Articles filed under Wisconsin
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Wis. family accused of leaving protector to dieOct 09, 2011 12:00 am - MADISON, Wis. — The quote next to Mary Coleman’s 1957 Reedsburg High School yearbook photo reads “speech is silver, silence is golden.” Indeed, Coleman lived in quiet so...
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Missing Boy Scouts found along Wis.-Ill. borderOct 09, 2011 12:00 am - JANESVILLE, Wis. — Four Boy Scouts who went missing during a canoe trip along the Wisconsin-Illinois border were found unharmed before dawn Sunday after a helicopter pil...
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Oshkosh, union reach tentative agreementOct 07, 2011 12:00 am - OSHKOSH, Wis. ) — Oshkosh Corp. and union leaders have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract, which could avert a strike by more than 3,000 workers. The compa...
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Facebook page creates virtual superhero in WisconsinOct 07, 2011 12:00 am - MILWAUKEE — An opera-loving, cage-fighter-in-training has attracted a cult following after stories and pictures were posted on Facebook of the muscular mystery man who i...
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Wisconsin attorney general defends concealed-carry rulesOct 06, 2011 12:00 am - MADISON, Wis. — Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen defended the state Justice Department’s concealed-carry regulations Thursday, saying the agency must define training req...
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Homicide charge dropped in 2006 Wis. bus crashOct 06, 2011 12:00 am - FRIENDSHIP, Wis. — An Adams County judge has dismissed a homicide charge against a 50-year-old whose semitrailer hit a school bus in 2006, killing a 14-year-old boy. Bar...
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Woman accused of stealing ring from corpse at funeral homeOct 05, 2011 12:00 am - Associated Press MENOMONIE, Wis. — An Eau Claire woman is accused of stealing a ring from a corpse during a funeral home visitation. Fifty-five-year-old Patricia Woodfor...
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Wisconsin balsam fir selected as White House Christmas treeOct 05, 2011 12:00 am - NESHKORO, Wis. #8212; White House groundskeepers have settled on a Christmas tree. It will come from a farm in Marquette County. White House staff visited Sch...
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Wisconsin man wins court fight over polka songOct 04, 2011 12:00 am - CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. — A Chippewa Falls polka musician has won a court battle involving his ex-wife and her new husband, who he accuses of stealing one of his most popul...
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Wis. woman, baby killed in car-pickup crashOct 04, 2011 12:00 am - ANTIGO, Wis. — Investigators are looking into what caused a car-pickup collision that killed a 21-year-old woman and her newborn daughter near Antigo. The Antigo Daily J...