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WAOW
March 25, 2018
One person is in custody after a man was found dead in Wisconsin Rapids Saturday. Police said they were called to an address on the southeast side of the city where they found a man dead. Police said they don't believe the public is in any danger and that the people involved knew each other. Police areÃâà...
WISN Milwaukee
March 25, 2018
Jason Stein, reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, says Russian Twitter trolls tried to stoke racial tensions in Wisconsin. Advertisement. Recommended. Viral video: Judge lays out '3 things you can do to guarantee your child goes to jail'. 1 HR. High school hoopster battles cancer. STITCH. Retro toyÃâà...
Wisconsin Gazette
March 25, 2018
According to Wisconsin Lottery data obtained by Gaming the Lottery, an international investigation into the global lottery industry, the state's most .... Reporter Mukhtar Ibrahim analyzed data for this story while working at the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism in a fellowship supported by theÃâà...
Midland Reporter-Telegram
March 25, 2018
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is updating its walleye management plan for the Lake Winnebago System for the first time in 27 years. The department is working with the Winnebago Fisheries Advisory Committee to update the plan, Wisconsin Public Radio reportedÃâà...
Midland Reporter-Telegram
March 25, 2018
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A southeastern Wisconsin college is finalizing two new degree programs to train workers for the planned Foxconn electronics manufacturing complex. Bryan Albrecht is president and chief executive officer of Gateway Technical College in Kenosha. He tells the Milwaukee JournalÃâà...
Midland Reporter-Telegram
March 25, 2018
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new pilot program in southern Wisconsin is offering help for women who are pregnant and are dealing with substance abuse. SSM Health and Safe Communities of Madison-Dane County have partnered together to create the Pregnancy2Recovery program in Dane County,Ãâà...
Daily Reporter
March 23, 2018
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin lawmakers finished their push on Thursday to close the state's troubled youth prison and enact Gov. Scott Walker's child-tax rebate, sending bills that would accomplish both goals on to the governor for his signature. The $80 million prison bill calls for closing the LincolnÃâà...
Daily Reporter
March 23, 2018
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new report shows Wisconsin's unemployment rate hit a record low in February. The state Department of Workforce Development released data on Thursday showing the unemployment rate dipped to 2.9 percent in February, which was down 0.2 percent from January and marked aÃâà...
WisconsinWatch.org
March 23, 2018
Raquel Rutledge, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, has been named the 2018 recipient of the Distinguished Wisconsin Watchdog Award. The award recognizes an individual's extraordinary contributions to open government or investigative journalism inÃâà...
Daily Reporter
March 22, 2018
All but two Wisconsin counties are either under quarantine or adjacent to a quarantined county in the state or a neighboring state. No one is allowed to move firewood out of a quarantined county to non-quarantined areas and businesses that handle ash wood must sign agreements with DATCP specifyingÃâà...
Midland Reporter-Telegram
March 17, 2018
Herb Kohl of Wisconsin, a four-term lawmaker and businessman turned philanthropist from Wisconsin. It includes more than 2.5 miles of frontage along the Gros Ventre River and six tributaries. Bridger-Teton Forest Supervisor Tricia O'Connor said the purchase would protect backcountry areas from futureÃâà...
Slate Magazine
March 17, 2018
I could use a good two-day report on the biggest crime families in Washington, D.C.,” Pocan tweeted. The lawmaker linked to a tweet from reporter Andrea Mitchell who said “if a friendly member of Congress hired him for a week he could possibly qualify for pension benefits by extending his service the extraÃâà...
WSAW
March 17, 2018
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (WSAW) -- Wisconsin Rapids Police are investigating the death of one person in a Wisconsin Rapids home. According to a press release, the death investigation is at the 1500 block of Chestnut Street. Our reporter at the scene tells us the home is surrounded by crime scene tape,Ãâà...
Midland Reporter-Telegram
March 17, 2018
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Jurors convicted a Wisconsin man who prosecutors say killed his 2-month-old son in a fit of rage and then claimed the child died in his sleep. The jury in Kenosha County delivered its verdict Friday. The Kenosha News reports Robert Stynes now faces up to 15 years in prison whenÃâà...
Midland Reporter-Telegram
March 17, 2018
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin organization is working to connect woodworkers and builders with diseased trees that typically end up in landfills after being cut down. Wisconsin Urban Wood repurposes urban trees that have been taken down because of disease or to make room for new developmentÃâà...
Madison.com
March 16, 2018
Former Attorney General Eric Holder speaks to reporters Friday at UW-Madison after urging students to vote for Supreme Court candidate Rebecca Dallet. ... Holder urged students to "come out in record numbers" to vote in Wisconsin elections in order to have a "more fair" legislative system, which heÃâà...
Madison.com
March 15, 2018
The same thing needs to be true for our schools all across the state of Wisconsin. We are putting $100 million behind this plan ... Walker told reporters late last month that he was working with lawmakers to draft a plan to help enhance safety at schools throughout the state. Since then, state Superintendent ofÃâà...
Fond du Lac Reporter
March 14, 2018
The Beaver Dam Police Department identified Morrow with DNA by working in cooperation with the Wisconsin State Crime Laboratory in Madison, according to a news release. Officials are planning to take the unusual step on Thursday of burning down the 16-unit apartment building where the explosionÃâà...
Poynter (blog)
February 23, 2018
The two Wisconsin journalists are part of a team of 57 covering local and national stories at the Winter Olympics. Until now, the ... “I think we're seeing a lot more of that kind of consolidation as newspaper chains are sending a few reporters to cover the games for all their outlets.” Being part of a chain alsoÃâà...
Daily Reporter
December 31, 1999
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — About 203,000 retired public employees in the Wisconsin Retirement System will receive a 2.4 percent pension payment increase starting in May. The Department of Employee Trust Funds announced the payment increase on Tuesday. It comes after the State of WisconsinÃâà...
