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  • Town of Menasha police shoot at armed robbery suspect

    TOWN OF MENASHA, WI --One man is in custody after a standoff with Town of Menasha Police. It all started around 4:00 p.m. Sunday at the PDQ on Racine Road. Police responded to an armed robbery at the store and found the suspect a few blocks away at the nearby Citgo station. Police say the suspect was armed with a handgun and fired at him. The suspect was not hit, but he was arrested. He is ...

  • Vigil planned for missing Milwaukee college student

    A vigil for a missing Milwaukee college student is planned for Wednesday as the search for her continues. Jessica Benson, 22, was last seen May 9 and last heard from May 11 when she called in sick to work, according to ...

  • Threat continues for strong midwest storms

    Partly sunny skies this afternoon before we watch for the development of rain/storms late afternoon to this evening. Looks like the best chance for rain and storms will come after 6pm. All of Wisconsin is included in the "Slight Risk" for severe weather from the Storm Prediction Center. This will be true for Tuesday as ...

  • 1 killed 1 critically injured in Milwaukee shootings

    A 23-year-old man is critically wounded and another man is dead following two separate shootings in Milwaukee Sunday night and Monday morning. Milwaukee police said the 23-year-old man was shot about 11:45 p.m. Sunday at N. 35th St. and W. Silver Spring Drive. He was taken to Froedtert Hospital. Police and the Milwaukee County medical examiner's office are still investigating a fatal ...

  • Deadly early morning shooting

    MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee Police Department and the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office have gone to the scene of a deadly shooting. It happened at about 4:00 a.m. Monday on the 2500 block of West Glendale Avenue on Milwaukee's north side. There was no initial word on the status of any suspects or a motive for the ...

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The Day of the Locust [DVD]

The Day of the Locust [DVD]

The 1970s was a period of great artistic freedom in Hollywood, when the major studios, in dire financial straits after a string of big-budget flops in the late 1960s, turned over the reins to young auteurs and foreign directors. For the first time in Hollywoods history, major films were being produced by filmmakers who were not craftsmen who had worked their way up through the industry ala John F ... ...

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  • Whitnall High School student killed in bike crash

    NEW BERLIN - A Whitnall High School Student has died after she was hit by an SUV while riding her bike in New Berlin over the weekend. The 15-year-old girl from Greenfield was crossing South Sunny Slope Road just south of Greenfield Avenue Saturday evening when the SUV hit her. She was taken to the hospital, and she died there Sunday. Police say at this point it doesn't appear ...

  • Missing womans family asks public for help

    MILWAUKEE - This weekend was supposed to be joyous for Jessica Benson. She was set to graduate from Mount Mary College in Milwaukee. Instead, she's mysteriously disappeared and her family is pleading for help. "Her school was her first priority and her job was her second one," said Judy Beyer, her sister. It's for those reasons that Beyer is very concerned about ...

  • Tornadoes slam several states 300 homes hit

    But the destructive weather isn't over. Baseball-sized hail, wind gusts and tornadoes could pummel parts of the central Plains and Midwest through ...

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  • Wisconsin Presidential speculation around Scott Walker heats up as...

    Gov. Scott Walker is shown Tuesday, May 14, 2013, in Madison, Wis. (Associated Press: Scott Bauer) n just a few days, Gov. Scott Walker will head to the heart of Iowa -- where the 2016 presidential race will likely begin -- and take center stage before that key state's Republican party faithful. But Walker, who developed a national conservative cult following after effectively ending ...

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