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  • Briggs Stratton steps up to help Red Cross in Oklahoma

    From its headquarters and manufacturing in the Milwaukee area to plants in Alabama and Georgia, Briggs & Stratton generators are being used to help disaster ...

  • Franklin school illness confirmed as norovirus

    The school district said 68 children were investigated and showed that the illness likely spread from student to student. Classes were canceled on May 17 after more than 50 students came down with the illness in days prior. Food at the school was ruled out as a cause of the sickness, and samples from six ill students all tested positive for norovirus. The city's health department said it ...

  • Students find options in healthy vending machine

    Jeff Osbourne, a vendor for "Human Healthy Vending," stocks machines at West Allis Central and several other area schools, as well as a health club and a hospital's corporate ...

  • Patch DOT to host meetings on I-94 construction between 70th 26th streets

    DOT officials are holding open houses from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Tommy Thompson Youth Center at State Fair Park and Wednesday from 4 to 7 p.m. at Marquette University High School on 34th Street and Wisconsin ...

  • How safe are Wis. children if a tornado were to hit

    MILWAUKEE - It was a deadly two-mile long tornado that ripped through Oklahoma and killed nine children. It knocked down homes and stores and schools. But how safe are our children if a tornado were to hit? The biggest school districts in Wisconsin tell Today’s TMJ4 that children are safe if a tornado were to hit. Milwaukee, Waukesha, and Kenosha took part in a state-wide tornado drill ...

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The Wrestler [Blu-Ray]

The Wrestler [Blu-Ray]

The defining shot in Darren Aronofskys The Wrestler, a bittersweet story about a man struggling through lifes second act, is a tracking shot that follows right behind the titular character, a decaying former superstar named Randy The Ram Robinson, as he walks down various hallways a ... ...

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  • Oklahoma tornado reminds Eagle residents of the tornado that hit their town

    are bringing back memories for those in Eagle. A tornado tore through that town nearly three years ago. Bill Kane is a lifelong Eagle resident. He and his house survived the Eagle tornado, and is closely following the tornado in Oklahoma. "I know what those people are going through," Kane said. "I did it. Not as bad though." The Eagle tornado twisted 11 towering trees in ...

  • Fitch Affirms Wisconsins Petroleum Fee Bonds and Notes at AA EMCP at F1+

    U.S. Money Funds Return to Eurozone Banks U.S. prime money market funds (MMFs) increased their exposure to eurozone banks in April, although asset allocations to these institutions remain well below 2011 levels, according to Fitch Ratings. As of end-April 2013, MMF allocations to eurozone banks represented 15.1% of assets under management within Fitch Ratings'sample of the 10 largest U.S. ...

  • Milwaukee-area volunteers ready for Oklahoma if needed

    Thuecks said volunteers in Oklahoma mobilized right away, but because of the tornado's size, it could be a few days before it's known just how much help Milwaukee's office needs to ...

  • Goodwill ambassador Donald Driver visits Grafton middle school

    "It should put a smile on everyone's face," Driver told the students. "You were able to give someone some clothes, books, bags, and it puts a smile on my face knowing that you have all done a good ...

  • Tornado brings back memories to Hartford School District

    Starting next school year, each classroom will have a special backpack for the teacher to grab when they need to move quickly. It will contain bottles of water, a flashlight and a list of emergency contacts in case they need to stay in place for a ...

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