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  • Milwaukee military plane makes emergency landing in Indiana

    "One of the reasons we're sending the aircraft to Grissom Air Force Base is it has a longer runway. One of the prerequisites we have to do when switching over to a hydraulic system is the flaps will have to be extended manually, and the crew will have to extend the flaps the whole way, so what will happen (is) the aircraft will have to have a faster landing speed, so a longer runway ...

  • Pewaukee Fourth of July fireworks saved by fundraising

    North Shore Bank announced late Tuesday afternoon it had raised enough money through its donation matching program to help pay for the Fourth of July fireworks ...

  • House fire in West Allis

    WEST ALLIS - Fire crews from West Allis and Milwaukee have gone to the scene of a fire at a home in West Allis. It happened at about 6:00 p.m. near the corner of South 62nd and West Lapham. There was no initial word on the cause of the fire or any ...

  • Shorewood cycling event leads to road closings Thursday

    SHOREWOOD - Thousands of cyclists are expected in Shorewood on Thursday, for the 10th annual Shorewood Criterium Cycling Classic. It's part of the Tour of America's Dairyland. The event will feature men and women's pro races. There's even a "Kid's Roll" for neighborhood kids to ride their bikes, as long as they're wearing a helmet. The races start at ...

  • Could Brookfield lake become a dump

    BROOKFIELD - Buried beyond the trees of Debbie Hanson’s Brookfield backyard is a quiet oasis; a lone lake in an old quarry. "I bought this house because of what’s back there. Nothing’s back there but the nature." But the area could soon lose its peacefulness. A contractor with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Super Excavators, plans to buy the ...

Movie Review

The Strangers

The Strangers

Bryan Bertinos feature film debut The Strangers is nothing if not absolutely ruthless in its intensity and single-minded in its purpose. With only a modicum of conventional narrative set-up, it goes about drilling a direct passage into your nervous system, hammering away with a ha ... ...

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  • State Assembly delays budget work after 15 minutes of debate

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The state Assembly has adjourned after debating the state budget for only 15 minutes. The Assembly is scheduled to resume debate at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday and vote at 5:30 p.m. Action was delayed on Tuesday while lawmakers waited for a Republican-sponsored amendment that makes a series of changes to the two-year spending plan. Republican Speaker Robin Vos says the changes ...

  • Teens confession in death of 78-year-old woman played in court

    Nathan Paape, 14, is charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the death of a friend's great-grandmother in September in her Sheboygan Falls ...

  • Wisconsin Air National Guard plane has in-air emergency

    A KC-135 aircraft from the Wisconsin Air National Guard 128th Refueling Group has been diverted to a U.S. Air Force Reserve base in Indiana because of an in-air emergency, WTMJ-TV (Channel ...

  • Kenosha man identified as missing Lake Michigan swimmer

    Sgt. Tim Ausse of the Kenosha Police Department said Ben McCarter, 31, of Kenosha, started struggling 10 - 15 feet away from the east end of the pier Monday ...

  • SE Wis. road construction projects

    In Stage 2, Rawson Avenue southbound entrance ramp, northbound loop ramp, northbound exit-ramp, and southbound exit ramp to eastbound Rawson Avenue will be closed to traffic. Rawson Avenue will maintain one lane of traffic in each direction between 13th and 20th streets. Stage 2 of construction will start in early March to early ...

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