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Judge Freezes Benson's Assets

Judge Freezes Benson's Assets

A judge has frozen former doctor Mark Benson's assets. Benson is accused of being high on perscription drugs and causing a fatal car wreck. The accident killed Oconomowoc Associate Principal Jennifer Bukosky, her daughter and her unborn daughter. Read more »

Authorities Find Decaying Corpse in Home

Authorities Find Decaying Corpse in Home

A sheriff's deputy discovered the remains of a 90-year-old woman on a toilet in a house she apparently shared with a woman and two children. Read more »

Charges Filed in Waukesha Road Rage

Charges Filed in Waukesha Road Rage

A man has been charged with first degree reckless endangerment in a road rage crash near St. Paul Avenue and Sunset Drive in Waukesha . Read more »

Plane Crash at Burlington Airport

Plane Crash at Burlington Airport

Burlington police say one person is in the hosptial after a plane crash at the city's airport. Read more »

Sheriff Seeks Firing of Officers in Downtown Assault

Sheriff Seeks Firing of Officers in Downtown Assault

Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke is trying to have two officers fired after a complaint was filed by a college student who alleges he was beat by them at a downtown bar. Read more »

Rockwell Automation a Takeover Target?

Rockwell Automation a Takeover Target?

Analysts have renewed speculation that Rockwell Automation Inc. is ripe for a takeover, as the industrial-automation company's stock hovers near its 52-week low. Read more »

Lawmakers Continue Budget Talks

Lawmakers Continue Budget Talks

Legislative leaders are still trying to find a solution to the state's $527 million budget shortfall. Read more »

911 Center Facing Questions in Student Death

911 Center Facing Questions in Student Death

The Dane County 911 center faced questions from local officials about their system after a mishandled call in the death of UW-Madison student Brittany Zimmerman. Read more »

Gun Found in Desk of 4th Grader at School

Gun Found in Desk of 4th Grader at School

A teacher found a gun and bullets in the desk of a 10-year-old boy at Lincoln Elementary in Cudahy. Read more »

Police Find 19 People in House During Drug Raid

Police Find 19 People in House During Drug Raid

Racine Police found 19 people living in a single-family home while doing a drug raid on Thursday. Eight of the people were children. Read more »

Lawmakers, Governor Take up Zachary's Song Case

Lawmakers, Governor Take up Zachary's Song Case

It appears a crash that killed an associate principal in Oconomowoc may spark change. Read more »

Inside the Head of Deadspin.com

Inside the Head of Deadspin.com

He is the founding editor of one of the edgiest and most popular sports blogs. Will Leitch runs Deadspin.com and is in town promoting his book, "God Save the Fan." Read more »

Arrest, Charges in October Hit and Run

Arrest, Charges in October Hit and Run

West Milwaukee Police have arrested a man wanted for a deadly hit and run crash that killed a woman and her daughter in October. Daniel P. Oswald has been charged with two counts of homicide by negligent use of a vehicle. Read more »

Fire Damages Louise's Restaurant

Fire Damages Louise's Restaurant

A fire in a pizza oven has caused about $100,000 of damage at Louise's Restaurant on N. Jefferson St. in Milwaukee. Read more »

Justice Department Releases Crandon Documents

Justice Department Releases Crandon Documents

The state Justice Department has released new documents confirming that an off-duty deputy who killed six people shot himself as he fled police last fall. Read more »

Inmate Commits Suicide During Transfer

Inmate Commits Suicide During Transfer

A man suspected of being mentally unstable killed himself by slitting his neck while authorities were taking him to a mental hospital Thursday, deputies said. Read more »

State Rep. Jeskewitz Retiring

State Rep. Jeskewitz Retiring

State Assembly Rep. Sue Jeskewitz will not run for a seventh term. Read more »

No Charges in Church Explosion

No Charges in Church Explosion

Waukesha County's District Attorney says he does not plan to file charges in an explosion that destroyed a church and several homes in downtown Oconomowoc. Read more »

College Gets Threat, Closes, But Tells Students the Closure is for Maintenance

College Gets Threat, Closes, But Tells Students the Closure is for Maintenance

A southwestern Wisconsin technical college closes because of a gun threat, but students are told the closure was due to maintenance. Read more »

Six-Year-Old Run Over at Gas Station

Six-Year-Old Run Over at Gas Station

Police say the boy was with his parents at the gas station. Somehow the boy ran out in front of a car that was being driven by a 16-year-old. Read more »

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