Wisconsin
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Wis. Supreme Court: Newspaper has right to recordsJan 08, 2013 9:07 am - MADISON, Wis. — The state Supreme Court says a newspaper has a right to complete copies of Juneau County’s legal bills. The Juneau County Star-Times in 2010 asked the c...
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Jaguar cubs born at Milwaukee zoo bring new genesJan 08, 2013 7:00 am - MILWAUKEE - Two jaguar cubs are providing more than just cooing fans for Milwaukee's zoo. The spotted brothers are introducing new genes to the endangered species' capti...
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Luna, Degorski fight Brown's convictions from prisonJan 08, 2013 4:30 am - As the names of the seven victims in the Brown's Chicken murders rang throughout a Chicago courtroom — each followed by a succinct “guilty” — Juan Luna and James Degorsk...
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20 years after Brown's murders, daughter carries onJan 08, 2013 4:30 am - At the end of her first week of work as a legislative aide, Jennifer Ehlenfeldt Shilling sat down on a Wisconsin Capitol bench and wrote her father a letter filled with ...
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Trial ordered for funeral director in drug caseJan 04, 2013 8:37 am - MARKESAN, Wis. — A mortician accused of dealing drugs at her family’s Markesan, Wis., funeral home will stand trial. Twenty-five-year-old Melissa Wachholz has pleaded n...
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10-year sentence for abuse that nearly killed boyJan 04, 2013 8:37 am - MADISON, Wis. — A Madison man has been sentenced to ten years in prison for physically abusing his former girlfriend’s 4-year-old son who suffered brain damage and nearl...
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Women’s history pioneer Gerda Lerner dies at 92Jan 04, 2013 8:20 am - MILWAUKEE — Gerda Lerner spent her 18th birthday in a Nazi prison, sharing a cell with two gentile women arrested for political work who shared their food with the Jewis...
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Judge to rule in Wisconsin wolf hunt challengeJan 04, 2013 6:26 am - MADISON, Wis. — A Madison judge is expected to rule on whether hunters can use dogs to go after wolves. A group of humane societies filed a lawsuit earlier this year all...
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2 giraffes die in Wisconsin Dells park fireDec 31, 2012 3:43 pm - WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. — Two giraffes were killed during a fire at a Wisconsin Dells wildlife park. According to Wisconsin Dells police, someone called 911 at about 6 p.m...
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Wisconsin couple says pet chicken alerted them to blazeDec 29, 2012 7:00 am - MILWAUKEE — A Wisconsin couple says clucks, not fire trucks, helped them escape a blaze at their home. Dennis Murawska, 59, said a pet chicken named Cluck Cluck woke his...