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  • Packers release inside linebacker Bishop

    The Packers picked Desmond Bishop in the sixth round of the 2007 NFL draft. He played a key role in the Packers' run to a Super Bowl title in ...

  • Wisconsin GOP moderates asked to help block budget

    Democrats in the state Legislature on Monday called for moderate Republicans to join them in voting against the state budget this week, and one of Wisconsin's most conservative lawmakers became the first in his party to say publicly that he was casting a "no" vote. Democrats were pressuring Republicans in advance of the Assembly debating the $70 billion, two-year spending plan ...

  • Greenfield 911 in need of upgrade

    NEW AT TEN. TECHNOLOGY COULD BE STANDING IN THE WAY OF YOUR CALL FOR HELP. GREENFIELD'S 9-1-1 SYSTEM IS NEED OF AN UPGRADE...AND IN SOME CASES IT HAS DROPPED CALLS. 12 NEWS' JASON NEWTON IS LIVE OUTSIDE THE POLICE STATION. JASON THE CITY HAD BEEN PLANNING TO UPDATE THIS SYSTEM, BUT NOT THIS EARLY. IT'S A STORY OUR PARTNERS AT GREENFIELD PATCH ARE FOLLOWING. THE PLAN HAD BEEN TO ...

  • OWI Hunter tactics ruled legal

    Pharmacist by day, 'OWI Hunter' by night APPLETON -- Drunk drivers in the Fox Valley will get no reprieve from the "OWI Hunter," after a judge ruled he is not acting as an illegal agent of law enforcement. The man known simply as Brad was called into an Outagamie County courtroom by a defense attorney last month as part of an attempt to get an OWI charge dismissed. The ...

  • Aerial yoga taking off in SE Wisconsin

    WAUKESHA - At the Reaching Treetops Studio in Wauskesha, they're flipping yoga up in the air. It's called aerial yoga. Instructors hang hammocks from the ceiling and work on different poses. From swinging, to inversion, to other aerial techniques, gravity is used to better stretch and strengthen the body. It also has the added of excitement of doing yoga in flight. Instructor ...

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The Crazies [Blu-Ray]

The Crazies [Blu-Ray]

In Hollywoods race to remake every low-budget horror film from the Nixon era with an even vaguely recognizable title, George A. Romeros paranoid military-virus thriller The Crazies (1973), like Wes Cravens The Last House on the Left (1972), is one of the few that offers a genui ... ...

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  • Wisconsin GOP doesnt trust women not to lie about rape

    Rachel Maddow plays powerful video of Wisconsin State Representative Many Wright's personal disclosure about having been raped by a cousin at 8-years-old but not having filed a police report - a circumstance Wisconsin Republicans are hoping to use as an excuse to block access to a legal abortion for the victim should such abuse result in pregnancy, because they believe women lie about rape ...

  • Guest Dells hotel didnt do enough to help during carbon monoxide leak

    LAKE DELTON - A carbon monoxide leak at a hotel in the Wisconsin Dells has some guests upset more wasn't done to help them. Doug Schuenemann was enjoying a vacation in the Dells with his fiance and baby boy when all of the sudden early Saturday morning at the Travelodge hotel, he got a shock. "A firefighter on our door saying 'Lake Delton Fire Department. We need to evacuate ...

  • US waiting seeing with Irans new chief

    The U.S. State Department said Monday it wasn't surprised that Iran's newly elected president, Hassan Rouhani, said that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should stay in power until ...

  • Wisconsin economy stuck in old-growth industries

    Like the 130-year-old paper mill in Nekoosa, on the banks of the Wisconsin River, many of Wisconsin's paper mills are more than a century old. Wisconsin's economy remains surprisingly reliant on papermaking and printing industries, according to a new ...

  • West Bend property cleanup is banking on feeding bacteria

    West Bend -- Add pollution cleanup to the list of uses for vegetable oil. A blended emulsion of soybean oil and water will be injected into the ground at a former Gehl Co. property near the Milwaukee River in the next few weeks to begin the process of eliminating contaminants in soil and shallow groundwater. The vegetable oil won't do a thing to the chemicals, but it will feed bacteria ...

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