Articles filed under Wisconsin
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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...
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Wis. officials file motion over Berlin mascotDec 29, 2011 11:00 pm - BERLIN, Wis. — The state wants a lawsuit dismissed that challenges the constitutionality of a 2010 state law that allows the schools superintendent to ban American India...
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Vehicle found in hit-run that hurt Milwaukee copDec 28, 2011 11:00 pm - MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee police have recovered a “vehicle of interest” in a hit-and-run that critically injured a uniformed police officer. A police news release Wednesday ...
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Judge to weigh in on Wis. GOP lawsuit against GABDec 28, 2011 11:00 pm - WAUKESHA, Wis. — A Waukesha County judge is expected to weigh in on a lawsuit that Gov. Scott Walker's campaign and the head of the Wisconsin Republican Party have filed...
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Walker wants to lift cap on Family Care programsDec 28, 2011 11:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. — Federal health officials have quietly ordered Gov. Scott Walker to lift an enrollment cap and expand state programs designed to keep elderly and disabled...
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Amtrak train from Chicago strikes vehicleDec 28, 2011 11:00 pm - TOWN OF IXONIA, Wis. — An Amtrak train has struck a vehicle at a railroad crossing in Wisconsin’s Jefferson County. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports no information...
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Hit-and-run suspect arrested in ChicagoDec 28, 2011 11:00 pm - MILWAUKEE — Police have arrested a 19-year-old man in Chicago in a hit-and-run that critically injured a uniformed police officer in Milwaukee. Officer Frank Vrtochnick...
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Army medic from Wisconsin killed in AfghanistanDec 27, 2011 11:00 pm - MARSHFIELD, Wis. — After he finished his second tour of duty in Iraq, Joe Altmann could have switched careers and found a safer job. But the Army medic from Marshfield n...
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No charges filed in fatal Wis. bridge crashDec 27, 2011 11:00 pm - MILWAUKEE — Authorities say no serious charges will be filed against the driver of a vehicle that struck a disabled vehicle on an Interstate 794 bridge in October, causi...