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  • Oklahoma principals recall day tornado hit

    It was like any other day. If anything, it might have been a little better than usual -- with more deserved honors for the kids, more jokes and songs, more smiles. Even Mother Nature, after storms the previous day, seemed at first to cooperate as the sun shone ...

  • Guides lead exploration of Wisconsins great outdoors

    Impressed with knowledge Dan and Shirley Heger, retirees from Pewaukee who now live in Stitzer, have gone on a half dozen field trips, including trumpeter swan banding, searching for elk calves and hiking through barrens. The hiking trip was a revelation for Dan Heger, who was surprised to learn there are desert cacti native to Wisconsin. They're also going on trips to the Beaver Creek ...

  • Milwaukee police chief blasts Scott Walker Wisconsin Legislature

    Police Chief Edward Flynn on Friday blasted Gov. Scott Walker for being anti-urban and the Legislature's budget committee for "gratuitous" decisions that killed a community policing grant for his department and set in motion the departure of the state crime lab from Milwaukee. In an expansive interview with the Journal Sentinel in a Third Ward coffee shop that touched on ...

  • Cudahy homeowner 93 ordered to paint

    Mayor John Hohenfeldt said the order is part of a program called Care for Cudahy that has been in place for more than a decade. Inspectors look for exterior problems on about 1,500 to 1,800 properties each ...

  • Grandfather talks about donating granddaughters life death

    Only on WISN 12 News, the family of a 15-year-old high school freshman killed while riding her bike talks about the emotional decision to donate her ...

Movie Review

Chungking Express (Chongquing Senlin)

This movie would probably never have made it to video in America without the help of Quentin Tarantino. He is using his new production label, Rolling Thunder, to bring obscure and foreign films to the local video stores that otherwise wouldn't have ever seen the light of day. "Chunking Express" was the first to come out under this new label, and due to the exciting sound of the title, and the fact ... ...

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  • First pitch honors Officer Jennifer Sebena

    "It was probably the hardest week of my life, for sure. I lost a good friend. We lost a good officer, and I'm happy now because I'm remembering the happy memories and the time we had with her," Gierach ...

  • Tap your way to a better life

    Operation Emotional Freedom MILWAUKEE - The videos are all over the Internet - instructions on how to tap your way to a better life! It's called "Emotional Freedom Techniques" - or EFT for short. The videos featuring people lighting tapping their foreheads, faces, wrists and other parts of their bodies. Sophia Cayer, is an "EFT Founding Master" and wrote a book about ...

  • Chief Keefs rap sheet too hot for Milwaukee club

    MILWAUKEE - The reputation of Chicago rapper Keith "Chief Keef" Kozart caught up with him earlier in the week, costing the performer a gig ...

  • Police say Thong Cape Scooter Man didnt break law

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A man known to ride through Madison on a scooter -- dressed in thong underwear and a cape -- may be disturbing to ...

  • Couple trade Milwaukees east side for a Cheeseville alpaca farm

    Ken and Char Larsen stand in a pen with their alpacas. The Larsens sold their home on the east side of Milwaukee and bought a farm in Cheeseville. Char Larsen grew up surrounded by animals, including an epileptic squirrel monkey she named Mike. Husband Ken obliged when she wanted to return to the ...

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