Articles filed under Wisconsin
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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...
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Wisconsin authorities urge water testing near buried horsesMay 09, 2013 9:00 am - PLEASANT PRAIRIE, Wis. — Police in Pleasant Prairie are urging neighbors of a couple charged with animal neglect to test their drinking water. Kenosha County sheriff's ...
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Monk charged in Antioch child abduction held on $150,000 bondMay 09, 2013 6:18 am - Authorities say they believe a Benedictine monk charged with attempting to lure a 14-year-old girl into his car in Antioch suffers from mental health problems. Bail was...
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Soggy spring keeping Midwest farmers out of their corn fieldsMay 08, 2013 7:00 am - GREEN BAY, Wis. — A soggy spring has kept many Midwest farmers out of their corn fields. The National Agriculture Statistics Service says about 4 percent of corn fields...
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Missing dog found safe after fatal crash on I-94May 06, 2013 7:00 am - MENOMONIE, Wis. — A missing German shepherd has been found safe after its owner died in crash on Interstate 94 near Menomonie during Thursday's snowstorm. KMSP-TV report...