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updated: Sat Jul 19, 2008 07:35 am

Milwaukee County News

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11 hrs ago | The Journal Times

Evening Update -- Missing infant, mom reunited

For nearly four terrifying hours, Marcy Macemon lived through a parent's worst nightmare.

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Fri Jul 18, 2008

Today's TMJ4

Library Fines

Milwaukee County is losing hundreds of thousands of dollars each year because of stolen library books.

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Related Topix: Libraries, Milwaukee, WI

Thu Jul 17, 2008

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal

Rapist sentenced to 100 years

Serial rapist Rodney Washington - a.k.a. John Doe #5 - was sentence to serve 100 years in prison Tuesday by Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Jeffrey Wagner.

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Related Topix: Chicago Metro

Wed Jul 16, 2008

Usdoj.gov

WI: Heroin Drug Conspiracy Allegedly Tied to Five Drug Deaths in Milwaukee Area

JUL 16 - T wenty-seven defendants have been charged in a drug conspiracy case, according to a criminal complaint filed in the Eastern District of Wisconsin.

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Related Topix: Wauwatosa, WI, Menomonee Falls, WI, Delafield, WI

Tue Jul 15, 2008

WISN.com

27 People Charged In Heroin Conspiracy Case

Twenty-seven people have been charged in federal court in a drug conspiracy case, U.S. Attorney Steven Biskupic announced Tuesday afternoon in Milwaukee.

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Related Topix: Milwaukee, WI, Waukesha County, WI

Chicago Tribune

Wis. Supreme Court says frisk of suspect was legal

A unanimous Wisconsin Supreme Court says a sheriff's deputy acted legally when he searched a suspect and found heroin in his pockets.

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Mon Jul 14, 2008

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Two suspects sought in connection with July 4 slayings

MONDAY, July 14, 2008, 11:33 a.m. By Linda Spice UPDATE: Two more sought in July 4 slayings James R. Washington Milwaukee police today asked for the public's help in arresting two men suspected in a July 4 ...

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Related Topix: Milwaukee, WI, Milwaukee Metro

Sat Jul 12, 2008

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal

Job applicants flock to Milwaukee Fire Department open house

Hundreds of people looking to fulfill a childhood dream or win better job security submitted applications for firefighting positions Saturday during an open house - ' the first time in five years the Milwaukee ...

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Related Topix: City University of New York System, City University of Seattle, City College (City University of New York System), Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire

Fri Jul 11, 2008

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Group sues county, state for being too slow with Milwaukee County public assistance

Legal Action of Wisconsin is suing the state and Milwaukee County for not processing public benefits fast enough or not processing them at all.

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Thu Jul 10, 2008

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Witte enters pleas in slaying of ex-wife

Gerhard Witte, the 70-year-old physician charged with slitting his former wife's throat, today pleaded not guilty and not guilty by mental disease or defect.

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Related Topix: Whitefish Bay, WI, Menomonee Falls, WI

Wed Jul 09, 2008

WXOW-TV La Crosse

4-hr search fails to support report of plane crash

The U.S. Coast Guard searched Lake Michigan after a 911 report of a plane crash off Oak Creek this afternoon.

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Related Topix: Oak Creek, WI

Today's TMJ4

Storm Causes Damage In Franklin

' Storms blew through the area Monday morning, taking down trees and knocking out power.

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Related Topix: Franklin, WI

Tue Jul 08, 2008

ABC News

Man Accused of Faking Heart Attacks

The Associated Press 5 comments Robert P. Farnam is accused of faking heart attacks to avoid paying restaurant bills and cab fares.

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Related Topix: US News

Mon Jul 07, 2008

Chicago Tribune

Semi crash closes part of I-894 near Milwaukee

Milwaukee County deputies have closed several lanes of eastbound Interstate 894 after a semitrailer crashed and damaged a 7-foot chunk of the road's median.

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Today's TMJ4

Milwaukee Co. Zoo Honors Armed Forces

' The Milwaukee County Zoo honored the armed forces over the holiday weekend with Operation Freedom.

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Related Topix: Milwaukee, WI, Milwaukee Metro

Channel3000

Golfers Robbed On Milwaukee County Course

A Milwaukee Country club is increasing security after some golfers and their caddies were robbed at gunpoint on the golf course.

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Sun Jul 06, 2008

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Consultant files rebuttal in county suit over pension scandal

The ghosts in Milwaukee County's pension scandal are speaking out, their words carefully combed through by lawyers for a multinational financial firm hoping to defeat a $100 million county lawsuit.

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Related Topix: Journalism, Pension, Personal Finance, Consulting

Sat Jul 05, 2008

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Loud motorcycle exhausts targeted in Kenosha County

The sheriff in Kenosha County has a message for motorcycle riders who violate state law by modifying their exhaust systems to make them louder: Pipe down or pay up.

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Related Topix: Kenosha County, WI, Kenosha, WI, Milwaukee, WI

Fri Jul 04, 2008

Daily India

Dogs keep gulls off Milwaukee beach

Milwaukee parks officials have hired a team of border collies to keep E. coli-spreading gulls away from Bradford Beach.

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Suit against Franklin sex offender limits dismissed

Milwaukee County Circuit Judge John Franke on Thursday dismissed a convicted sex offender's lawsuit that challenged the constitutionality of City of Franklin's ordinances that severely restrict where he and ...

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Related Topix: Franklin, WI

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