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18/08/2022

More than 4,000 students who attended ITT Tech in Wisconsin will have their federal loans forgiven in a move from the U.S. Department of Education.

Attorney General Josh Kaul on Wednesday thanked the Department of Education, saying "student borrowers who were defrauded by a predatory for-profit school shouldn’t be left with federal student loan debt."

Thousands of Wisconsin students who took out loans to attend ITT Tech will have their loans forgiven by the U.S. Department of Education.

18/08/2022

After a body that was partially skeletonized and mummified was found in an abandoned Milwaukee building by a Youtuber on Aug. 10, authorites are looking to bring an identity to the man.

Investigators are hoping to identify a body discovered in an abandoned building near Burleigh Street and MLK Drive on Aug. 10.

17/08/2022

The man who authorites said fell to his death when a bridge over the Milwaukee River opened underneath him on Monday was remembered for his work and impact on his family, according to reports.

Richard Dujardin, the man who reports say fell to his death when a Milwaukee bridge opened on Monday, was remembered for his life and work.

16/08/2022

The Wisconsin State Fair saw over 1 million fairgoers this year, organizers announced, showing an almost 20 percent increase in attendance compared with 2021.

Wisconsin State Fair this year saw a 19 percent increase in attendance over 2021, organizers announced.

11/08/2022

It could fetch up to $5M

The jersey, featured prominently in the documentary, was worn during the Bulls' second "three-peat" and could fetch $5 million.

05/08/2022

Two people from Wisconsin were killed in a lightning strike in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, according to reports.

The strike happened Thursday in Lafayette Park, located just north of the White House.

05/08/2022

Today marks 10 years since a gunman opened fire at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek, taking seven lives. Local efforts to honor the victims and all affected will continue into the weekend.

Efforts to honor the seven people lost in a mass shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in 2012 have extended beyond Oak Creek.

03/08/2022

A man accused of stabbing five people on a river in Wisconsin, leaving one of them dead, claimed the stabbing was in self-defense, according to a criminal complaint.

A 52-year-old Minnesota man was charged with murder and attempted murder in an attack at a tubing river in Wisconsin over the weekend.

03/08/2022

After further rejection from officials in Nashville on Tuesday night, Milwaukee appears all but certain to host the 2024 Republican National Convention, according to reports.

The 2024 Republican National Convention is likely coming to Milwaukee after Nashville officials rejected an agreement Tuesday, reports said.

01/08/2022

A man from Minnesota was charged Monday after a stabbing on the Apple River in Wisconsin left one dead and four others injured.

A 52-year-old man attacked a group of young people who were tubing down a Wisconsin river near just outside the Twin Cities metro.

01/08/2022

A teen was killed and four others were injured after they were stabbed Saturday afternoon on a river in Wisconsin while they were tubing, according to the St. Croix County Sheriff's Office.

Authorites said they have a suspect in custody.

Authorities said a 52-year-old from Minnesota is being held in jail awaiting charges. Two of the injured were from Wisconsin.

31/07/2022

The attacker was in custody Saturday evening, according to police.

The attacker, a 52-year-old man from Minnesota, was in custody Saturday evening, according to police.

26/07/2022

Former President Donald Trump is expected to visit Waukesha ahead of Wisconsin's primary election in August, according to reports.

The primary will decide which Republican candidate faces off against incumbent Gov. Tony Evers and which Democrat faces off against U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson in the fall.

Ahead of the Republican gubernatorial primary vote on Aug. 9, former president Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Waukesha, reports said.

26/07/2022

Three Republican candidates vying to unseat Gov. Tony Evers gathered in Milwaukee on Sunday to debate top issues for Wisconsinites.

26/07/2022

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21/07/2022

West Allis police arrested a man Wednesday in connection with the May killing of a 19-year-old Navy sailor from Arizona, according to a news release from the agency.

Police arrested a man from Milwaukee on Wednesday in connection with the fatal May shooting of a Navy sailor from Arizona, authorities said.

