Articles filed under Wisconsin
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From car lots to city budgets, cheap oil means changeJan 18, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - Cheap oil doesn't only mean cheaper gas in the tank. It means that a car dealer in Illinois is shuffling the inventory of models he'll be selling, that...
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1 dead, 2 injured in Beloit shootingJan 18, 2015 10:00 pm - BELOIT, Wis. (AP) - One man is dead and two other people have been hospitalized in a Beloit shooting. Beloit police responded to reports of shots fired at 1:45 p.m. Mond...
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Lawmakers seek to ban 'Palcohol' before it hits shelvesJan 18, 2015 10:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Powdered alcohol may be banned in Wisconsin before the product, known as Palcohol, ever hits store shelves. Following the lead of eight other state ...
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Walker says he's still trying to work on casino dealJan 18, 2015 10:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Gov. Scott Walker says he's still trying to work out a deal before a Feb. 19 deadline that would allow the Menominee Tribe to open a new casino in K...
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Potentially endangered bat could change pipeline projectJan 18, 2015 10:00 pm - ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A potentially endangered species of bat could become a major obstacle to the proposed Sandpiper oil pipeline in northern Minnesota. The U.S. Fish ...
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School bands play on thanks to instrument repairmanJan 18, 2015 10:00 pm - SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) - If it weren't for instrument repairman Jeff Schieble, Sheboygan area band directors say they'd likely be spending a lot more time, effort and mone...
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Assembly Republican again pushes for 70 mph speed limitJan 18, 2015 10:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Assembly Republicans hope the Senate's newest members will help pass a bill raising the speed limit to 70 mph in Wisconsin. The Assembly last year a...
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Walker says trip to Israel likely this yearJan 18, 2015 10:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Gov. Scott Walker says he's likely to lead a trade mission to Israel later this year. The trip would be his first there in more than four years as g...
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Police arrest burglars on the roof, not a fiddlerJan 18, 2015 10:00 pm - RACINE, Wis. (AP) - Two people have been arrested atop the roof of the house they were trying to raid. WISN-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1yhIVDM) Racine police responded to...
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Special programs commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.Jan 18, 2015 10:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Hundreds of people filled the state Capitol rotunda Monday to commemorate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. In a speech that addressed t...