Wisconsin
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Miller Caves to host concert this weekendJun 14, 2013 8:46 am - MILWAUKEE — For decades, the “Miller Caves” were used to store Miller beer before refrigeration. Later, they were used as a bomb shelter for Miller employees and then re...
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Walker urged to reconsider UW regent appointmentJun 14, 2013 8:46 am - MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Scott Walker refused to say Thursday why he withdrew his nomination to the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents of a UW-Platteville student who ...
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Expedition hopes to find La Salle’s long lost shipJun 13, 2013 3:44 pm - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — As a teenager, Steve Libert was mesmerized by a teacher’s stories of the brash 17th-century French explorer La Salle, who journeyed across the Gre...
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Wisconsin Assembly approves anti-abortion billsJun 13, 2013 3:42 pm - MADISON, Wis. — Assembly Republicans approved a package of bills Thursday designed to make it more difficult to get abortions in Wisconsin, joining a renewed conservativ...
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Thunderstorms moving across southern WisconsinJun 13, 2013 8:41 am - SULLIVAN, Wis. — A line of thunderstorms packing heavy rain and high winds spread across the southwest southern Wisconsin Wednesday . National Weather Service meteorolog...
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Senior population grows in WisconsinJun 13, 2013 8:04 am - MILWAUKEE — Newly-released figures from the U.S. Census Bureau show Wisconsin’s senior population continues to grow. People 65 and older account for 14.4 percent of Wis...
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Pill-based abortions resume in WisconsinJun 12, 2013 3:39 pm - MADISON, Wis. — Women can now get medication-induced abortions at Wisconsin clinics after a Dane County judge blocked a recent state law from restricting that procedure....
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Wisconsin bill would bar police from enforcing gun bansJun 11, 2013 7:48 pm - MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin police would be forbidden from enforcing any new federal gun and ammunition restrictions, bans or registration requirements under a bill a Repu...
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Marquette student dies in fall from ledge in RomeJun 11, 2013 5:40 pm - MILWAUKEE — A Marquette University student studying abroad has died after falling from a ledge on the banks of a river in Rome. Marquette’s president, the Rev. Scott Pil...
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Pence urges lawmakers to uphold Indiana tax bill vetoJun 11, 2013 8:14 am - INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is asking lawmakers to keep from handing him his first veto override. Pence sent a letter to legislators on Monday urging to uphol...