Oak Creek police arrest man who refused to comply with orders
A 39-year-old man who allegedly made an undisclosed threat to a Greenfield resident was taken into custody Saturday morning by Oak Creek police. The alleged threat was made about 10 a.m. Police said...
View ArticleMother of man shot, killed by deputy sues Walworth County
The mother of a Walworth County man shot to death by a sheriff's deputy last year is suing the county, . Nancy Brown's son, 22-year-old John Brown, was shot to death by Deputy Wayne Blanchard early on...
View ArticlePhysician's speech to conservatives quickly, quietly sells out
If you don't know much about Benjamin Carson and politics, consider this: with nary a peep outside active conservatives, the physician many have urged to run for president quickly sold out a large...
View ArticleDive team called to Cedarburg park
Scanner reports indicate a dive rescue team has been called to Zeunert Park in Cedarburg. The park features a large quarry pond. Check back to JSOnline for updates. By of the Journal Sentinel Updated:...
View ArticleGuest House offers homeless a haven from storms of life
An old, rundown brick building at 1216 N. 13th St. has tarps on the windows and a cracked sidewalk running across the front lawn. Most people who walk past don't seem to notice it. Yet each night, 86...
View ArticleTemperatures will drop to 40s Sunday night
The mercury will drop into the mid 40s Sunday night, with low temperatures in the 40s expected Monday and Tuesday evenings. Oh well. At least it quit raining. The rest of Sunday evening will feature...
View ArticleRough start by Mike Fiers could be last in Brewers rotation
Philadelphia — After giving up seven runs in less than two innings Sunday, Mike Fiers may have thrown his last pitch for the foreseeable future in the Milwaukee Brewers' starting rotation. Fiers'...
View ArticleLatinos hope 'soap' about diabetes hits home
Marisol Alamo always wanted to be an actress, but she never thought she would get the chance to star in a telenovela with a serious message that hits so close to home. Now the dean of students at the...
View ArticleUPAF beats goal, raises record $11.01 million
The United Performing Arts Fund raised a record-setting $11,005,419 for local performing arts groups during its annual campaign, surpassing its goal of $11 million, the fund announced Sunday. UPAF...
View ArticleFight in downtown Milwaukee leads to shooting
Milwaukee police said they are investigating a shooting that occurred in an alley in the 200 block of E. Michigan St. early Sunday. A 24-year-old Milwaukee man was shot during a fight. Police said the...
View ArticleKaukauna man eats cheese curds in championship form
Little Chute — A Kaukauna man has won a cheese-curd-eating contest by downing a half-pound of the rubbery snacks in less than two minutes. The contest took place Saturday at the Great Wisconsin Cheese...
View ArticleLa Crosse police investigating homicide at convenience store
La Crosse police are investing a homicide early Sunday of a man at a convenience store. The is reporting that police were called to a Kwik Trip store at 3:20 a.m. after getting a report of a fight. A...
View ArticlePackers quarterback considers his legacy, Green Bay's new offense
Green Bay — Life is good for Aaron Rodgers. Lounged in a leather chair at 1265 Lombardi Ave., the Green Bay Packers quarterback takes his hat off and sips grape Gatorade. He has every reason to smile....
View ArticleBlown call helps send Brewers to victory
Philadelphia — So how is it possible for a baseball team to go an entire month with absolutely no luck and then have a season's worth in two games? Don't ask the Brewers. They'll gratefully take it...
View ArticleWest Allis police investigate death of 21-month-old child
West Allis police late Saturday were investigating the death of a 21-month-old child. Police were called to a mobile home in the 10300 block of W. Greenfield Ave. at 4:15 p.m. for an unresponsive...
View ArticlePilot of small plane injured in Door County crash
The pilot of a small airplane was injured, but not seriously, when his plane crashed Saturday at the Door County Cherry Land Airport in the Township of Nasawaupee. The plane may have run out of fuel...
View ArticleMotorcyclist killed in Town of Waterford crash
A motorcyclist died in a traffic accident Saturday evening in the Town of Waterford, the Racine County Sheriff's Department said. The accident happened shortly after 6 p.m. on High Drive near Honey...