20/07/2022

A lawsuit filed Wednesday by Gov. Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul seeks damages from several "forever chemical" companies.

A lawsuit filed Wednesday by Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers seeks to hold companies accountable for cleanup costs associated with PFAS.

19/07/2022

A former Wisconsin dentist was sentenced to prison after prosecutors said he broke patients' teeth in the process of an insurance scheme.

A Milwaukee-area dentist was sentenced to 4½ years in prison after he performed needless crown procedures for years, prosecutors said.

19/07/2022

A Milwaukee-area dentist was recently sentenced to prison after prosecutors said he used a drill to purposefully break patients' teeth to get money from insurance companies.

A judge said the scheme had no other motive than greed, according to a news release.

A Milwaukee-area dentist was sentenced to 4½ years in prison after he performed needless crown procedures for years, prosecutors said.

14/07/2022

Officials from Planned Parenthood Illinois said they have seen a 10-fold increase of women traveling from Wisconsin for services since the Supreme Court ruling.

A partnership between Planned Parenthood Wisconsin and its counterpart in Illinois became formal on Thursday in an effort to maintain healthcare for women in the Badger State.

Planned Parenthood Wisconsin is teaming with the organization in Illinois, where abortion remains legal after Roe v. Wade was overturned.

14/07/2022

Among the sweet treats and meals planned for Wisconsin State Fair 2022, you'll be able to find a chocolate-covered apple coated in bugs, according to the fair website.

You'll be able to get a mouth full of crickets, fries covered in clam chowder, a footlong cheese curd and much more at WI State Fair 2022.

14/07/2022

As the Biden administration attempts to secure emergency health care for women across the nation, local pro-abortion advocates say more is needed from local legislators to ensure safe access in the Badger State.

Local advocates said the Biden administration's attempts to protect abortion access have little impact on Wisconsin's pre-Roe law.

13/07/2022

A Madison doctor intends on opening two abortion clinics in Illinois, possibly as soon as this week, to increase access for women in Wisconsin and Illinois, Wisconsin State Journal reported.

One of the clinics may be open as soon as this week, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.

13/07/2022

Amid recent actions from President Joe Biden aimed at protecting a woman's ability to have an abortion, pro-abortion advocates in Wisconsin said they are grateful for the efforts, but more is needed from local legislators in the Badger State.

Biden told doctors they 'must' provide abortions if needed to save a mother's life, but Wisconsin advocates say more is needed.

13/07/2022

An additional man with ties to Wisconsin has been charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.S. Capitol, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel first reported.

A federal criminal complaint against the man showed surveillance footage of him seemingly wandering throughout the building, and prosecutors say at one point he was corralled into a group of people who surged past police officers.

A federal criminal complaint against the man accused him of entering the Capitol Building on Jan. 6, 2021, amid the riots.

27/06/2022

Luis Diaz started his food bus business shortly after he moved to Wisconsin, and now he will treat New Berlin to authentic Puerto Rican food.

Luis Diaz started building La Promesa food bus in 2021, shortly after he moved to Wisconsin from Puerto Rico with his family, he told Patch.

26/06/2022

Eighteen small businesses in Oak Creek are putting the pieces together after a fire at a shared kitchen space.

A fire at a shared kitchen space in Oak Creek left 18 small businesses putting the pieces back together. Here's how they're rebounding.

26/06/2022

While Republicans applauded the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to strip federal protections from abortion, advocates called the decision "unconscionable."

WI Republicans praised the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to end legal abortions, but women's health advocates called it "unconscionable."

26/06/2022

A red panda cub was born at the Milwaukee County Zoo on June 12. The cub's mother has been attentive and nurturing, zoo keepers said.

A red panda couple gave birth to a newborn cub on June 12, and the mother is attentive and nurturing, zookeepers said.

25/06/2022

Police officers pulled a man off the podium and arrested him during a public comment session where Kenosha County board members were discussing concealed carry permits.

Joel Trudell, of Kenosha, spent the night in jail after he was arrested while giving public comment at a county board meeting, records show.