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Cleaning of Winnebago County homes with lead paintApr 27, 2012 11:16 am - Winnebago County officials say they hope to clean a couple hundred homes built before 1950 where lead paint has either caused health problems or poses a health risk. The...
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Rhinelander man accused of choking 9-month-old boyApr 27, 2012 11:11 am - RHINELANDER, Wis. — A Rhinelander man is accused of choking a 9-month-old boy out of frustration with the child’s crying. Christopher T. Schimke is due in court Friday o...
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Different voting rules apply for recall primariesApr 27, 2012 11:11 am - MADISON, Wis. — Voters in the May 8 primary will be allowed to vote for both Republican and Democratic candidates in different races if they so choose. Typically, if a p...
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Wisconsin Democrat Barrett says he raised $750,000 in recallApr 27, 2012 11:05 am - MADISON, Wis. — Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett says he has raised $750,000 in just 25 days as he attempts to win the Democratic primary in the governor’s recall election. B...
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Indiana gun shop owner sentenced for illegal salesApr 27, 2012 11:01 am - INDIANAPOLIS — The owner of an eastern Indiana gun shop has been sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to give up thousands of firearms after pleading guilty to ...
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Some Indiana counties underpaid on tax distributionApr 27, 2012 11:01 am - INDIANAPOLIS — The state auditor’s office said it is correcting erroneous excise tax distributions that resulted in more than 30 Indiana counties being underpaid about $...
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Cold case: Research leads to charges against killer in 1979 assaultApr 27, 2012 11:00 am - PADUCAH, Ky. — Malinda Baltz listened as Timothy Wayne Krajcir told a story she hadn't heard before — that the confessed serial killer had forced sexual contact with a w...
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Purdue ends $100M deal with research foundationApr 27, 2012 7:35 am - WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University has ended its dealings with a foundation that pledged a $100 million donation five years ago to help the school find commercial ...
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Peeping Notre Dame registrar avoids jail timeApr 26, 2012 3:22 pm - SOUTH BEND, Ind. — A judge has reduced four felony counts of voyeurism against a former University of Notre Dame assistant registrar to misdemeanors and decided he shoul...
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Relatives accused in kidnapping waive extraditionApr 26, 2012 3:21 pm - Three family members of a 5-year-old boy taken from a St. Louis hospital where he is on a heart transplant list are headed back to Missouri to face charges. The Chicago ...