Articles filed under Wisconsin
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Wis. Assembly passes court interest rate changesNov 04, 2011 12:00 am - MADISON, Wis. — The state Assembly has approved a bill that would reduce current interest rates on civil judgments and allow them to fluctuate with the economy. The Repu...
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Wis. Assembly allows homeowners to killNov 04, 2011 12:00 am - MADISON, Wis. — The Republican-controlled Legislature has approved a bill that would allow homeowners to kill intruders without fear of liability. The bill creates a pre...
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Wis. DNR seeks nominees for hunter ethics awardNov 03, 2011 12:00 am - MADISON, Wis. — State wildlife officials are seeking nominees for the annual La Crosse Tribune/Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Hunter Ethics Award. The DNR wil...
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2 convicted in murder-for-hire plotNov 03, 2011 12:00 am - WAUKESHA, Wis. — Two men have been convicted of hiring a hit man to kill a Waukesha County woman. Jurors deliberated about three hours before returning the verdict for...
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Madison retiree awarded highest civilian awardNov 03, 2011 12:00 am - MADISON, Wis. — A retired Madison architect is among the Japanese-American veterans given an overdue thank you from their country in Washington. Eighty-nine-year-old H...
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Wis. Senate set to consider home defense measureNov 03, 2011 12:00 am - MADISON, Wis. — The state Senate is set to take up a bill that would allow homeowners to kill intruders without fear of civil liability. The Republican bill creates a pr...
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Wisconsin still leads nation in cheese productionNov 03, 2011 12:00 am - MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin is still the cheese capital of the nation. Statistics released this week show that the Dairy State produced 219 million pounds of cheese in Sep...
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Interstate crash that killed 2 investigatedNov 03, 2011 12:00 am - OSSEO, Wis. — The Wisconsin State Patrol is investigating a fiery interstate crash involving three semitrailers that killed two people from Michigan. Two others were in...
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Wis. transportation commission to discuss projectsNov 02, 2011 12:00 am - ansportation Projects Commission is scheduled to discuss at least six highway projects for which environmental studies are recommended. The commission is set to meet Wed...
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Wis. chief justice to deliver judiciary addressNov 02, 2011 12:00 am - MADISON, Wis. — State Supreme Court Justice Shirley Abrahamson is scheduled to deliver her State of the Judiciary Address this week in Wisconsin Dells. Abrahamson is exp...