View ArticleU.S. immigration reform bill could limit Wisconsin Dells hiring
Provisions in the U.S. immigration reform bill aimed at preventing trafficking of low-wage workers threaten to wipe out the system that brings in foreign college students to work at Wisconsin Dells,...
View ArticlePilot is injured when small plane crashes near Sturgeon Bay
Sturgeon Bay — Authorities in northeastern Wisconsin say the pilot of a small aircraft ran out of fuel and crash-landed short of a runway, leaving the man with unspecified injuries. The Door County...
View ArticleUPAF Ride for the Arts is featuring more than 7,000 bicyclists today
Look for a lot of bicycle traffic Sunday along the lake, especially along N. Lake Drive. The took off at 7 a.m. Organizers that more than 7,000 bicycle riders are participating in the annual...
View ArticleDe Pere High School grad was in middle of Tumblr sale
Peter Vidani, 27, a De Pere High School graduate, was the sixth employee at Tumblr, a service that helps its users put their content-driven "microblogs" on the Internet. The 6-year-old company, which...
View ArticleForecast calls for a cool-down, sllight chance of rain today
A sprinkle is still possible early Sunday in the Milwaukee area before skies gradually start to clear into the afternoon, according to WTMJ-TV (Channel 4) meteorologist Jesse Ritka. Temperatures will...
View ArticleMilwaukee police investigating shooting of boy, 16
The Milwaukee Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred overnight in the area of 2400 W. Nash St. The victim, a 16-year-old boy, was standing outside of a vehicle, heard three...
View ArticleSheboygan County's Wade House, after renovations, to reopen Saturday
Greenbush — The eastern Wisconsin site of an 1860s-era stagecoach inn has received $13.5 million in renovations. The Wade House now has a new visitor center and carriage museum as well as new wagons...
View ArticleTwo are injured when speeding car hits tree in Whitefish Bay
A speeding car struck a tree on N. Lake Drive in Whitefish Bay early Sunday, causing an accident that sent the driver and a passenger to Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa with substantial but not...
View ArticlePolitiFact: Testing lawmaker's claim on Wisconsin's income tax
New today from : The author of an income-tax overhaul, state Rep. Dale Kooyenga, R-Broofield, says Wisconsin has "one of the most progressive tax codes in the country." . June 2, 2013 10:47 a.m. |...
View ArticleSeason swim passes offered to first 200 to register for lessons
The Milwaukee County Park System and the Southwest Aquatic Team's Swim America Program are offering free Milwaukee County Pool Open Swim summer passes for the first 200 swimmers that register for...
View ArticleLake Superior level rose 9 inches in May
A new report says the level of Lake Superior has made a big jump. The International Lake Superior Board of Control reported Friday the level of Lake Superior jumped 9 inches in May. That's more than...
View ArticleJanesville police arrest 4 teens after 6-hour standoff
Janesville police have arrested four teenagers after a nearly six-hour standoff stemming from a shooting. Police were called about 5:30 p.m. Friday about a suspect shooting a firearm outside a home....
View ArticleELCA elects firs to openly gay bishop
Los Angeles —The Evangelical Lutheran Church of America has elected its first openly gay bishop. In a press release, church officials say the Rev. R. Guy Erwin was selected for a six-year term Friday...
View ArticleCompromise Illinois concealed carry law awaits Gov. Quinn signature
Up against a deadline imposed be a federal appeals court, Illinois lawmskers on Friday approved a bill that would make the state the last in the country to allow residents to carry concealed guns, but...
View ArticleTosa among 10 fastest-growing cities in Wisconsin
Wauwatosa's population has been steadily declining for decades, the result of the trend toward smaller families combined with an older community that has developed most of its available parcels. So it...
View ArticleMiller Brewing executive ushered in light beer era
William K. Howell, an innovative Miller Brewing executive who helped transform the American brewing industry with the introduction of the nation's first popular low-calorie light beer, died one week...
View ArticleGame blog: Brewers at Phillies
Step into the press box as the Journal Sentinel's baseball beat writers and answer some of your questions during every Brewers game this season. This afternoon, Wily Peralta (3-6, 6.35) is on the mound...
