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Fox News reaches 12.8 million viewers for first 2023 Republican debate, despite Donald Trump’s absence
The viewership was a little more than half the 24 million people who watched Trump appear in his first presidential debate in August 2015.
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A right-wing sheriffs group that challenges federal law is gaining acceptance around the country
A national group of sheriffs that claims the top law enforcers in American counties are not bound by federal law has successfully spread its doctrine to dozens of states in recent years.
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14 people were shot, one fatally, in the same Milwaukee neighborhood, police say
Milwaukee police say 13 people were injured and one was killed in three separate shootings, just blocks from each other, over the weekend.
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The GOP presidential debate puts a spotlight on Wisconsin, one of the few remaining swing states
When Republican candidates for president gather for their first debate Wednesday in Milwaukee, the spotlight will not only be on them but also on Wisconsin’s role as one of a shrinking handful of genuine battleground states.
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Indiana to give coach Mike Woodson a $1 million pay raise
Indiana coach Mike Woodson’s first two successful seasons made him another $1 million.
Hiker who died in fall from Wisconsin bluff is identified as a 42-year-old man from Fort Wayne, Indiana
A man who died Tuesday after he fell from a bluff while hiking in a Wisconsin state park has been identified as a 42-year-old from Indiana.
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North Korea offers first official confirmation that it has detained Travis King, soldier from Wisconsin
North Korea on Wednesday offered its first official confirmation that it had detained a U.S. soldier who bolted into its country last month.
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President Joe Biden focuses on factory jobs in Wisconsin, ignoring latest Trump indictment
“It’s really kind of basic: we just decided to invest in America again,” Biden said Tuesday. “That’s what it’s all about.”
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Man who set a fire at an Illinois Planned Parenthood clinic sentenced to 10 years in prison
A man who set a fire at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Illinois has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison.
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Biden heads to battleground Wisconsin to talk about the economy a week before GOP debate
President Joe Biden is stopping in the battleground state of Wisconsin to discuss how economic policies he calls “Bidenomics” are boosting the economy.
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Donald Trump to attend Iowa State Fair
Donald Trump’s first Iowa State Fair visit was a circus of its own in 2015, when the then-emerging 2016 Republican presidential nominee drew hundreds of onlookers and news media.
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Wisconsin corn mill agrees to pay $940,000 to settle permit violations
A milling company has agreed to pay $940,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging multiple violations at a plant that was the scene of a fatal explosion in 2017, state Justice Department officials announced Wednesday.
‘Hoosiers’ actor Robert Swan dies at 78
Robert Swan is best known for portraying a Canadian Mountie captain in Brian De Palma’s “The Untouchables,” an Illinois farmer and father of two in David Anspaugh’s sports drama “Hoosiers,” and the father of baseball great Babe Ruth in “The Babe.”
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Officials ordered a Wisconsin brewery to close. Now the owner says it’s payback for supporting liberals.
Among the beers the brewery offers are Evers Ale, named for Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, and Tammy Shandy, for U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court flips to liberal control
Janet Protasiewicz’s win carries tremendous weight in Wisconsin, where the state Supreme Court has been the last word on some of the biggest political and policy battles of the past decade-plus.
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Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Wisconsin to tout broadband and raise money
Vice President Kamala Harris plans to visit southeast Wisconsin this week.
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Michigan charges 16 fake electors for Donald Trump with election law, forgery felonies
Michigan’s attorney general filed felony charges Tuesday against 16 Republicans who acted as fake electors for then-President Donald Trump in 2020.
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Residents of PFAS-polluted island file $42.4 million in claims against Wisconsin city
Residents of an island polluted with PFAS chemicals have filed claims demanding more than $40 million from a western Wisconsin city they say is responsible for the contamination.
A man killed by Iowa police after a homicide and carjacking had a ‘hit list,’ authorities say
Authorities began searching for Matthew Briggs on Saturday after reports he was carrying out a series of violent crimes, including breaking into the home of an ex-girlfriend around dawn Saturday and attacking her.
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Cause of fatal Greyhound bus crash in southern Illinois under investigation
The National Transportation Safety Board is trying to determine what caused the bus to strike three parked rigs and will look at factors such as driver fatigue.