Wisconsin
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Milwaukee Pug Fest attracts 1,700 dogsMay 20, 2013 3:23 pm - FRANKLIN, Wis. — Milwaukee Pug Fest, billed by organizers as the largest such event in North America, had its best year yet. The annual gathering in a Milwaukee suburb S...
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Tea party group says IRS asked about Walker recallMay 17, 2013 7:57 am - MILWAUKEE — A tea party group says the Internal Revenue Service asked about its involvement in efforts to verify signatures in the effort to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott ...
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Big Ten announces 2014 conference football scheduleMay 16, 2013 12:00 pm - The Big Ten has released its conference schedule for the 2014 season. Penn State travels to Rutgers to open conference play on Sept. 13, 2014. The game will be the Scarl...
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NW Wisconsin wildfire consumes 8,700 acresMay 15, 2013 8:08 am - TOWN OF GORDON, Wis. — Firefighters worked to contain a smoky wildfire in northwestern Wisconsin that has consumed 8,700 acres, destroyed nearly 50 structures and forced...
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Report card: Great Lakes still have big problemsMay 14, 2013 6:06 pm - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — A decades-old effort to nurse the battered Great Lakes to health has made progress toward reducing toxic pollution and slamming the door on invasi...
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Dalai Lama tells Wisconsin legislature to be compassionateMay 14, 2013 5:09 pm - MADISON, Wis. — The Dalai Lama, speaking on the floor of the Wisconsin Assembly where lawmakers just two years ago hurled expletives at each other while angry protesters...
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Indiana slayings evoke memories of ‘98 crimeMay 14, 2013 7:45 am - WAYNESVILLE — Residents in a small Indiana town where four people were found fatally shot Saturday say their deaths are bringing up memories of a previous case. Associat...
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Fond du Lac professor helps study Marine suicidesMay 14, 2013 7:43 am - FOND DU LAC, Wis. — A Fond du Lac professor will help study the rising suicide rate among U.S. Marines. Janet McCord is an associate professor of thanatology in Marian ...
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Wisconsin panel votes to prohibit bans on sugary drinksMay 09, 2013 4:20 pm - MADISON, Wis. — No Wisconsin city could prohibit the sale of large, sugary drinks as was recently done in New York City under a provision added to the state budget Thurs...
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Fond du Lac police involved in standoffMay 09, 2013 9:09 am - FOND DU LAC, Wis. — SWAT team officers have surrounded an apartment building in Fond du Lac. Police say a despondent man is believed to be armed in an apartment with an...