View ArticleIll. governor open to Great Lakes, Mississippi split to block carp
Mackinac Island, Mich.— Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn says he's willing to consider placing barriers in Chicago-area waterways to keep Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes. Meeting Saturday with fellow...
View ArticleFlooding closes most of Blackhawk State Park
DeSoto, Wis. — A southwestern Wisconsin park is offering only limited camping this weekend due to minor flooding. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says Blackhawk Park near DeSoto has extremely wet...
View ArticleJean Stapleton, TV's Edith Bunker, dies at 90
NEW YORK (AP) Jean Stapleton, the stage-trained character actress who played Archie Bunker's far better half, the sweetly naive Edith, in TV's groundbreaking 1970s comedy "All in the Family," has died....
View ArticleEcho Lake Foods says it may relocate to Ohio
An executive of Echo Lake Foods says the company is more likely to relocate to Ohio than to rebuild after a massive fire leveled its plant in Burlington, . The fire caused and left 300 employees...
View ArticleFormer Janesville church secretary accused of embezzlement
A former Janesville church secretary has been arrested on suspicion she wrote nearly $90,000 in checks to herself last year, the Janesville Gazette reports. Carrie A. Kolanda, 30, of Brodhead, was...
View ArticleThompson predicts a victory by Walker
De Pere - Former governor Tommy Thompson stopped by the Brown County dairy breakfast on Sunday and predicted Gov. Scott Walker would win on Tuesday. "The governor is in pretty good shape," said...
View Article'We feel good,' Walker tells dairy breakfast crowd
De Pere - A relaxed Gov. Scott Walker said at a dairy breakfast here Sunday at a huge dairy farm that his administration had laid out a clear plan to balance the budget and enact reforms. "We kept our...
View Article'Family Feud' TV host Richard Dawson dies at 79
NEW YORK (AP) Richard Dawson, the wisecracking British entertainer who was among the schemers in the 1960s sitcom "Hogan's Heroes" and a decade later began kissing thousands of female contestants as...
View ArticlePolitiFact: Testing claims on voter fraud, police budget cuts
To fact-checks from National Republican head on the rate of Wisconsin voter fraud and Mayor Tom Barrett's that Gov. Scott Walker gutted police budgets. By of the Journal Sentinel June 3, 2012 10:24...
View ArticleTwo killed, two injured in wrong-way crash near Kiel
Two men were killed and two injured Saturday night when a wrong-way driver crashed into another vehicle on Highway 32/57 near Kiel in Manitowoc County, the Wisconsin State Patrol said. A 22-year-old...
View ArticlePlymouth man on moped was drunk, authorities say
A 35-year-old Plymouth man has been arrested in Sheboygan County on suspicion of fourth-time drunken driving. Officers with the Wisconsin State Patrol's Fond du Lac office stopped the man on a moped...
View ArticleNOW, Lake Country state track photo gallery now online
We've just added the final images to the NOW/Lake Country Publications from this weekend's WIAA State Track and Field Meet in La Crosse. Photojournalists Peter Zuzga and Todd Ponath collected more...
View ArticleBarrett, Walker attend Brown County dairy breakfast
De Pere - As hungry visitors entered the Mike and Sandi Zirbel farm for Sunday's huge Brown County dairy breakfast, there was a small sign for all to see. It said: "Please, no political solicitation."...
View ArticleMSO concludes classics series with stirring 'Dream of Gerontius'
The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra filled the Uihlein Hall stage with instrumentalists and singers Friday evening for the season's final classics concert. Tenor Anthony Dean Griffey, mezzo-soprano...
View ArticleAccident at Ladish injures Muskego man
A 57-year-old Muskego man was injured and flown to the hospital Saturday after a metal sign fell on his head in an industrial accident at ATI Ladish Co. in Cudahy, police said. Gordon Zettel was...
View ArticleKohl calls Barrett a 'unifier'
De Pere - U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) campaigned Sunday with Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, calling him a unifier who knows how to work with both sides of the political aisle. Kohl who is stepping down...
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