE - The Verge Music Festival will now be Milwaukee's first summer event. The two day fest features alternative and indie rock bands and will take place on four stages at the Summerfest... |
| Liberal Studies Major Proposed Votes Preliminary discussions regarding the installation of a liberal studies program in the University of Wisconsin’s College of Letters and Sciences began Monday, although UW officials... |
| Professor: Those Who Seem Insane May Not Be As Absurd As You Think Votes Most people would assume someone who always sees the number five colored red or who feels pain in an arm that was amputated years ago is crazy, but Wednesday’s Distinguished Lecture... |
| Federal Judge Discards Collegians For A Constructive Tomorrow Injunction Votes A federal judge denied a preliminary injunction Tuesday filed by a University of Wisconsin student group that believes it was unfairly denied funding. Collegians for a Constructive... |
| Student Judiciary Reallocates Seats Associated Students of Madison Student Judiciary announced Wednesday there will be a shift in representation in Student Council seats. Representation will be lowered in the University of Wisconsin... |
| Community Honors Tibetan Uprising Wednesday marked the 51st anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising against the Chinese Government, prompting some Madisonians to gather at Library Mall and head to the... |
| Student Council Revisits Seg Fee Grab Associated Students of Madison Student Council meeting March 10 would allow the council to seek legal counsel over the University of Wisconsin’s use of $180,000 in segregated fees taken out of... |
| Phishing Scam Targets Uw E-mail Accounts Votes Campus officials are urging students to be alert after two new phishing scams targeting the University of Wisconsin’s NetID login service were detected. Spokesperson for the... |
| Milwaukee Joins Google Fiber Contest Votes Milwaukee is currently in the process of applying for the Google Fiber project — a program to extend high-speed Internet access provided by Google across a city — joining the... |
| Uw-eau Claire, Superior Faculty Could Be First To Unionize In Wis. Votes The power to unionize may soon be in the hands of faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and Superior campuses. The universities’ faculties would be the first in the UW... |
| Bill Would Require Support From Shareholders For Funds Votes Legislators showed strong support for a bill that would require a majority of shareholders to approve the donations from corporations and cooperatives giving contributions to state and... |
| U.s. Finally Salutes World War Ii Fly Girls U.S. salutes World War II fly girls Washington - Elinore Owen Pyle wanted to fly ever since she was a little girl. Ethel Jones Sheffler got hooked on airplanes when she took her first... |
| State Clashes Over Milk Bill Votes Hundreds of people registered to speak at a public hearing in Eau Claire Wednesday for a bill to remove the ban on the production and sale of unpasteurized milk. According to the bill, in... |
| Concern Over Air Particles Continues Votes After several days under a clean air advisory because of fine particle pollution in Southern Wisconsin, county and state authorities are asking area residents to take measures to reduce... |
| Woman Linked To 2 More Drug Overdose Deaths Special Report: Prescription medicines are involved in 70% of the overdose deaths in Milwaukee, Waukesha, Ozaukee and Washington counties, a Journal Sentinel analysis found Kimberly... |
| Dense Fog Expected Through 9 A.m. Thursday (0) Comments A thick fog has settled over much of southern Wisconsin, reducing visibility down to about 1/16th of a mile in Milwaukee and as low as 50 feet in rural areas, the National Weather... |
| "there Are No Winners In This" Chris Hrapsky Members of both Scott Schmidt's and Kelly Wing-Schmidt's families were in court Wednesday night when the jury returned its guilty verdicts for the shooting last April. Barbara... |
| Arrested Uwm Students Say They're Being Misrepresented But school representatives say the rally did turn violent and that university police were forced to use pepper spray and detain people after the crowd tried to storm Chancellor Carlos... |
| Fox Point Police Release Shootout Video FOX POINT-- 35 year old Curtis Gerard was shot and killed by Fox Point Police after a shootout. The shootout started as a 911 call for an armed robbery at the Game Stop in Fox Point, made by a... |
| Surging Bucks Becoming Talk Of Nba Official Web site OK, here's the question starting to be heard around the National Basketball Association. How good are these guys, anyway? And these guys they're talking about,... |
| Scott Schmidt Guilty Of First-degree Intentional Homicide A jury has found former Appleton firefighter Scott Schmidt guilty of the most serious murder charge for the shooting death of his wife, Kelly Wing-Schmidt. The jury found Schmidt guilty of a lesser... |
| Jury Finds Ex-appleton Fireman Guilty Of Murder APPLETON, Wis. (AP) - A jury has convicted a former Appleton firefighter of intentionally killing his estranged wife. WLUK-TV reports that 39-year-old Scott Schmidt was found guilty Wednesday of... |
| Federal Rule May Prompt Wisconsin To Move Primary There's a chance Wisconsin's fall primary may move up. There are 39 days between the time Wisconsin's September primary results are certified and Election day in November. The federal... |
| Popular Child Care Facility To Close RACINE- Success stories in education are rare, but parents say the Gateway Technical College Early Childhood Lab is one of them. But with the lab set to close in 6 months, parents are fighting to... |
| Woman Killed In Dane County Crash Is Identified (0) Comments A 51-year-old woman killed when a semi collided with the car she was driving in Dane County was identified by the Dane County Corner's Office Wednesday as Kathy A. Endsley. According... |
| Rarely Seen Italian Renaissance Painting Will Be On View At Milwaukee Art Museum MILWAUKEE - Rarely lent from the Pitti Palace in Florence, Italy, Raphael Sanzio's painting "The Woman with the Veil" is making its last United States' appearance likely for many years at the... |
| Jury Deliberating In Grand Chute Murder Case APPLETON, Wis. (AP) - The case of a former Appleton firefighter who admitted to killing his estranged wife is now in the hands of a jury. Closing arguments were delivered Wednesday in the case of... |
| Madison, Milwaukee Among Cities Wooing Google MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Madison and Milwaukee are among cities around the country hoping Google will chose to test its new fiber-optic network in their towns. The network is expected to be more than... |
| Inmate On Work Release Now Faces Abduction Charges MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A Dane County Jail work release inmate is back in custody, facing several new charges after leading police on a chase. Authorities say 33-year-old Eldon G. Weinda of Madison was... |
| Feds Bust Milwaukee Asian Gang MILWAUKEE – A federal indictment lists seventeen people busted in Wisconsin and Minnesota for their ties to “Menace of Destruction,” a violent Asian street... |
