Provides the latest RSS feeds for Milwaukee News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Milwaukee Sun.com http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/cat/563d1c1db6cb5197/ en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 20:20:39 -0400 Sat, 25 May 2013 20:20:39 -0400 30 Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Baltimore Orioles: 1. ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214762335/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Sat, 25 May 2013 13:33:22 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214762335/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 A Wisconsin dairy farmer has been acquitted on three of four counts in a trial related to the sale of raw milk. According to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, dairy farmer Vernon Hershberger was found guilty on one charge of violating a holding order placed on products at his farm after a 2010 raid. Hershberger could get up to a year in jail and a $10,000 fine. The jury returned its verdict early ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214761090/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Sat, 25 May 2013 11:17:10 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214761090/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin residents who want to be protected from unsolicited telemarketing phone calls and text messages have until the end of the month to sign up for the state's `no call' list. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection says if you've already been on the list, you need to re-register every two years to stay on it. Consumers who ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214760047/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Sat, 25 May 2013 09:48:12 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214760047/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 MADISON, Wis. -- A man known to ride through Madison on a scooter -- dressed in thong underwear and a cape -- may be disturbing to schoolchildren. But police say the rider they call "Thong Cape Scooter Man" isn't breaking any laws. Earlier this month, staff at John F. Kennedy Elementary School called authorities after the man rode by in his unmentionables while students were ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214759700/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Sat, 25 May 2013 09:16:27 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214759700/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 MILWAUKEE - Police are investigating after a man is shot on Milwaukee's north side. It happened just after 12:30 a.m. near 27th and Hadley. Police say a 25-year-old man was shot and is being treated for serious injuries. Authorities do have one person in ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214759494/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Sat, 25 May 2013 08:45:30 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214759494/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 MOUNT CALVARY - The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Department says a 5 year old child has died after being hit in a parking lot Friday night. It happened at Maximillian's Restaurant in Mount Calvary. A man was backing his pickup into a parking stall when the child ran behind the truck. No names are being released at this time and the crash remains under ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214759495/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Sat, 25 May 2013 08:45:29 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214759495/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Clearing for tonight and a partly sunny sky on deck for Sunday. Highs are a touch warmer and come in closer to 61 lakeside and mid to upper 60s inland. Clouds will increase again Sunday night with better chances for showers after ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214758613/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:43:24 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214758613/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 here The NBA.com, WNBA.com and nbadleague.com web sites are operated by Turner Digital Basketball Services, Inc. and its affiliates ("Turner") pursuant to an agreement with NBA Media Ventures, LLC ("NBAMV"), NBA TV, LLC ("NBATV") and NBA Properties, Inc. ("NBAP") (NBAMV, NBATV and NBAP collectively referred to as the "NBA Entities") (NBA ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214757447/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Sat, 25 May 2013 06:37:57 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214757447/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 It was like any other day. If anything, it might have been a little better than usual -- with more deserved honors for the kids, more jokes and songs, more smiles. Even Mother Nature, after storms the previous day, seemed at first to cooperate as the sun shone ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214753950/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Sat, 25 May 2013 01:43:38 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214753950/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Impressed with knowledge Dan and Shirley Heger, retirees from Pewaukee who now live in Stitzer, have gone on a half dozen field trips, including trumpeter swan banding, searching for elk calves and hiking through barrens. The hiking trip was a revelation for Dan Heger, who was surprised to learn there are desert cacti native to Wisconsin. They're also going on trips to the Beaver Creek ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214753368/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:33:53 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214753368/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Police Chief Edward Flynn on Friday blasted Gov. Scott Walker for being anti-urban and the Legislature's budget committee for "gratuitous" decisions that killed a community policing grant for his department and set in motion the departure of the state crime lab from Milwaukee. In an expansive interview with the Journal Sentinel in a Third Ward coffee shop that touched on ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214752942/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:08:13 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214752942/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Mayor John Hohenfeldt said the order is part of a program called Care for Cudahy that has been in place for more than a decade. Inspectors look for exterior problems on about 1,500 to 1,800 properties each ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214752556/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:36:16 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214752556/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Only on WISN 12 News, the family of a 15-year-old high school freshman killed while riding her bike talks about the emotional decision to donate her ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214752554/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:36:16 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214752554/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 "It was probably the hardest week of my life, for sure. I lost a good friend. We lost a good officer, and I'm happy now because I'm remembering the happy memories and the time we had with her," Gierach ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214752555/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:36:15 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214752555/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Operation Emotional Freedom MILWAUKEE - The videos are all over the Internet - instructions on how to tap your way to a better life! It's called "Emotional Freedom Techniques" - or EFT for short. The videos featuring people lighting tapping their foreheads, faces, wrists and other parts of their bodies. Sophia Cayer, is an "EFT Founding Master" and wrote a book about ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214752557/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:35:01 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214752557/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 MILWAUKEE - The reputation of Chicago rapper Keith "Chief Keef" Kozart caught up with him earlier in the