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  • Person killed in early-morning shooting

    Police said they received a call around 4:15 a.m. Monday near 26th Place and West Glendale Avenue. Sgt. Mark Stanmeyer said a 16-year-old boy was shot and killed during a disturbance. WISN 12 News reporter Hillary Mintz said a person was taken into police custody near the scene Monday morning. However Stanmeyer said two people arrested in the area of the shooting were taken into custody on ...

  • Tornadoes kill 2 more bad weather expected

    Tornadoes destroyed homes and tossed trees around like toothpicks as powerful storms ripped through Oklahoma and the Midwest on Sunday and ...

  • Powerball fever hits Milwaukee after $1M ticket sold

    MILWAUKEE - Who is it? Who's the newest millionaire in Milwaukee? A store on the city's east side sold a $1 million Powerball ticket. There was a lot of buzz Monday at the Pick 'n Save on East Garfield Avenue near North Humboldt Street. "It would have been nice (for me to win,)" said Sharon Gamm. "I called my sister in Antigo first because I knew ...

  • Women of the Walls Hoffman in Milwaukee tonight

    An Israeli woman at the center of an international push to secure for women the equal right to pray at Jerusalem's Western Wall will speak this evening at Congregation Beth Israel Ner Tamid in Glendale. Anat Hoffman is chairwoman ...

  • Report Job training rule for food stamps would trim rolls by half

    Madison -- Requiring basic job training from able-bodied participants in the state's food stamp program would cause about half of them to drop out of the program -- a total of tens of thousands of people statewide and 14,500 in just Milwaukee. The ...

Movie Review

The Devil's Own

For a film headed by Harrison Ford and Brad Pitt about such highly charged subject matter as the IRA and the deception of a father-figure by his adopted son, "The Devil's Own" is awfully dull. While it was in production, there were rampant rumors of ego wars between the two stars and endless script revisions, so severe that Pitt wanted to walk out because the working script bore little resemblance ... ...

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  • Jury selected in raw milk trial

    Greg Griffin (left) and Bill Patton show their support for dairy farmer Vernon Hershberger, whose raw-milk trial starts today in Baraboo. They are hanging a banner across the street from the Sauk County ...

  • Lawmaker says Wisconsin tax cut could be expanded

    Gov. Scott Walker's proposed income tax cut, K-12 education and the transportation budget could all see a boost from $500 million in new projected revenue, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said Sunday ...

  • Former MSOE students Miller Park from Legos at national exhibit

    LOUSIVLLE, Ky. - A student from the Milwaukee School of Engineering has shown his skill in rebuilding Miller Park with a retractable roof. From Legos. No, it's not a full-sized version, but the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory is showcasing the miniature verson at its museum in Kentucky. Former grad student Tim Kaebisch created the baseball ...

  • Oklahoma other tornado-hit states brace for more

    SHAWNEE, Okla. -; When Lindsay Carter heard on the radio that a violent storm was approaching her rural Oklahoma neighborhood, she gathered her belongings and fled. When she returned, there was little ...

  • Scott Walker reappoints Stephen Marcus to Wisconsin Center District Board

    Gov. Scott Walker has reappointed Stephen Marcus, chairman of the board of the Marcus Corp., to the Wisconsin Center District board. Walker ...

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