Articles filed under Wisconsin
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Wisconsin girl knits blankets for ailing vetsFeb 01, 2015 10:00 pm - KIMBERLY, Wis. (AP) - Snuggled in a hand-tied fleece blanket, a female veteran with terminal cancer prepared for takeoff Christmas Eve from Austin Straubel International...
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Program seeks to reduce Wisconsin prison populationFeb 01, 2015 10:00 pm - MANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) - A more humane, less costly alternative to throwing drug addicts into prison is a key goal of a Lakeshore area social justice group. Members of RUT...
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Northeast gets its 2nd major workday snowstorm in a weekFeb 01, 2015 10:00 pm - BOSTON (AP) - Boston scrambled to dig out Monday from the second major winter storm in a week and delayed a celebratory Super Bowl parade, and forecasters from Philadelp...
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Boy rescued after falling through ice in MinocquaFeb 01, 2015 10:00 pm - MINOCQUA, Wis. (AP) - Authorities rescued a boy who fell through the ice in Minocqua. Police say the boy was riding a snowmobile on a channel near Lake Minocqua when he ...
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Bradley outraises Daley in Wisconsin Supreme Court raceFeb 01, 2015 10:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley has raised $265,000 so far in her re-election campaign. Bradley reported Monday that she had raise...
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More than a foot of snow has southeast Wisconsin digging outFeb 01, 2015 10:00 pm - MILWAUKEE (AP) - Southeastern Wisconsin was digging out Monday after getting hit by its first major snowstorm of 2015, with more than a foot of snow falling in some area...
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Groundhog bites Wisconsin mayor's ear during ceremonyFeb 01, 2015 10:00 pm - SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. (AP) - A mayor in Wisconsin has learned a valuable lesson about his city's weather-predicting critter: Don't get too close. Jimmy, the official groundh...
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Investors sue BMO over Petters' Ponzi schemeFeb 01, 2015 10:00 pm - MILWAUKEE (AP) - BMO Financial Group is facing four federal lawsuits filed by investor groups that claim a bank it acquired in 2011 was complicit in a $3.7 billion Ponzi...
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Judge orders board to post campaign finance decisionsFeb 01, 2015 10:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A judge has ordered state officials to post online links to decisions striking down parts of Wisconsin's campaign finance laws. A federal appeals co...
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Wisconsin treasurer axes staff, wants to eliminate officeFeb 01, 2015 10:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin's new treasurer has gotten rid of his staff and said he'll donate part of his salary as state Republicans continue their push to eliminate...