week, costing the performer a gig ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214752558/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:35:00 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214752558/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Ken and Char Larsen stand in a pen with their alpacas. The Larsens sold their home on the east side of Milwaukee and bought a farm in Cheeseville. Char Larsen grew up surrounded by animals, including an epileptic squirrel monkey she named Mike. Husband Ken obliged when she wanted to return to the ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214752561/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:27:15 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214752561/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Social Security recipients in Milwaukee and elsewhere were the targets of fraudsters claiming to be from a Jamaican lottery, according to federal court documents. The recipients were promised big payouts as soon as they forked over an "advance fee," also described as a tax, insurance fee or customs duty that must be paid to release the winnings. O'Brain Junior Lynch and his ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214752560/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:27:13 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214752560/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Pittsburgh Pirates' Starling Marte, right, slides safely into third for a triple with Milwaukee Brewers third baseman Aramis Ramirez covering during the sixth inning of a baseball game on Friday, May 24, 2013, in ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214752725/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:22:03 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214752725/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 WEST DES MOINES, Iowa -- Gov. Scott Walker this week took his stump speech to the state that will kick off the 2016 presidential nominating season, telling Iowa conservatives that Republicans need to be more optimistic, relevant and courageous. He mixed some of his state budget agenda with national themes in his 40-minute speech Thursday night and reminded the attendees of the $75-per-person GOP ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214752562/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:01:03 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214752562/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 The Red Cross has received more than $15 million in donations and pledges so far for the town of Moore, which was struck by a tornado Monday that killed 24, injured more than 300 and destroyed thousands of ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214751884/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:29:21 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214751884/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 She and her husband were able to keep their grill for 40 years by covering it up, which Consumer Reports recommends, but for the best protection, don't use any old ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214751885/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:29:20 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214751885/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 LANCASTER, Wis. (AP) -- Two 18-year-olds have been arrested for tossing water balloons from a car, causing damage to at least three other ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214751886/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:28:08 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214751886/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 We've all answered the phone and more than likely been annoyed by a total stranger trying to sell us a product we've never heard of and probably won't ever use. Even more aggravating is receiving a call for votes and financial support from the political party you definitely don't belong to. Thankfully, there is legislation in place to protect consumers from such telephonic ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214751887/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:17:37 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214751887/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 According to a criminal complaint, Kevin France exposed himself several times in front of his special education class at Mary McLeod Bethune Academy at 35th and Galena ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214751157/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 21:21:18 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214751157/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Baraboo -- Jurors in the criminal trial of Vernon Hershberger are set to begin their deliberations tonight on charges that he operated an unlicensed retail store -- that sold raw milk and other products -- from a farm in Loganville. The 12-member jury has indicated it wants to stay as long as necessary this evening and finish the trial that began Monday in Sauk County Circuit Court and involved ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214751158/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 21:11:43 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214751158/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 MADISON, Wis. -- Republican Gov. Scott Walker says he expects GOP leaders will reach some sort of compromise on a contentious section of his budget that would expand private school vouchers next week. The voucher program subsidizes students' private school tuition. It's currently in effect in Milwaukee and Racine. Walker's budget would expand the program to large districts with ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214751159/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 20:45:10 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214751159/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Walker insisted that his high-profile trip to Iowa had nothing to do with testing the presidential waters, but that's not how it's playing there. The Des Moines Register newspaper Friday morning suggested that his appearance here could lay the groundwork for a 2016 ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214750276/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 20:13:35 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214750276/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 White denied the charges in the indictment that details a sophisticated scheme in which he's accused of paying another doctor to help him defraud his patients' insurance ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214750278/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 20:13:35 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214750278/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 The deadline to be added to the list is May 31. Any number put on the list then will be protected from unwanted phone solicitations and text messages starting July ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214750277/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 20:13:34 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214750277/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 I-5 bridge collapse survivor: 'You hold on' MILWAUKEE - Wisconsin Department of Transportation is keeping a close eye on 93 bridges in Milwaukee County and 30 in Waukesha County. The bridges on this list are deemed structurally deficient due to federal highway standards. "If they get to where they are structurally deficient", said WisDOT southeast region deputy director, ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214750280/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 20:11:59 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214750280/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Flynn Robinson, the former NBA guard who played on the Los Angeles Lakers' 1971-72 championship team, has died after a two-year fight with cancer. He was 72. Flynn's wife, Nancy Pitts-Robinson, told the Lakers he died Thursday at Keck Hospital in Los Angeles. Called "Mr. Instant Point" by late Lakers broadcaster Chick Hearn, the 6-foot-1 Robinson averaged ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214750283/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 20:11:57 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214750283/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 . Twenty-five-year old Nicole Tieman pleaded guilty to her second OWI offense in Milwaukee on Wednesday and was sentenced to 20 days in jail. She had already been convicted in March of operating with a prohibited alcohol content in Waukesha County. Both incidents occurred within days of each other in June 2011, long before she joined Walker's campaign earlier this year. She abruptly ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214750279/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 20:11:57 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214750279/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Milwaukee Brewers Hiram Burgos delivers a pitch, during the first inning of their spring training game against the Los Angeles Angels, Saturday, March 2, 2013, at the Maryvale Baseball Park in Phoenix.