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4 hrs ago | Examiner.com

Faithful dog stays by the side of lost child in Wisconsin

A little boy gave his family quite a scare on Wednesday after wandering away from his Elmood, Wis., home with his faithful companion by his side, reported Thursday's CBS Minnesota .

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Related Topix: Wisconsin Government

4 hrs ago | Marshfield News-Herald

Work zones to close during Memorial Day weekend

Holiday travel is expected to be steady this Thanksgiving, and road construction should not be an obstacle.

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4 hrs ago | Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal

Filmmaker's book serves up Wisconsin's supper-club traditions

The only way to take a photo of the front of Ishnala supper club in Wisconsin Dells, it turns out, is by boat on Mirror Lake.

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Related Topix: us Travel, North America Travel, Travel, Wisconsin Travel, Wisconsin Dells, WI, Cameras, Minocqua, WI, Entertainment

5 hrs ago | WIBA-AM Madison

Wisconsin teen wins Google contest

A Sparta teen is having her art featured on Google's homepage today. 18 year old Sabrina Brady won a national art contest hosted by the tech company.

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6 hrs ago | WAOW

Judge overturns Wisconsin man's rape conviction

North-central Wisconsin offers a lot of great restaurants. By popular demand, Newsline 9 visited four more of them, and we followed out viewers' suggestions as we search for the best places where the locals eat.

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Related Topix: Wisconsin Government, Stevens Point, WI, Scott Walker, US Governors

6 hrs ago | Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal

Summer Reading: Books by Wisconsin writers

On May 26, we're publishing our Summer Reading preview in the Journal Sentinel's Sunday Cue section and at TapMilwaukee.com , with dozens of suggestions for your enjoyment.

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Related Topix: Soul, The Very Best of, Green Bay, WI, Entertainment

6 hrs ago | WOZZ-FM Appleton

$1-million lottery ticket sold in Waupaca

WAUPACA, Wis Wisconsin has its third million-dollar Powerball winner in the last week.

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Related Topix: Waupaca, WI, Lottery, Waupaca County, WI, Antigo, WI

7 hrs ago | CBS Local

Authorities: Child, 3, Found Safe After Wandering Off With Dog

There were some tense moments in a western Wisconsin neighborhood on Wednesday after authorities said a child wandered away from home with his dog.

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7 hrs ago | WSAW

State Budget Committee to Take Up DNA Upon Arrest

The Legislature's powerful finance committee is expected to review Gov. Scott Walker's plan to take DNA from anyone arrested for a felony and anyone convicted of any crime.

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Related Topix: Scott Walker, US Governors, Wisconsin Government

9 hrs ago | Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal

Groups trying to gather photos of Wisconsin's 1,244 Vietnam War casualties

Public broadcasters in Wisconsin and state veterans groups are attempting to gather photos for each of the 1,244 Wisconsinites on the Vietnam War Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., for a wall of faces in a new museum and education center.

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Related Topix: Milwaukee County, WI

13 hrs ago | Agri Marketing

GROWMARK Announces 2013 Wisconsin Essay Contest Winner

GROWMARK ANNOUNCES 2013 WISCONSIN ESSAY CONTEST WINNER May 23, 2013 Source: GROWMARK news release sent via AgPR --the news distribution service for agriculture Moriah Zarling of Thorp, Wis., has been named the Wisconsin state winner of the 2013 GROWMARK essay contest for FFA members.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Thorp, WI

Wed May 22, 2013

Star Tribune

Wisconsin bluff towns trying to ban frac-sand mining along Lake Pepin

A scenic 10-mile stretch of Wisconsin bluff land would be off-limits to frac-sand mining under a proposed ordinance that has strong local support but must overcome a pro-business climate that has made the Badger State the nation's hottest silica sand-mining range.

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Related Topix: Pepin, WI, Stockholm, WI, Pepin County, WI, Maiden Rock, WI

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal

Wisconsin budget panel limits challenges to large wells

The Legislature's budget writing committee set aside fiscal issues for a time this week to take up the increasingly contentious issue of high-capacity wells and whether state regulators should consider the effect of a large well on others nearby.

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Related Topix: Adams County, WI, Walworth County, WI, East Troy, WI, Richfield, WI, Kaukauna, WI

WOZZ-FM Appleton

U.S. Senate Democrat Tammy Baldwin gives first flo...

Wisconsin's newest U.S. senator said Wednesday that her state's businesses and middle class residents are "stuck in neutral" while the national economy recovers.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Tammy Baldwin, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Senator Tammy Baldwin, US Senate, Wisconsin Government

Examiner.com

Wisconsin media ignores amnesty's impact on the jobless

Plight. It's a word you've been seeing a lot during the past several years whenever the media churns out their boilerplate immigration news stories about illegal aliens forced to "live in the shadows" while "searching for a better life." But the plight of more than 20 million Americans unable to find full-time work? Not much interest among the ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Politics, Senator Tammy Baldwin, US News, US Senate, Tammy Baldwin, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Illegal Immigration, Immigration Reform, Journalism

Insurance Journal West

Wisconsin Police Aggressive in Redacting Accident Reports

Brenda O'Malley figured she'd get the police accident report and file an insurance claim after her teenage daughter got into a car accident in Sheboygan Falls this past spring.

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Related Topix: Wisconsin Government, Sheboygan Falls, WI, Criminal Defense Law, Law

WAOW

6 EF5 tornadoes in Wisconsin's history

Ministry Health Care says it is eliminating about 2 percent of its workforce due to declining business and a reduction in Medicare payments because of federal budget cuts forced by the so-called sequestration.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Milwaukee, WI, Scott Walker, US Governors, Wisconsin Rapids, WI

WNFL-AM Green Bay

Deadbeat patents will not get interest-rate break

MADISON Deadbeat parents in Wisconsin could soon be under more pressure to pay what they owe for child support.

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Related Topix: Wisconsin Government, Scott Walker, US Governors

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal

Wisconsin has seen six EF5 tornadoes

EF5 tornadoes like the one that devastated Oklahoma this week are rare in Wisconsin.

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Related Topix: Weather, Oakfield, WI, Barneveld, WI, Baldwin, WI, St Croix County, WI

WSAW

Common Core Education Standards to be Discussed

Advocates and opponents of common core standards for teaching math and English in Wisconsin were gathering for a joint hearing before the Legislature's education committees.

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