Wisconsin
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Flooding cancels last day of Wisconsin State Fair as severe storms knock out power and close roads
Aug 10, 2025 4:45 pm - MILWAUKEE (AP) — Flash flooding canceled the final day of the Wisconsin State Fair on Sunday as continued heavy rainfall in half a dozen Midwest states forced motorists t...
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Prospect Heights man killed in Wisconsin crash last weekJul 03, 2025 7:25 am - A 69-year-old Prospect Heights man has been identified by Wisconsin authorities as the person killed in a single-vehicle crash in Kenosha County late last month.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority strikes down 176-year-old abortion ban
Jul 02, 2025 9:09 am - The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban on Wednesday, ruling 4-3 that it was superseded by newer state laws regulating the procedure, including statutes that criminalize abortions only after a fetus can survive outside the womb.
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Storms knocked power for thousands around Great Lakes region, with more tornado risk coming
May 16, 2025 11:41 am - After widespread thunderstorms and some tornadoes knocked power out to hundreds of thousands of customers in the Great Lakes region, a continued severe weather outbreak is expected through Friday night. It will be the third-straight day of significant severe weather, with more threats through the weekend.
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Wisconsin judge pleads not guilty to helping a man evade federal immigration agents
May 15, 2025 9:54 am - A Wisconsin judge pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges accusing her of helping a man who is illegally in the country evade U.S. immigration authorities seeking to arrest him in her courthouse.
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Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan is accused of helping a man evade immigration agents and is arrested
Apr 25, 2025 9:58 am - The FBI on Friday arrested a Milwaukee judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities, escalating a clash between the Trump administration and the judiciary over the Republican president’s sweeping immigration crackdown.
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Taking the grandkids to the Wisconsin Dells: Multigeneration getaway reveals what’s changed in the ‘Waterpark Capital of the World’Apr 25, 2025 8:54 am - The last time my family vacationed in Wisconsin Dells my son was 12 and my daughter was 9. That was 1992. Wouldn’t it be fun if my husband and I took our grandsons there to learn how Wisconsin Dells has changed in those 33 years?
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Big Ten university faculties push for defense compact against Trump
Apr 24, 2025 7:40 am - The proposed NATO-like alliance for the 18 schools would allow them to share resources in case the president targets one of their members.
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Storms could bring more tornadoes, flooding to central U.S.
Apr 15, 2025 2:09 pm - A multiday stretch of severe weather — including the potential for tornadoes and locally significant flooding — is expected over the central United States ahead of the we...
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Democratic-backed Crawford wins Wisconsin Supreme Court seat, cementing liberal majority
Apr 01, 2025 1:40 pm - Majority control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court will be decided Tuesday in a race that broke records for spending and has become a proxy battle for the nation’s political fights, pitting a candidate backed by President Donald Trump against a Democratic-aligned challenger.