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MILWAUKEE (AP) – A new study raises concerns about Wisconsin’s long-term economy, in part because it relies too heavily on industries that are now facing a decline.  A Milwaukee Journal Sentinel report says three of the state’s five largest sectors have to do with paper and printing. That could be a concern as the nation More >

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A Wisconsin appeals court has rejected a sex offender’s arguments that a judge improperly called his offenses as an abomination in the sight of God.  Prosecutors accused Robert J. Betters of having repeated sexual contact with his girlfriend’s two teenage sons. Brown County Circuit Judge Donald R. Zuidmulder sentenced him in June More >

BARRON, Wis. (AP) – A 17-year-old is charged with providing a hallucinogen drug to a man who ran onto a Barron County highway and was fatally struck by a semi.   Dorian Hash faces a charge of first-degree reckless homicide in the death of 18-year-old Alexander Hill. A criminal complaint says Hill ran in front of a More >

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A Wisconsin appeals court has tossed out a Superior man’s speeding ticket because a tree branch blocked the speed limit sign.  Police in Superior issued Justin Bachinski a $175 citation in June 2012 for traveling 34 mph in a 25-mph zone. Bachinski argued a branch obscured the speed limit sign and the More >

MILWAUKEE (AP) – Home sales in Wisconsin continue to rise.  The Wisconsin Realtors Association says May sales are up about 18 percent compared to the same month last year. It’s the 23rd consecutive month of growth.  Prices are up as well. The Journal Sentinel (http://bit.ly/13NRCFt ) reports the median price last month was $144,000. That’s up 4.3 More >

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A Madison woman has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for fatally injuring her 3-year-old son.  Maria Castillo-Dominguez was earlier found guilty of first-degree reckless homicide in the 2011 death of her son, Luis Angel. The 24-year-old mother continues to maintain it was her boyfriend who caused the toddler’s fatal More >

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) – The U.S. Coast Guard is expected to resume a search for a man presumed drowned in Lake Michigan off the Kenosha shore.  Fire officials say the man jumped in the water Monday evening with two other people near the North Pier, but then disappeared. Battalion Chief Ken Schroeder tells the Kenosha News More >

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – The Wisconsin Senate is getting ready to vote on a bill that would limit terms for board members at Gov. Scott Walker’s troubled quasi-public jobs agency.  The bipartisan measure would require Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation board members to serve fixed six-year terms rather than serve at the pleasure of the governor More >

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is urging beachgoers to play it safe this summer.  The DNR recommends people log on to the Wisconsin beach health website to check on water quality conditions at scores of Great Lakes and inland beaches.  The DNR also recommends avoiding swimming after heavy rains, which can More >