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News In Your Area
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Activists spent $1.3 million this year on failed recall efforts against Robin Vos
Campaign finance reports filed over a month late by the Recall Vos Committee and Racine Recall Committee show organizers raised just over $1.3 million dollars between January and July on both efforts.
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Milwaukee officials say ‘traffic calming’ efforts are working to reduce speeding
Data from the Milwaukee Department of Public Works shows projects to reduce speeding and reckless driving are working.
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Milwaukee residents file lawsuit against city’s housing authority over unsafe conditions
The lawsuit calls for the housing authority to “to swiftly address the pervasive problem, or for the Court to order rent abatement consistent with State law.”
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After 3 decades, Pleasant Prairie cold case victim identified
A body found along a railroad in Pleasant Prairie belonged to Ronald Louis Dodge, born in Keshena in 1952. The homicide investigation into Dodge’s gunshot death has been reopened.
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Much of Wisconsin to experience high temperatures, heat indexes above 100 this week
A meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Sullivan office said the temperatures are so high because of a ridge or core of warmer air flowing from the south.
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Impending mass layoff of tenured UW-Milwaukee faculty is unprecedented in Wisconsin
Across the nation, it’s somewhat unusual, but not unheard of for tenured faculty to be laid off.
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2 Waukesha County communities vote to ban ballot drop boxes
After the Wisconsin Supreme Court reversed a near-total ban of the use of absentee ballot boxes in the state, two Waukesha County municipalities have decided to not allow residents to use them during the upcoming presidential election.
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4 years after Kenosha unrest, community still rebuilding
The 2020 police shooting of Jacob Blake ignited protests and unrest in Kenosha — with several buildings burned to the ground. Four years later, the community continues to rebuild.
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On second night of DNC, Milwaukee takes center stage
Harris took to the stage in Milwaukee after the end of the ceremonial roll call at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
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Milwaukee school board recall effort fails
The group turned in petitions that appeared to have unverified names signed by the same person. In some instances, addresses were linked to abandoned homes, according to documents submitted to the Milwaukee Election Commission.