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  • Wis. panel to hear bill limiting local recalls

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- It would be harder to recall a local Wisconsin elected official from office under a proposal up for a hearing before a legislative committee. The Republican-sponsored bill is up for a hearing Tuesday before the Assembly's Committee on Campaigns and Elections. It would require anyone who petitions to recall a city, village, town, town sanitary district, or school ...

  • Housing rebound continues in Wisconsin

    MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Housing sales in Wisconsin continue to rebound. April brings a 22nd consecutive month of growth with sales up 9 percent compared to the month previous. The median price for existing homes rose 8 percent. The Wisconsin Realtors Association president Michael Theo says the supply of homes has decreased and low mortgage rates have attracted more people to the market. The Journal ...

  • More than dozen fire departments battle fire housing businesses

    SAUK CITY, Wis. (AP) -- Firefighters from more than a dozen departments helped Sauk City put out a fire in a building that houses a hardware, small engine and tire store. Investigators will be looking for the cause of the three-alarm fire that started late Monday and burned into the early morning hours Tuesday. WMTV-TV ...

  • Plans announced for Donald Driver statue

    Big welcome planned today for Donald Driver in Grafton GREEN BAY - Plans are in place to transform a famous Packers statue into Donald Driver. Work will begin this week to turn the statue outside Titletown Brewing Company into Donald Driver. Driver himself is scheduled to be at the official unveiling sometime in mid June. Pearl Street, where Titletown Brewing is located, will also soon be ...

  • Wisconsin native watching tornado tragedy closely

    One Wisconsin native has been following the tornado damage closely. Alex Wehrley is a TV host in Oklahoma City, and is a former Miss ...

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L' Avventura [DVD]

L' Avventura [DVD]

Every 10 years, the British film journal Sight & Sound conducts an extensive poll of critics to determine the 10 greatest films ever made. Although the list changes quite a bit from decade to decade, often in accordance with shifting tastes and preferences as to what constitutes "greatness," there is a connecting thread among all the films that have ever appeared on the list that is un ... ...

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  • Big welcome planned today for Donald Driver in Grafton

    GRAFTON - People in Grafton are planning the royal treatment for Donald Driver today. The Packers' legend is visiting John Long Middle School. The school won the visit after collecting more than 70,000 items for Goodwill. Donald will see his welcome long before he gets to the school. "We have parents that are staked along his route, the high school is along the route and another ...

  • Pope famous athletes musicians and others tweet thoughts about Oklahoma tornado

    I am close to the families of all who died in the Oklahoma tornado, especially those who lost young children. Join me in praying for them. - Pope Francis ...

  • From the ICSC Retailers eye growth in southeastern Wisconsin

    At the ICSC convention in Las Vegas Milwaukee-area retailers say the International Council of Shopping Centers convention, going on this week in Las Vegas, seems busier this year than the past few years. I havent seen this much activity since before the recession in 2008, said Larry Kilduff, who recently joined Jones Lang LaSalle in Chicago but previously owned The Kilduff Co. in Cedarburg. It ...

  • Salvation Army responding to Oklahoma disaster

    The Salvation Army already has volunteers on the ground at the Oklahoma tornado scene, and is sending more right now. It tells WISN 12 News their national disaster response teams will be on the front lines, and they say any help you can offer will help some of those who've lost ...

  • Milwaukee area morning freeway traffic alerts road conditions travel times

    Expect cloudy skies and some rain today with temperatures in the 70s. For the latest Milwaukee-area freeway travel times, traffic alerts, road conditions and more, visit our traffic page ...

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