Wisconsin
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Woman dies in the fatal fire in Oconto CountySep 19, 2011 12:00 am - COLEMAN, Wis. — Officials in Oconto County say there’s no apparent connection between a two house fires on Rost Lake on Saturday, including one in which a woman died. Br...
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Madison homicide victim identifiedSep 19, 2011 12:00 am - MADISON, Wis. — The Dane County medical examiner’s office is identifying the man shot on Thursday in what police are calling a drug deal that turned violent. He’s 24-yea...
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Inmate who escaped in Indy recaptured in IowaSep 19, 2011 12:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS — Authorities say a Marion County Jail inmate who escaped from a work detail has been captured in Iowa. Indianapolis authorities say 21-year-old Cody Thurma...
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Siblings face charges in Chicago robberiesSep 19, 2011 12:00 am - A Lemont woman who was charged with her brother in a string of armed robberies in Chicago has been ordered held in lieu of $2 million bail. Twenty-eight-year-old Jaclyn...
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Wis National Guard troops to get send-off ceremonySep 16, 2011 12:00 am - MILWAUKEE — About 150 troops from Wisconsin's Army National Guard are preparing for an eventual deployment to Kosovo. The troops are getting a send-off ceremony at the ...
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Kind won’t run for US SenateSep 16, 2011 12:00 am - LA CROSSE, Wis. — U.S. Rep. Ron Kind of La Crosse says he won’t run for U.S. Senate. The Democrat was named as a possible candidate for the seat held by Democratic U.S. ...
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Police defend officer who let impaired driver goSep 16, 2011 12:00 am - FOND DU LAC, Wis. — Fond du Lac police are defending an officer who let an impaired woman drive away, only to be arrested about an hour later for drunken driving in anot...
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Protester dumps beer on lawmaker at Madison barSep 16, 2011 12:00 am - MADISON, Wis. — Police are searching for a man who dumped a beer on the head of Republican state Rep. Robin Vos on Wednesday night at a Madison bar, splashing two other ...
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Judge approves $30 million sale of Olsen's MillSep 16, 2011 12:00 am - OSHKOSH, Wis. — A federal bankruptcy judge has approved a sale of assets that gives Archer Daniels Midland capacity to store 20 million bushels of grain in Wisconsin. Th...
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Court denies Ill. family’s request to test printSep 15, 2011 12:00 am - DECATUR — A fingerprint that three members of a Decatur family convicted of murder hoped might free them isn’t suitable for testing, a state appellate court has ruled. J...