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OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) – Police say there have been no arrests in a shooting at a dance at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Officers evacuated the Reeve Memorial Union late Saturday night when someone fired a gunshot into the air at the dance. No one was hurt. Residence hall staff were quickly notified and dormitory doors were More >

WHEATON, Wis. (AP) – Authorities say a 20-year-old man killed in a snowmobile crash in northwestern Wisconsin was a firefighter. Brandon Semingson was traveling with a group of three others when he lost control of his snowmobile and crashed into a tree in the Chippewa County community of Wheaton Friday night. WQOW-TV (http://bit.ly/1cpTID8 ) reports More >

TOWN OF BELOIT, Wis. (AP) – Two people have died in a single-vehicle crash in the Town of Beloit. Police say a Jeep SUV left Highway 51 Sunday and hit a utility pole. The Beloit Daily News (http://bit.ly/NR0Nl0 ) reports both victims were pronounced dead at the scene. The highway was closed for more than More >

MILWAUKEE (AP) – A mother has been arrested in the death of her 14-month-old son in Milwaukee. Police responded to a call from a concerned family member Sunday and found the mother semi-conscious at the home. WISN-TV (http://bit.ly/1oEMImb ) reports the 36-year-old mother had apparently taken some pills. Her son was found dead at the More >

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A Texas anthropologist is set to travel to Wisconsin to give a talk on American Indians. Texas A & M University anthropologist Jessi Halligan is scheduled to give a free lecture at the Wisconsin Historical Society Auditorium in on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus on the evening of March 13. She’ll talk More >

MILWAUKEE (AP) – Four workers at Milwaukee’s veteran’s hospital are facing drug related charges. WISN-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1dAW9RH ) 38-year-old Jermaine Cohill, 35-year-old Ryan Driscoll, 27-year-old Alicia Ojeda and 46-year-old Yvette Wright are charged with felonies related to possession or delivery of oxycodone from the Milwaukee VA Medical Center. The investigation began in December after a co-worker More >

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – If all this snow melts too quickly, there could be severe flooding in areas of Wisconsin. That’s according to the National Weather Service. Steve Buan, the senior hydrologist for the North Central River Forecast Center in Chanhassen, Minn., says the ripening flood conditions have been caused by higher-than-usual snowfall and frost depths nearing More >