(Photo/Roy Dabner) ORG XMIT: ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214750282/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 20:11:56 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214750282/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 WAUWATOSA - A new beer garden could open in Wauwatosa by July. The non-profit group, Friends of Hoyt Park & Pool, is seeking the city's approval for a permit to operate a seasonal beer garden. Mary Pluta say's some neighbors have voiced concerns about possible noise from music and crowds. The group has agreed to limited hours for music because of those concerns. Pluta says the ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214750281/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 20:11:54 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214750281/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Madison -- The state would more than double the cut in income tax rates proposed by Gov. Scott Walker, cutting rates by an additional $450 million over two years and eliminating a score of seldom-used credits, under an overhaul of the tax system offered by a key Republican lawmaker. The tax package to be formally unveiled Tuesday would come on top of the $343 million tax cut already proposed by ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214750284/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 20:04:01 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214750284/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Milwaukee Brewers Ryan Braun carefully watches his pitches getting two walks, this one in the 4th inning during the MLB baseball game between the Milwaukee Brewers and San Francisco Giants at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Wednesday, April 17, 2013 Journal Sentinel photo by RICK WOOD/ ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214749227/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:04:53 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214749227/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 , and many are happy about it. Nick Fetting is a junior at Whitefish Bay High School working on becoming an Eagle Scout. He would like to see other teens learning in the scouts like he has, even if they are openly gay. Gay scouts have been banned from the century old organization for 22 years. "It’s about time," Fetting says. "There's not any one reason they ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214749228/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:04:51 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214749228/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 MADISON - UW students will finally get a break after lawmakers found out the UW-System had hundreds of millions of dollars stashed away. Lawmakers told the UW-System they have to use the reserves and can't raise tuition for at least two years, a break students say was a long time coming. "I think that's good. I am completely happy with that," said UW Milwaukee Junior Liz ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214749226/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:04:51 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214749226/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Like millions of other Americans, Dan and Sally Sligh packed up their vehicle and headed out for a Memorial Day weekend trip. As they crossed the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River outside Seattle, Washington, the bridge gave way and their pickup truck plunged into the frigid ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214749084/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 18:58:15 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214749084/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 The Milwaukee Brewers did some more juggling with regard to their pitching staff on Friday, placing starter Hiram Burgos on the 15-day disabled list with a right-shoulder impingement and reinstating reliever Tom Gorzelanny from the DL. Burgos, 1-2 with a 6.44 earned-run average, made his last start Tuesday against the Los Angeles Dodgers. He went only 3 1/3 innings, allowing six hits, two earned ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214749229/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 18:57:34 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214749229/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 A New York City lawyer for two massage therapists who sued retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre over claims he sent racy text messages says the case has been ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214748233/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:57:18 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214748233/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 The men may have left in a maroon minivan. If anyone has any information about the crime, they are asked to contact Milwaukee police at ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214748234/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:57:18 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214748234/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 NEW YORK - A New York City lawyer for two massage therapists who sued retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre (farv) over claims he sent racy text messages says the case has been settled.Lawyer David Jaroslawicz (yahr-oh-SLAH'-vihk) wouldn't comment Friday on the terms of the settlement.Massage therapists Christina Scavo and Shannon O'Toole said Favre sent sexually suggestive texts to ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214748352/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:48:53 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214748352/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 MILWAUKEE - A 55-year-old woman that was reportedly in an incident with an MPS teacher could face charges. According to the Journal Sentinel, police say the woman pulled the hair of a 40-year-old substitute teacher during an argument at the school on Wednesday. "The hair-pulling occurred about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Rogers Street Academy, 2430 W. Rogers," according to the newspaper. ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214747092/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:47:05 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214747092/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 MILWAUKEE - With the Boy Scouts of American passing a resolution to allow openly gay scouts, local members are talking about the rule. Accoridng to the Journal Sentinel, a "majority of board members" from the Milwaukee area supported the resolution. "The Potawatomi Council, representing Waukesha and parts of Walworth, Washington and Jefferson counties, gave a unanimous thumbs up ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214747094/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:47:04 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214747094/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 MILWAUKEE - Thursday morning, a patient with the Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division escaped from a private transportation van. According to the Milwaukee County Sheriff, the escape happened around 1:00 a.m. when the van stopped around 76th and Burleigh Streets. "The 27-year-old male was being conveyed from St. Joseph’s Hospital back to BHD by Able Access Van Services, a ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214747093/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:47:03 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214747093/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Some 300 mourners crowded inside Eagle Heights Baptist Church here Friday to pay their respects to an elementary school student killed when a tornado churned through nearby Moore, ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214746953/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:39:38 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214746953/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 video Friday of two suspects wanted in a May 18 robbery at a Popeyes restaurant. Shortly after 5 p.m., two men forced their way behind the counter at Popeyes, 2910 W. Capitol Drive, and demanded money. Once they got the cash, the men fled and possibly got a ride from a maroon minivan parked at a nearby car wash. The first suspect is described as a black man between the ages of 28 and 32. He is ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214746343/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:39:07 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214746343/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Madison -- A more than half-century-old advocacy group for Wisconsin's public university students says it will be crippled by a vote taken Thursday night by the Legislature's budget committee. The United Council of UW Students said it was "targeted for elimination" by a Joint Finance Committee vote that will make it harder for the council to receive the student fees that fund ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214747095/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:38:59 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214747095/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Milwaukee Brewers principal owner Mark Attanasio made some candid comments about the team on Fox Sports Wisconsin's telecast of the Brewers' blowout loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers at Miller Park on Wednesday. On ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214747096/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:38:58 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214747096/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 The State Crime Lab is located in a former grocery store near Mitchell Street. Milwaukee police chief Edward Flynn has every right to express his opinion on the location of a new state crime lab for southeast Wisconsin, as he did Friday, but the idea of locating it outside the city has been on the table since at least March. That was when the state Building Commission, which includes Gov. Scott ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214746483/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:44:37 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214746483/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Thousands of members of the fraternal order of Moose are gathering in Milwaukee this weekend for a convention, and the city is proud to be a cheaper alternative to convention sites to the ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214745805/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:37:30 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214745805/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Kohl's enticed former Starbucks exec Michelle Gass with a compensation package totaling nearly $10 million. Talk about sweetening the pot. New Kohls Corp. chief customer officer Michelle Gass, lured away from Starbucks Corp. this month, will receive a compensation package of nearly $10 million. Gass annualized base salary is $927,200, according to documents filed with the U.S. Securities and ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214746378/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:35:52 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214746378/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 bungled ATF sting in Milwaukee . The Milwaukee case, known as Operation Fearless, is expected to be one of the issues to come up at the hearing, according to the aide. The ATF has been without a permanent director since 2006 ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214745806/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:28:04 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214745806/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 accused Wardle last month of using abusive language. Bross told the Green Bay Press-Gazette at the time that Wardle used vulgar, demeaning language toward him during a workout in which he lost control of his bowels and that Wardle continued to ridicule him about the incident during the season. Bross, a 7-foot-1 walk-on rising freshman, is leaving UWGB for Concordia University in Mequon. Wardle, ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214745808/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:27:54 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214745808/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 The University of Wisconsin-Madison is asking state lawmakers for an exemption from the state's open-records law that would allow it to keep research data private until the information is published or ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214744538/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:25:26 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214744538/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 The Manitowoc County supervisors have passed a resolution criticizing Republican-backed legislation that would weaken the power of the Milwaukee County ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214744539/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:25:24 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214744539/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) -- Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has declared a state of emergency in three counties around a collapsed Interstate 5 bridge. Inslee said in his proclamation Friday that the bridge collapse has caused extensive disruption, impacting the citizens and economy in Skagit, Snohomish and Whatcom Counties. The governor is instructing the emergency management division of the ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214744541/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:24:18 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214744541/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 GREEN BAY - Pro wrestling, what is that sport really like? You have the good guys, you have the villains, but what about outside the ring? Well you might be suprised to find out they're actually pretty normal guys, like one former local resident, who made it pretty big in the world of wrestling. During his days at Two Rivers Washington High School, Ken Anderson found a way to make his ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214744542/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:24:17 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214744542/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 , 1,157 of the 14,057 bridges in Wisconsin are considered structurally deficient. That is 8.2 percent. Out of those 14,057 bridges, 779 (or 5.5 percent) are considered functionally obsolete. ASCE also reports that Wisconsin received $18.3 million from the Federal Highway Bridge Fund in ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214744543/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:24:15 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214744543/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 A day after a jury deadlocked on whether Jodi Arias should be sentenced to death for the murder of her ex-boyfriend, the jury foreman described the decision process as tense and ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214744393/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:16:48 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214744393/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn says the legislature is hurting the city and ultimatelys the state with proposed bills about residency and funding for public safety ... http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214744544/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:15:57 -0400 http://www.milwaukeesun.com/index.php/sid/214744544/scat/563d1c1db6cb5197