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  • Milwaukee special education teacher accused of exposing himself to class

    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 ...

  • Raw milk trial in hands of jury

    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 ...

  • Wisconsin Walker expects compromise on voucher school plan

    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 ...

  • Talk continues about Walkers high-profile speech in Iowa

    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 ...

  • Neurosurgeon pleads not guilty to insurance fraud

    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 ...

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  • No-call list deadline approaching

    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 ...

  • 100s of bridges in the state are considered structurally deficient

    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, ...

  • Former Bucks guard Flynn Robinson dies at 72

    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 ...

  • Wis. gov didnt know of ex-aides drunken driving

    . 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 ...

  • Gorzelanny activated Burgos goes on DL

    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: ...

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