Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Local
- Father accused of drowning 3-month-old son after argument
Sunday - 07/31/2016 - 11:11 PMPolice say the father grabbed the child and walked into a nearby pond after a dispute with his mother.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Three of Wisconsin's billionaires sometimes pay zero state income tax
Sunday - 07/31/2016 - 09:57 PMSome Wisconsin billionaires don’t always have to pay Wisconsin income tax. Beloit’s Diane Hendricks and two members of the S.C. Johnson & Son clan have had years with no state tax bite.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - International herpes meeting draws researchers to Madison
Saturday - 07/30/2016 - 11:54 PMThe conference, which was last held in Madison in 2003, attracted 541 attendees from 36 states and 19 countries, including researchers from Wisconsin, at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Russ Feingold faces primary in newcomer Scott Harbach
Saturday - 07/30/2016 - 11:34 PMFor more than a year, Feingold has aggressively campaigned against Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson in a pivotal contest. But before the formal rematch, he must win an Aug. 9 primary.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Digital, print updates at Journal Sentinel begin this week
Saturday - 07/30/2016 - 11:32 PMThis week will bring big print and digital updates to the Journal Sentinel.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Summer's hot topics: The white pages, religious sighting
Saturday - 07/30/2016 - 09:42 PMIt’s not every day you see property described as: “The front windows have what appears to be the image of the Virgin Mary on them.”
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Driver gets 10 years in crash that killed 3-year-old
Friday - 07/29/2016 - 07:27 PMMarcus Lee was drunk and high when he picked up his girlfriend’s children in an unsafe car, failed to put them in seat belts, then crashed while talking on the phone and speeding.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Problems found at Zablocki VA weeks before overdose death
Friday - 07/29/2016 - 05:54 PMInvestigators entered the treatment center without being stopped, noted it was unlikely staff was making regular rounds and learned two patients had alcohol in their rooms.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Federal probe pushed Ex-U.S. Attorney Santelle to retirement
Friday - 07/29/2016 - 08:29 AMThe newly released documents disclose that Santelle was repeatedly warned that he was misusing his government credit card as early as September 2011.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Teenager accused of killing two with stolen SUV in hit-and-run crash
Thursday - 07/28/2016 - 11:01 PMA teenager accused of driving a stolen SUV in a hit-and-run crash that killed an 8-year-old boy and a 46-year-old woman was charged Thursday in Milwaukee County Circuit Court.
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- Chris Abele hasn't owed state income taxes for 14 years
Sunday - 07/31/2016 - 09:23 PMThe Milwaukee County executive, a Democrat and multimillionaire, is among a group of well-known and wealthy people with zero-dollar tax returns.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Nonprofit literacy program educates Ozaukee inmates on job readiness
Sunday - 07/31/2016 - 10:32 PMThe only private jail literacy program in the state aims to get inmates their degree and give them the tools to get a job
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pull of neighborhood schools remains weak in Milwaukee
Saturday - 07/30/2016 - 11:38 PMThe large majority of students in Milwaukee Public Schools are not going to the schools nearest to their homes or to significantly integrated schools.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Scott Walker wants to green-light east-west I-94 project
Saturday - 07/30/2016 - 09:23 PMIn a May 13 letter, the GOP governor told the Federal Highway Administration that he wants to proceed with a $850 million project to widen the stretch from six to eight lanes.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Scott Walker wants to green-light east-west I-94 project
Saturday - 07/30/2016 - 09:23 PMIn a May 13 letter, the GOP governor told the Federal Highway Administration that he wants to proceed with a $850 million project to widen the stretch from six to eight lanes.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - John Chisholm faces off with Democratic challenger Verona Swanigan
Saturday - 07/30/2016 - 06:18 PMSome argue it’s really a contest between the DA and Eric O’Keefe, who has led attacks against Chisholm for the now-derailed John Doe probe into Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Children, young adults rally for peace in Milwaukee
Friday - 07/29/2016 - 07:46 PMThe city’s 14th annual Summer of Peace rally brought Milwaukee’s youth together for a day of entertainment and positivity.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Judge strikes down voter ID, early voting laws
Friday - 07/29/2016 - 06:15 PMThe sweeping decision shakes up how the November election will be conducted and could quickly be appealed.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - South side restaurant operators to plead guilty in tax fraud case
Thursday - 07/28/2016 - 11:03 PMThree members of a Franklin family agreed Wednesday to plead guilty to conspiring to commit tax fraud through the operation of their restaurants in Milwaukee, Franklin and Greenfield.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Fugitive charged in double homicide
Thursday - 07/28/2016 - 11:00 PMAn arrest warrant was issued Thursday for a Milwaukee man charged in the fatal shootings of two men on the city’s north side.
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- Four face off in GOP primary for 83rd Assembly District
Sunday - 07/31/2016 - 10:25 PMFour Republicans are running to replace Rep. David Craig (R-Big Bend) in the 83rd Assembly District.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Retailers look to high tech to engage visitors to their store
Sunday - 07/31/2016 - 12:45 AMAll sorts of things are bubbling up — from exotica such as holograms and virtual reality to more-prosaic but potentially more-useful technology — as legacy retailers seek to merge their physical outposts with the online world.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - At Olympics, women athletes on equal footing with men
Sunday - 07/31/2016 - 12:07 AMThe Olympic Games is far and away the world’s biggest stage for female athletes and helps inspire future generations.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Journal Sentinel reporter wins First Amendment Award
Saturday - 07/30/2016 - 11:29 PMMilwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Ellen Gabler has won the Eugene S. Pulliam First Amendment Award from the Society of Professional Journalists for her work holding regulators accountable for flaws in the nation’s systems for medical tests.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Entrepreneur Berggren's real business was 'the everday person'
Saturday - 07/30/2016 - 11:44 PMFloyd Berggren sold a family foundry to take on the grocery shopping business in Milwaukee by operating several Pick ‘n Save stores.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Three Republicans vie to succeed Reid Ribble in House
Friday - 07/29/2016 - 07:26 PMThe GOP candidates seeking to represent northeastern Wisconsin in Congress are jockeying for the title of being most outside the Washington, D.C., establishment.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Opposition stalls hearing on military-style voucher school
Friday - 07/29/2016 - 07:45 PMThe Board of Zoning Appeals hearing over a military-style voucher school was postponed to September after a large number of critics turned out insisting they be heard.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - As Milorganite factory ages, repair costs mount
Friday - 07/29/2016 - 04:43 PMThe fertilizer plant on Jones Island is wearing out and will require a total of $66.5 million worth of equipment replacement and other rehabilitation work in 2016 and 2017.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Marketing executive Carroll known for humor, innovative ideas
Thursday - 07/28/2016 - 11:01 PMEdward Carroll, 69, died last week after a hard-fought battle with pancreatic cancer. Friends and family never heard him complain.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - MPD officials say no traffic stop quota exists
Thursday - 07/28/2016 - 11:06 PMThe issue came up after the president of the Milwaukee Police Association, Michael Crivello, wrote a letter in early May stating that MPD officials had established an “absolute quota-like mandate” of at least two stops a day at a March 2016 meeting.
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