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  • Oakfield residents feel for those in Oklahoma

    It's been nearly 17 years since that July night when a massive tornado tore through the heart of Oakfield. But for those who survived the storm, the memories are still ...

  • Brookfield church sending crew to tornado scene

    BROOKFIELD - A team from Elmbrook Church in Brookfield is preparing to help with the Oklahoma disaster area this weekend. They had originally planned to head to Texas for relief work when the storm hit. "[They] stopped us and said do not come Sunday. Storms are going to going through that area," says team leader Mary Ann Lee. The group from Wisconsin would have arrived in Oklahoma ...

  • Wisconsin natives were close by when deadly tornado struck

    MILWAUKEE – Imagine being close to a terrifying tornado. It’s something Wisconsin native Tim Marquis does, for fun. "You just want to get those rare opportunities to see that kind of power and that kind of weather in action," Marquis said. Marquis, now a graduate student at Iowa State University, is fascinated by tornadoes. He and some college friends decided to chase the ...

  • Pfister Vogel relatives sue Mequon woman alleging $1 million fraud

    Three granddaughters of Charles Pfister Vogel, a Milwaukee industrial titan and civic leader of the early 20th century, have sued a Mequon woman who they say defrauded their mother and her estate of more than $1 million in a series of transactions and legal maneuvers that have also drawn the attention of federal agents with the FBI and IRS. Carleen Vogel Guenther died last year at age 75. Her ...

  • Change would reverse declining funding for child support enforcement

    Madison -- A trend of declining funding for local child support enforcement would be reversed, putting the pressure back on deadbeat parents and safeguarding millions of dollars in endangered federal money, under a proposal unanimosly approved by the Legislature's budget committee Tuesday. The GOP co-chairs of the Legislature's powerful Joint Finance Committee, Rep. John Nygren of ...

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Ghosts of the Abyss [Blu-Ray]

Six years after writing and directing Titanic (1997), one of the most popular films of the last few decades, James Cameron returned to the story of the ill-fated luxury liner that was supposed to be unsinkable, except this time as a documentarian attempting to create ... ...

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  • Wisconsin hospitals have reduced deadly type of infection

    Painstaking work by Wisconsin hospitals in recent years has sharply lowered the occurrence of one of the most deadly types of infections: those from central lines used to deliver fluids, medication and blood to patients. Infections in intensive care units from central lines -- tubes placed in a large vein in a patient's neck, chest or arm -- were 56% lower last year compared with a ...

  • Game blog Brewers vs. Zack Greinke and the Dodgers

    and answer some of your questions during every Brewers game this season. Tonight, the Brewers face Zack Greinke (2-0, 1.62 ERA) - and his 15-0 record at Miller Park - in the second of a three-game home series against the Los Angeles Dogers. Hiram Burgos (1-2, 6.58 ERA) is on the mound for Milwaukee. Game time is 7:10 p.m. Also check in on ...

  • Wisconsin panel passes food stamp work requirement

    MADISON, Wis. -- The Legislature's budget committee has approved Gov. Scott Walker's proposal requiring that able-bodied adults on Wisconsin's food stamps program spend at least 20 hours a week working or getting trained for a job. The Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee voted along party lines Tuesday to approve the plan over objections from Democrats. Those who ...

  • Detective arrested for OWI driving Waukesha County vehicle

    "And for me, the litmus test has always been fairness. I want to do what is fair to the employee. At the same time, I represent the Sheriff's Department, and I will do, and want to do, what is fair to the department," Waukesha County Sheriff Dan Trawicki ...

  • State could sell power plant facilities other buildings

    A broad array of state properties, including prisons, university dormitories, power plants and highways, could be sold to private buyers without going through a public bidding process, under a provision approved by the Legislature's budget committee on ...

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