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Political Website Says Ryan's House Seat May Be Competitive — Depending
House Speaker's Aide Says Ryan Isn't Worried
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Low Enrollment Programs Subject of UW-Parkside Discussion
Proposed revisions to a UW system policy that some say could make it easier to close low-enrollment programs was reviewed by a UW-Parkside committee this week.
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Lake Diversion Plan For Foxconn Draws Mostly Criticism At Hearing
DNR Holds Well-Attended Hearing In Sturtevant
(WPR)---Critics of a plan to help a Foxconn Technology Group factory take water from Lake Michigan outnumbered the idea's supporters at a hearing Wednesday held by the Wisconsin Department of
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No Injuries in Early Morning Mobile Home Fire
Pleasant Prairie--An early morning fire---of undetermined origin---destroyed one mobile home and damaged two adjacent mobile homes.
The fire---at the City View Mobile Home Park---4303-75th Street---was reported at about 3:15 a.m. Thursday.
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WGTD Radio Theater Returns with Original Espionage Drama “Our Secret Sisters.”
The WGTD Radio Theater returns this Saturday with an original World War II drama entitled “Our Secret Sisters.” The show is free to the public and will be held at the Kenosha Gateway Technical College campus at 11:15am
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UW-Stevens Point Proposes Sweeping Cuts To Academic Majors
Humanities, Liberal Arts Targeted Due To Declining Enrollment, State Budget Cuts
(WPR)---The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point is planning a sweeping elimination of academic majors in order to address a $4.5 million dollar structural deficit.
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Local News: Protesters Arrested; Sentence Passed in Drunk Driving Deaths
Racine---About two-dozen demonstrators were arrested for blocking traffic at a busy downtown intersection late Monday afternoon. They were part of a group of several hundred protestors who were seeking renewal of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
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56-Year-Old Man Arrested on Child Sex Crime Charges in Racine
A 56-year-old Indiana man was arrested Wednesday on charges of attempted sexual assault of a child---use of a computer to facilitate a child sex crime---and---possession of child pornography. Richard Barney---of St. John, Indiana---traveled to Racine to allegedly have
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Berit Beck's Murderer Gets 10-Year Prison Term
A Kenosha man charged with killing a young woman nearly three decades ago was sentenced to 10 years in prison in a Fond du Lac court today. 64-year-old Dennis Brantner (pictured) entered an Alford plea in the 1990 strangulation of 18-year-old Berit Beck
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Foxconn Plant Could Reduce Road Funding For State Projects By $90M
Project Expected To Leave Highway Fund $870M Short Of Money Needed To Maintain Road Conditions
(AP/WPR)---Funding for state road projects could be reduced as much as $90 million by mid-2019 in order to pay for roadwork related to the $10 billion