Tomahawk Murder Suspect Due in Court Monday
Last Updated: 7:54 AM 10/13/08 -
Derek Domke is scheduled for a plea hearing Monday in Lincoln County Court.
The 18-year-old is accused of killing 25-year-old Rochelle Anderson. (Full Story) |
Brittany Zimmermann's Mother Speaks To Newschannel 7
Last Updated: 8:12 AM 10/13/08 -
The mother of 21-year old Brittany Zimmermann is finally speaking out, hoping she can find her daughter's killer. (Full Story) |
Wisconsin Counties Let Residents Drop Off Old Drugs
Last Updated: 8:08 AM 10/13/08 -
The effort to collect old meds is intended to keep unused prescriptions from entering the water supply when they are flushed down toilets or dumped in landfills. (Full Story) |
Air Quality Watch Issued in 33 Wisconsin Counties
Last Updated: 7:56 AM 10/13/08 -
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says the watch was issued because the forecast calls for elevated levels of fine particles in the air. (Full Story) |
Prescription Drug Collection Continues Across State
Last Updated: 7:58 AM 10/13/08 -
The state has given 12 county and municipal governments $95,000 in grants to hold events where people can drop off unwanted or expired medicines for safe disposal. (Full Story) |
Lane Closures on 1-39/US 51 Near Stevens Point Could Cause Delays
Last Updated: 11:20 PM 10/12/08 -
Drivers who travel near Exit 161 on I-39/US 51 in Stevens Point may want to find alternate routes to avoid delays through October. (Full Story) |
John Kerry to Campaign for Obama in Wisconsin
Last Updated: 8:02 AM 10/13/08 -
Democratic SenatorJohn Kerry is set to speak at a rally in Milwaukee Tuesday to encourage people to vote early for Barack Obama.
(Full Story) |
Local National Forest Joins War on Weeds in Wisconsin
Last Updated: 8:05 AM 10/13/08 -
Officials say the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest is now a major partner in four invasive species cooperatives to better control weeds on both private and government lands. (Full Story) |
Milwaukee Radio Host Getting Hate Mail after Comment at McCain Rally
Last Updated: 10:56 PM 10/12/08 -
Hate mail against a Milwaukee radio host is stacking up following a comment he made at a McCain rally Thursday. During the event, James T. Harris urged McCain to step up his attacks against Obama. But what sparked the controversy is apparently Harris’s color. (Full Story) |
UW Madison Marching Band Back After Suspension
Last Updated: 10:54 PM 10/12/08 -
Although it wasn’t a good ending for the Badgers Saturday, many fans say they’re glad they got the complete Camp Randall experience. (Full Story) |
Tattooed Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Last Updated: 11:02 PM 10/12/08 -
Some people in Madison are honoring Breast Cancer Awareness Month by getting daily reminders of how cancer has affected their lives. (Full Story) |
Local Community Raising Money For Food Pantry
Last Updated: 8:22 PM 10/12/08 -
Local pantries are finding it more difficult to help families in need because of increasingly bare shelves due to a dwindling economy. This weekend Marshfield residents got together for a flea market at The Homefront to raise money for food pantries at St. Vincent DePaul and First Presbyterian Church. (Full Story) |
This Year’s Most Popular Costumes among Wisconsin Kids
Last Updated: 11:19 PM 10/12/08 -
UNDATED (AP) _ Expect to see plenty of Batmans, Transformers and Hannah Montanas when you're handing out candy this Halloween. (Full Story) |
Whooping Cranes Florida Bound
Last Updated: 11:22 PM 10/12/08 -
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ Another group of whooping cranes is set to follow an ultralight from Wisconsin to Florida this week. (Full Story) |
University of Wisconsin Sorry for 'Blazing Saddles' Clip
Last Updated: 12:12 PM 10/12/08 -
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The University of Wisconsin-Madison has apologized to a black student who during a class last year was shown a clip of the movie ``Blazing Saddles'' that features racial epithets. (Full Story) |
Newspaper Editor, Wisconsin Lawmaker to Debate
Last Updated: 9:42 PM 10/11/08 -
The debate between Democratic state Rep. Marlin Schneider of Wisconsin Rapids and Isthmus editor Bill Lueders is over access to online court records. (Full Story) |
10,000 Expected at Madison Book Festival
Last Updated: 12:10 PM 10/12/08 -
The five-day festival is the state's largest literary festival and one of the largest in the nation. (Full Story) |
Bringing Railroads into the 21st Century
Last Updated: 12:08 PM 10/12/08 -
Professor emeritus C. Allen Wortley says he believes that the U.S. must increase its commitment to railroads as a way to reduce air pollution, save energy and meet future needs. (Full Story) |
No. 6 Penn State Dismantles Wisconsin 48-7
Last Updated: 10:33 AM 10/12/08 -
The Badgers lose their 3rd straight for the first time since 2004. (Full Story) |
UPDATE: Woman in Critical Condition Following Fiery Rollover
Last Updated: 9:54 PM 10/11/08 -
An Illinois woman is in critical condition following a rollover accident on US 51 in Lincoln County Friday night. (Full Story) |
Special Olympics Bowling Tourney Brings Hundreds to the Area
Last Updated: 8:27 PM 10/12/08 -
