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  • 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 ...

  • Milwaukee-area freeway shuts down after rollover crash

    MEQUON - The Ozaukee Co. Sheriff's Office has shut down I-43 northbound after a rollover crash. Flight for Life was headed to the scene of the crash, which happened just before 9:00 p.m. Monday night. TODAY'S TMJ4 reports that a vehicle struck a center barricade at the Milwaukee-Ozaukee Co. line. At least one person may have been injured. Check back for more details on this ...

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A Serious Man

A Serious Man

Set in a flat, treeless Minnesota suburb in the late 1960s, A Serious Man is Joel and Ethan Coens darkly comic version of the story of Job, an at times sublime cinematic exploration of the inscrutable nature of earthly suffering and possibly the best mainstream treatment of that ... ...

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  • Body pulled from Chippewa River in Eau Claire

    EAU CLAIRE, Wis. -- Eau Claire Police say a body has been pulled from the Chippewa River. Police say canoeists spotted the body Monday not far from the Short Street Bridge. Eau Claire firefighters then launched a boat and recovered the body. WQOW-TV (http://bit.ly/17UpX9YP reports there's no word on an ...

  • US releases names of Guantanamo indefinite detainees

    The names of dozens of detainees held at the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were released for the first time on Monday after a newspaper sued the federal government for the ...

  • Jobs program gives Milwaukee teens real-world experience

    With youth unemployment hitting 24.5% nationally in May, several Milwaukee teenagers are getting real-world work experience this summer, thanks to the St. Charles Youth and Family Services Youth Employment Services program, ...

  • Estabrook Parks beer garden expected to spawn more such venues

    Patrons gather at Estabrook Park Beer Garden on Saturday. To see a map of local bars with impressive craft beer collections, visit jsonline.com/beer ...

  • Work to begin on Cleveland Avenue Bridge

    GET READY FOR ANOTHER FULL FREEWAY CLOSURE. THIS TIME, IN WEST ALLIS, OVER I-894. NEW AT SIX: WISN 12 NEWS PATRICK PAOLANTONIO SHOWS WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE CLEVELAND AVENUE BRIDGE. PATRICK PAOLANTONIO/WEST ALLIS I'M STANDING ON THE CLEVELAND AVENUE BRIDGE AND THAT SOUND YOU HEAR, IS THE TRAFFIC, DOWN BELOW ON 894. BIG CHANGES ARE ABOUT TO COME TO THIS AREA. THE CLEVELAND AVENUE ...

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