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  Wisconsin dad makes daughter a camouflage prom dress May 2, 2013 12:00 AM
  A Wisconsin man used sewing skills he learned in the military to make his daughter's dream prom dress — in camouflage. Mariah Herron, 17, of Marshfield, said she hunts and works on construction projects and she wanted a dress that fit her personality.
  

   
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  Woman charged with robbing 14-year-old who contacted her for sexMay 2, 2013 12:00 AM
  A 22-year-old Milwaukee woman who authorities say agreed to have sex with a Prospect Heights 14-year-old faces felony charges after she pepper sprayed him and stole a piggy bank containing cash and his iPad, authorities said.
  

   

• Selig to give commencement address at St. Norbert May 2, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Wisconsin officials warn of fake parking tickets May 2, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Wisconsin committee set to hold drunken driving hearing May 2, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Wisconsin DNR: Reward offered in bear decapitation May 2, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Wisconsin man arrested after explosives found May 1, 2013 12:00 AM
  A man was arrested after police say they found a large amount of explosives in a home in the Milwaukee suburb of Germantown. Police maintained a perimeter around the home overnight Tuesday until a bomb squad could begin its work removing the explosives in the light of day. Authorities arrested a 33-year-old man at the home and evacuated his grandmother as well as neighbors in a 1-block radius.
  

   

• 4-year-old shot while playing outside Milwaukee home May 1, 2013 12:00 AM
  Police say a 4-year-old child has been shot while playing outside his Milwaukee home. Authorities say someone fired a gun in the direction of the child playing with his siblings on the sidewalk and fled the scene about 10 p.m. Tuesday.
  

   

• Crews search for 2 missing canoeists in Wis. May 1, 2013 12:00 AM
  Crews searching the Chippewa River in Eau Claire have been unable to find two men seen hanging on to a canoe in the water. Authorities were called to the river at 1:40 p.m. Tuesday. An Eau Claire police spokesman says a kayaker saw two men in the river hanging on to a capsized silver canoe.
  

   

• Sentencing set for Wis. stepmom in starvation case Apr 30, 2013 12:00 AM
  A Madison woman accused of torturing her teenage stepdaughter and starving her down to 68 pounds is set to be sentenced in July. The woman pleaded no contest earlier this month to first-degree recklessly endangering safety and causing mental harm to a child. Both charges are felonies and carry a combined maximum penalty of 25 years in prison and $50,000 in fines. Dane County Circuit Judge Julie Genovese has scheduled the woman's sentencing hearing for July 26.
  

   

• Person of interest in Wis. triple homicide found Apr 29, 2013 12:00 AM
  Southern Wisconsin authorities said they have found a person of interest in connection with a triple homicide in rural South Wayne, but the investigation into the slayings continued. "The danger to our community, as it relates to the homicide investigation, is now over," Lafayette County Sheriff Scott Pedley said in a statement Sunday evening.
  

   

• Wis. site offers chance to do 1800s-era chores Apr 29, 2013 12:00 AM
  History lovers will get a chance to participate in 1860s-era spring chores next month at a historical stagecoach inn in southeastern Wisconsin. "At Work and Play at Wade House" is scheduled for May 18 and May 19. Visitors can help prepare and plant gardens, air out quilts, make beds, polish stoves and sweep floors. A vintage base ball game with 19th-century rules is scheduled for the afternoon of May 19.
  

   

• Wisconsin calls for motorcycle safety awareness Apr 26, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Ice Age Trail land trust applies for accreditation Apr 26, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Restitution hearing looms for former Walker aide Apr 26, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Groups set to plant tree on Wisconsin Capitol lawn Apr 26, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Fire guts building in downtown East Troy Apr 26, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Milwaukee officer fatally shoots armed man Apr 25, 2013 12:00 AM
  olice say a Milwaukee officer has shot and killed a man armed with a knife. Police say they were called to a residence on the city's northwest side about 8 p.m. Wednesday where a man was threatening suicide. Officers say they ordered the 45-year-old man to drop the knife, but he refused.
  

   

• Wis. mom likely to plead not guilty in fire deaths Apr 25, 2013 12:00 AM
  A Milwaukee-area woman who lost three of her four children in a fire this month after she left them alone in a locked bedroom is expected to plead not guilty to charges of felony child neglect. Twenty-four-year-old Angelica D. Belen of West Allis has a preliminary hearing set for Thursday morning. She's accused of leaving her 5-year-old daughter and 4-year-old twin sons locked at home while she went to work.
  

   

• Wisconsin man to stand trial for bigamy Apr 24, 2013 12:00 AM
  A Wausau man has been ordered to stand trial for bigamy. Forty-five-year-old Timothy Swinea has pleaded not guilty to felony charges of bigamy and bail jumping and a misdemeanor charge of making a false statement on a marriage license.