Articles filed under Wisconsin
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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, ...
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Man accused of strangling 2 boys facing new chargeMar 01, 2012 11:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. — A Madison man charged with killing his girlfriend’s two young sons is facing a new charge following an incident at the Dane County Jail. A criminal comp...
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Wisconsin woman has Prince Albert in a wallMar 01, 2012 11:00 pm - STEVENS POINT, Wis. — It’s a classic prank phone call that references a tobacco product: “Do you have Prince Albert in a can? You do? Well, you’d better let him out.” As...
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Lawyer: Don’t judge stepmom in Wis starvation caseFeb 29, 2012 11:00 pm - Lawyer: Don’t judge stepmom in Wis starvation case Associated Press MADISON, Wis. — The lawyer for a Madison woman accused of starving her 15-year-old stepdaughter asks ...
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Central Wis. man dies in farming accidentFeb 29, 2012 11:00 pm - GREENWOOD, Wis. — A central Wisconsin man is dead after an accident on his farm. The Clark County sheriff’s office says 41-year-old Allen D. Hemann of rural Greenwood wa...