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  • Detective arrested for OWI driving Waukesha County vehicle

    "And for me, the litmus test has always been fairness. I want to do what is fair to the employee. At the same time, I represent the Sheriff's Department, and I will do, and want to do, what is fair to the department," Waukesha County Sheriff Dan Trawicki ...

  • State could sell power plant facilities other buildings

    A broad array of state properties, including prisons, university dormitories, power plants and highways, could be sold to private buyers without going through a public bidding process, under a provision approved by the Legislature's budget committee on ...

  • Wisconsin Humane Society preparing to receive animals from Oklahoma

    MILWAUKLEE - The Wisconsin Humane Society received dogs from Oklahoma just before the tornado struck. Now, they’re preparing for the possibility of receiving more. "Two days ago we received a transport of animals from that shelter, which now, as it turns out, would have likely been impacted by the disaster," said Matt Witte with the Wisconsin Humane Society. This shelter in ...

  • Oklahoma tornado cuts 17-mile path

    Search-and-rescue crews with dogs went through smashed houses and crushed cars on Tuesday, looking for signs of life a day after a monster tornado pulverized a vast swath of suburbs of Oklahoma ...

  • Milwaukee woman 71 remains hospitalized after brutal attack

    As a 71-year-old woman remains hospitalized after a brutal assault outside her east side home, her family and Milwaukee police are asking for the public's help in solving the crime. Betty Hernandez was hit with a metal object in the 1500 block of N. Farwell Ave. about 2:15 a.m. May 11. "It appears as if the victim may have been targeted, but we continue to try to identify a ...

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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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  • I-43 road rage case runs out of gas

    When I last talked to Nicole Sumlin, she felt certain a jury would understand that she acted in self-defense when she stabbed another motorist's tire during a road rage altercation. This week, however, she decided to take a plea bargain and put this mess behind her. Two of the three charges against her were dropped in the deal. The case in Ozaukee County Circuit Court had already dragged ...

  • Wisconsin legislative panel considers bill limiting local recalls

    MADISON, Wis. -- A group of municipal officials pressed Wisconsin lawmakers Tuesday to make it harder to initiate recall elections at the local level, saying it's currently too easy and that such campaigns often divide communities. Town of Garfield board chairman Steve Dickinsen told the Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections that a recall is usually the best way for people to call ...

  • Wisconsin Selling of some state property given green light by budget panel

    MADISON, Wis. -- A broad array of state properties, including prisons, university dormitories, power plants and highways, could be sold to private buyers without going through a public bidding process, under a provision approved by the Legislature's budget committee on Tuesday. The Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee went along with Gov. Scott Walker's original call to allow ...

  • Wisconsin Elections board seeks absentee voting changes

    MADISON, Wis. -- Wisconsin election officials on Tuesday agreed to ask the Legislature to revamp the state's absentee voting regulations by streamlining request deadlines, expanding electronic ballot access for overseas voters and implementing other changes. The state Government Accountability Board agreed after only brief discussion to make the recommendations at the request of a ...

  • 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 ...

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