Articles filed under Wisconsin
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Wisconsin cemeteries, funeral homes could be jointly ownedJan 04, 2012 11:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. — Funeral homes and cemeteries could be jointly owned under a bill being circulated in the state Assembly. The proposal has the support of Wisconsin cemete...
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Man who killed 2 Wisconsin women dies in custodyJan 04, 2012 11:00 pm - MERRILL, Wis. — A man who admitted killing two Merrill women in the 1970s has died in custody. Sixty-eight-year-old Wayne Smith was serving life in prison for murdering...
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Still no leads for unidentified woman in Wis.Jan 04, 2012 11:00 pm - FOND DU LAC, Wis. — Fond du Lac County officials hoped the attention around the funeral they held last month for an unidentified crime victim would have yielded some hel...
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Dealership car taken on a long, long test driveJan 04, 2012 11:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. — A man who took a car from a Madison dealership told police he was simply on a long test drive and had no intention of stealing the vehicle. Police arrest...
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Attorney: Wis. justice should stay on recall caseJan 03, 2012 11:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. — An attorney says state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman shouldn’t recuse himself from a case that could affect recall efforts because he received f...
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Photos of dead aim to bring new life to Wisconsin cold casesJan 02, 2012 11:00 pm - MILWAUKEE — The corpses' faces are mostly bloated, their skin pale and discolored. One man's lips are stiffened into a grim frown and he stares with half-open eyes. Anot...
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1 Wis. Sears, 1 Kmart on store closing listDec 29, 2011 11:00 pm - WEST BARABOO, Wis. — One Sears store and one Kmart in Wisconsin are among the store closings announced this week by the parent company of Sears and Kmart. The Sears Gran...
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Driver killed in collision with train from ChicagoDec 29, 2011 11:00 pm - TOWN OF IXONIA, Wis. — Authorities said Friday a 44-year-old man was killed when his truck collided with an Amtrak train in Wisconsin's Jefferson County on Thursday. She...
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Beloit girl, 5, celebrates as cancer in remissionDec 29, 2011 11:00 pm - BELOIT, Wis. — “It seemed like it was never going to end, but it did. Thank God.” That’s what Payten Fobes’ mother, Nikki Gunn, said about her 5-year-old daughter’s remi...
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Deputies: Man falls off Jefferson County bridgeDec 29, 2011 11:00 pm - JEFFERSON, Wis. — The Jefferson County sheriff’s department says a Good Samaritan fell off a bridge when he stopped to help another driver. The sheriff’s department says...