Wisconsin
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Assembly to vote on requiring GPS monitoringMar 06, 2012 6:30 am - Associated Press MADISON, Wis. — The state Assembly is scheduled to vote on passing a bill that would allow judges to order GPS monitoring for people who violate restrai...
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Police, family pranked with hostage callMar 06, 2012 6:30 am - SUPERIOR, Wis. — Police in Superior say a call about a hostage situation Monday night turned out to be a prank, but not so funny. Officers set up a staging area near a ...
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Wis. lawmakers set to vote on wolf hunt billMar 06, 2012 6:30 am - MADISON, Wis. — The state Legislature is set to vote on a bill that would create a wolf hunt in Wisconsin. Wolves in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin came off the feder...
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Bill up for vote would limit student restraintMar 06, 2012 6:30 am - MADISON, Wis. — Public school employees would be limited in when they could physically restrain or seclude students under a bill up for debate in the Wisconsin state Ass...
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Assembly to vote on bill disallowing registrationsMar 06, 2012 6:30 am - The Wisconsin state Assembly is scheduled to vote on a bill that would remove a requirement in state law that voter registration be offered to students in high school. ...
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Ho-Chunk leader to deliver Wis. tribes speechMar 05, 2012 6:00 am - MADISON, Wis. — The Ho-Chunk Nation's leader is set to deliver the annual State of the Tribes address to the Legislature later this month. Ho-Chunk President Jon Greend...
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Student still missing after extensive searchMar 05, 2012 6:00 am - STEVENS POINT, Wis. — The search resumes Monday in Stevens Point for a college student who remains missing despite an extensive weekend search by police and dozens of vo...
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NAACP Milwaukee president to speak at MarquetteMar 05, 2012 6:00 am - MILWAUKEE — The president of the Milwaukee branch of the NAACP will speak this week at Marquette University. James Hall, a prominent civil rights attorney, is now in hi...
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New mayor takes officeMar 05, 2012 6:00 am - SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — The man who won a recall election for mayor of Sheboygan will be sworn in Monday night. Terry Van Akkeren will serve the remainder of Bob Ryan's term,...
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Guilty plea in theft of 9,000 pieces of mailMar 01, 2012 11:00 pm - LA CROSSE, Wis. — A former Coulee Region postal worker has pleaded guilty in federal court to stealing 9,000 pieces of mail. Fifty-year-old Robert Ernstes, of Melrose, ...