Ailene Lander Missing: Girl Allegedly Kidnapped By Stepdad, Mom
A 15-year-old Dothan, Ala teen who's been missing since Monday was abducted by her relatives, cops believe. ABC News reports that Ailene Lander was allegedly kidnapped while in state custody by her...
View ArticleMortgage company ex-employee accused of embezzling $80,000
The owner of Mayfair Title Corp. got a surprise when he checked up on a financial discrepancy: An employee had allegedly embezzled over $80,000 from the company. According to the police report: The...
View ArticleDelta Air Lines buys naming rights to convention center
Delta Air Lines Inc. has bought the naming rights at downtown Milwaukee's convention center and will make improvements to its operations at Mitchell International Airport, as the carrier raises its...
View ArticleWoman, 55, charged with DUI after crash in front of funeral home
SPRING HILL A 55-year-old woman was arrested Monday on a charge of DUI with damage following an accident in front of a funeral home. The Hernando County Sheriff's Office responded shortly after 2:40...
View ArticleNew Berlin's proposed school budget reflects revenue losses
New Berlin - The proposed $64.6 million budget for the 2012-13 school year that calls for a 2.65 percent property tax levy increase will go to the New Berlin School District annual meeting next week....
View ArticleMorgan Stanley had fired funeral association's investment adviser
One of two investment advisers working with the Wisconsin Funeral Directors Association, now under investigation by two state agencies for possible securities violations, was fired by Morgan Stanley...
View ArticleInattentive driving cited as factor in freeway crash that killed deputy
Inattentive driving was cited as a factor in freeway crash that killed a Milwaukee County Sheriff's deputy, according to a report on the crash from the Wisconsin State Patrol. However the report did...
View ArticleJustice Department wants DNA collection expanded
Madison - The Wisconsin Department of Justice wants to cast a wider net for collecting DNA samples. Current state law requires DNA collection from anyone convicted of a felony. The Justice Department...
View ArticleGermantown political sign debate continues, but ordinance stays the same
After two hours of debate, the Germantown Village Board Monday voted to not change the . The General Government Committee in a 3-to-1 vote approved changes to the ordinance that if approved by the...
View ArticleWisconsin company buying Nebraska metals recycler
A Fond du Lac company says it's buying Midwest Metals Recycling of Omaha, Neb. The Lincoln Journal Star reports Sadoff Iron & Metal Co. already has a scrap metal operation in Lincoln. Sadoff says...
View ArticleABB opens first U.S. fast charging station in New Berlin
ABB said the installation of its first fast-charging station for electric vehicles in the United States was recently completed in New Berlin. The company's New Berlin factory is ramping up production...
View ArticleNordstrom Rack to open 1st Wisconsin store in Tosa
Seattle-based Nordstrom Inc. will open a Nordstrom Rack store at a planned new shopping development in Wauwatosa--making it the first Wisconin store for the retail chain. The 36,000-square-foot...
View ArticleCity explores naming rights, sponsorships to raise revenue
If Wisconsin is open for business, as Gov. Scott Walker likes to say, Milwaukee may soon be for sale. A Common Council committee on Wednesday endorsed a plan in which the city would market...
View ArticleMan's body pulled from Lake Michigan shoreline
The body of a 40-year-old man was pulled from Lake Michigan Tuesday morning by Milwaukee fire fighters, First Battalion Chief Christopher Snyder said. Members of a cross-country team and some cyclists...
View ArticlePolls: Baldwin easily leads Thompson in one, ties him in another
A new Marquette University Law School poll shows Democrat Tammy Baldwin with a 9-point lead over Republican Tommy G. Thompson in the race for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin. The poll, released on Wednesday...
View ArticleDriver in wrong-way crash first struck 2 others, complaint states
A woman charged with injuring an off-duty Milwaukee police officer in a wrong-way crash while driving drunk on I-94 was charged Monday with striking two other vehicles before the crash and leaving the...
View Article14-year-old driver's mom, sister killed in Polk crash
LAKELAND -- A 14-year-old was behind the wheel in a multivehicle crash Monday that killed her mother and 8-year-old sister, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. Deputies said Destiny Ensslin, of...
View ArticleWaukesha BID board members resign en masse
Waukesha - First , and now nearly the entire board of directors has resigned, too. Eleven of 13 members of the downtown Waukesha Business Improvement District Board have quit - the majority at Tuesday...
View ArticleWauwatosa fire, police asked to bring in more money
With the city under budgetary pressures, the Wauwatosa Police and Fire departments have been asked to pursue revenue-raising strategies, including, for the Police Department, writing more parking...
View ArticleTosa schools adjust to new grading system
Middle and high school students in Wauwatosa are experiencing their first weeks of the district's new grading system, which seeks to align grades with student achievement, while striving to eliminate...
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