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  • No fun on I-94 for drivers stuck in construction zone

    MILWAUKEE - This is what it looked like for drivers in the construction zone on I-94 Saturday afternoon. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation completely shut down the highway near the Milwaukee county/Racine county line. Some drivers were reporting that they endured an additional hour of travel time getting through it all. The DOT was expecting to reopen I-94 Sunday morning after ...

  • No opening seen in Wisconsin for gay marriage

    Madison - Wisconsin's neighbor Minnesota may have become the 12th state in the country to legalize same-sex unions on Tuesday. But gay marriage is not on the legislative agenda in Wisconsin, and that's not expected to change in the near future. University of Wisconsin-La Crosse political scientist Joe Heim ...

  • Death of Green Bay man ruled a homicide

    Green Bay - Green Bay police have ruled the death of a 49-year-old man a homicide. The department announced last week it was investigating a suspicious death at Daniel Kuehl's residence. Detective Capt. Todd ...

  • Wis. not likely to take up gay marriage again soon

    MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin's neighbor Minnesota may have become the 12th state in the country to legalize same-sex unions on Tuesday. But gay marriage is not on the legislative agenda in Wisconsin, and that's not expected to change in the near future. University of Wisconsin-La Crosse political scientist Joe Heim ...

  • Walkers week ahead Connecticut New York City Iowa

    Gov. Scott Walker’s big week of campaigning out east and in Iowa begins Monday with an appearance in Connecticut that is already generating heat. The Connecticut Democratic Party called Walker a "goon" and is raising funds to "send him packing" back to Wisconsin when he keynotes the Connecticut GOP’s largest annual event on May 20, the Hartford Courant reported ...

Movie Review

Fritz the Cat [DVD]

Fritz the Cat [DVD]

For his first film, writer/director Ralph Bakshi decided to do what no one else had ever tried before: Create a feature-length adult cartoon. Bakshi, an animation wunderkind who was already a 10-year veteran of the Terrytoons animation studio when he was in his early 30s, teamed up with producer Steve Krantz and raised almost $1 million for the production. The result was Fritz the Cat, a f ... ...

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  • Deadline approaching for adding numbers to Wisconsin no-call list

    Madison - The quarterly deadline to place a telephone number on Wisconsin's no-call list is approaching. The deadline to be added to the list is May 31. Any number put on the list then will be protected from unwanted phone solicitations and text messages starting July 1. Registrations are good for two years, and people can re-register their numbers at any time. The list is updated four ...

  • DNR lifts burning ban

    Madison - The state Department of Natural Resources has lifted a statewide burning ban. The DNR temporarily suspended all burning permits on Wednesday because low humidity, windy conditions and high temperatures had created conditions ripe for fires and dozens of fire departments were already committed to battling a massive wildfire in Douglas County. DNR fire officials said they lifted the ...

  • Wisconsin Marine reunited with dog pal from days in Afghanistan

    Des Moines, Iowa - When Marine Sgt. Ross Gundlach served as a dog handler in Afghanistan, he told the yellow lab who was his constant companion that he'd look her up when he returned home. "I promised her if we made it out of alive, I'd do whatever it took to find her," Gundlach said. On Friday, he made good on that vow with help from some sentimental state officials in ...

  • Madison officers shoot 43-year-old man with sword

    Dane County Sheriff's Lt. Charles Immel says Madison police were called to the man's condo building after sheriff's deputies were unsuccessful in serving the man with an eviction notice Friday morning. The man was believed to be armed with knives and a ...

  • Ladies You Can Resume Hanging Your Bras at Milwaukee’s Holler House

    There’s a tradition at a Milwaukee tavern/two-lane bowling alley called the Holler House where first-time female patrons remove their bra, sign it, and hang them from the rafters, which sounds like something I would support wholeheartedly. Apparently, others do too, because according to Marcy Skowronski, the 87-year-old owner of the establishment, the tradition has been going on from ...

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