Wisconsin
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Documents: Common Core cost millions more than estimatedJan 17, 2015 10:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A budget request by the Department of Public Instruction shows the cost of testing Wisconsin students over the next two years could cost millions of...
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Officer injured when squad hit by suspected drunken driverJan 17, 2015 10:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A Madison police officer suffered minor injuries when her squad car was rear ended by a pickup truck. Police say the driver of the pickup truck fled...
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Surviving Great Lakes coal-fired ship gets new lease on lifeJan 17, 2015 10:00 pm - LUDINGTON, Mich. (AP) - The last coal-fired steamship operating in U.S. waters is undergoing a makeover to meet the terms of a deal with the Environmental Protection Age...
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Wolf attacks up in Michigan's Upper Peninsula in 2014Jan 16, 2015 10:00 pm - GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - Wolf attacks in Michigan's Upper Peninsula killed at least 26 cattle and 17 hunting dogs last year. MLive.com (http://bit.ly/1CztxCt ) says th...
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Dairy industry braces for a milk bust following 2014 boomJan 16, 2015 10:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Milk sales set records in 2014, but plummeting prices are forcing some dairy farmers to spill the surplus down the drain. Already disheartened by th...
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Milwaukee police investigate fatal hit-and-runJan 16, 2015 10:00 pm - MILWAUKEE (AP) - The Milwaukee police department is investigating a hit-and-run that killed a 59-year-old man. Police say the Milwaukee man was hit by a vehicle in a nor...
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Woman who shot sons was released from mental health facilityJan 16, 2015 10:00 pm - LANCASTER, Wis. (AP) - A woman who authorities say shot her two sons and herself this month in Montfort had just been released a day earlier from a state mental health f...
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Beloit police: Man steals car with baby insideJan 16, 2015 10:00 pm - BELOIT, Wis. (AP) - Beloit police say they've arrested a 22-year-old man for stealing a vehicle with a baby inside. The Beloit Daily News reports the vehicle was reporte...
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DNR: Winter sports enthusiasts should check ice conditionsJan 16, 2015 10:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is warning winter sports enthusiasts to watch out for unstable ice with warmer weather heading in to s...
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Wisconsin businessman sentenced to 45 years for sex crimesJan 16, 2015 10:00 pm - HUDSON, Wis. (AP) - A businessman from western Wisconsin has been sentenced to 45 years in prison after pleading no contest to sexually abusing children. Authorities sai...