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MILWAUKEE (AP) – Doctors have recommended that Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett spend another night in the hospital, where he’s being treated for exhaustion following a 20-kilometer run. The mayor’s office says Barrett underwent a series of tests Monday at Wheaton Franciscan-Wisconsin Heart Hospital, and “nothing alarming was found.” Barrett’s spokesman, Jeff Fleming, says the mayor More >

FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) – Police have asked residents who are home in a Fond du Lac neighborhood to stay inside while they deal with a tactical situation. Officials say the standoff outside an apartment may be connected to a house fire in the city Monday morning. Police tell WBAY-TV (http://bit.ly/18wYmYO ) that a More >

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Elementary school students in Wisconsin would have at least half an hour of daily physical education under a bill backed by Republican Rep. Chad Weininger, of Green Bay. Weininger was joined by health advocates Monday in announcing his plans to introduce the bill. Current law requires physical education three times a More >

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – An attorney for a new snuggling business in Wisconsin’s capital city says the operation has shut down. Madison’s Snuggle House offered customers cuddles with a professional snuggler for $60 an hour. The business opened Nov. 15. A posting on the Snuggle House’s Facebook page late Friday said the business had closed. More >

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court is questioning whether a Wisconsin airline can be held liable for reporting one of its pilots as mentally unstable and potentially armed. Federal authorities pulled the pilot off a flight on which he was a passenger, but found no cause for concern. The justices on Monday heard Air Wisconsin’s More >

RACINE, Wis. (AP) – Police say they arrested a Milwaukee man after his loaded handgun fell from his pocket and discharged inside a clothing store in Racine. Officers say the man and a woman were shopping at Burlington Coat Factory Saturday when the gunshot struck a metal fixture in the store. No one was hurt. More >

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A Democratic member of the Ashland City Council says she intends to run against Republican U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy next year. Kelly Westlund announced Monday that she will launch her campaign on Tuesday with a news conference in Wausau. Westlund has been a member of the city council for nearly two More >

APPLETON, Wis. (AP) – Police are checking surveillance video as they investigate a nightclub shooting in Appleton. Authorities say a man was shot in the head inside the Luna Lounge about 2 a.m. Sunday. Sgt. David Lund tells Post-Crescent Media (http://post.cr/1bRNwm7 ) the nightclub was full of people at the time of the shooting. Lund More >