Families from Northcentral Wisconsin are supporting the state's Special Olympics this weekend. Hundreds of people turned out for the organization's bowling tournament in Weston today. Organizers say this year's turnout was the largest they've ever seen. (Full Story) |
Hmong Community Learn Voting Process
Last Updated: 9:41 PM 10/11/08 -
Major political parties are trying to stress the importance of voting this November to minority communities in Northcentral Wisconsin. Members of the Republican and Democratic parties gathered today to speak to Hmong clan leaders at the "Understanding Voting in America" conference in Stevens Point. (Full Story) |
Restlawn Memorial Park Walk Raises Money For Local Veterans
Last Updated: 9:28 PM 10/11/08 -
It's sad to say, but many aging veterans in our area can't afford basic necessities like soap or toothpaste, because they can't find work and don't have families. That's why the American Legion, VFW and AmVets Rolling Thunder Chapter in Wausau have created a new walk to collect donations. (Full Story) |
Wisconsin Offers Free Classes to Help Manage Money
Last Updated: 9:58 PM 10/11/08 -
The classes and seminars are being offered as part of the third annual Money Smart Week to help consumers learn more about saving, investing and using credit wisely. (Full Story) |
Portage County Misses Deadline, Loses $143,000
Last Updated: 9:54 PM 10/11/08 -
The state Department of Transportation said the county will lose about $143,000 of its annual allotment of highway funding because it missed a deadline for filing an audit. (Full Story) |
Mother of Slain Student Makes First Public Appeal
Last Updated: 4:32 PM 10/12/08 -
MARSHFIELD, Wis. (AP) -- The mother of a slain University of Wisconsin-Madison student is speaking publicly for the first time, hoping to draw public help in finding her daughter's killer. (Full Story) |
Obama Outpaces McCain's Get Out the Vote Effort in Wisconsin
Last Updated: 9:54 PM 10/11/08 -
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ Barack Obama has more offices, paid staff and volunteers in Wisconsin than John McCain. (Full Story) |
Racine Couple Charged After 2-Year-Old Boy Dies
Last Updated: 10:16 PM 10/11/08 -
RACINE, Wis. (AP) -- A Racine couple have been charged after the woman's 2-year-old son was found dead with bruising on his head and body. (Full Story) |
McCain Says GM Plant Closings Result of DC Greed
Last Updated: 7:10 PM 10/11/08 -
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) -- Sen. John McCain says he's disappointed to hear about the upcoming closure of General Motors plants, which may include the site at Janesville. (Full Story) |
Obama Comments on Plan to End Production at Janesville GM Plant
Last Updated: 12:18 PM 10/11/08 -
MILWAUKEE (AP) _ The news that General Motors is expected to speed up its plan to stop production at Janesville brought a comment from Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama who stopped at the plant there while campaigning earlier in the year. (Full Story) |
Janesville GM Plant Shutdown Could be Accelerated in Sales Slump
Last Updated: 9:57 PM 10/11/08 -
JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) _ An announcement from General Motors is expected Monday after reports that the company could shut down production at its Janesville plant by the end of the year, putting about 1,600 people out of work. (Full Story) |
Wisconsin City Council Recommends Police Chief's Firing
Last Updated: 10:32 AM 10/12/08 -
Police Chief Gary Bach was disciplined last year for using inappropriate language to describe females and blacks. (Full Story) |
Packers' QB Rodgers Ready to Shoulder Load Again Despite Injury
Last Updated: 12:11 PM 10/11/08 -
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) _ Despite not making a single throw in practice this week, quarterback Aaron Rodgers is prepared to start for the Green Bay Packers at Seattle tomorrow. (Full Story) |
Berlin Man Guilty of Secretly Videotaping Women
Last Updated: 12:25 PM 10/11/08 -
GREEN LAKE, Wis. (AP) _ A Berlin man has been found guilty on charges that he used secret cameras to videotape beauty pageant contestants and other women as they undressed in the bathroom of his photo studio. (Full Story) |
Sen. Kohl Defends Obama
Last Updated: 12:33 PM 10/11/08 -
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ Sen. Herb Kohl says fellow Sen. John McCain is trying to scare voters and attacking Sen. Barack Obama in a desperate attempt to make up ground in the presidential race. (Full Story) |
McCain Proposes Suspending Stock Sales in Retirement Funds
Last Updated: 12:31 PM 10/11/08 -
McCain said Friday that his economic plan would spare investors who have to start selling off their retirement accounts at age 70 and a half. As the economy struggles and Wall Street plunges, the value of these accounts have tanked. (Full Story) |
Woman Files $350,000 Claim Over Son's Appleton Jail Death
Last Updated: 12:26 PM 10/11/08 -
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) _ The mother of a man who killed himself in the Outagamie County Jail has filed a $350,000 claim against the county. (Full Story) |
Sun Prairie Man Convicted of Assaulting Daughters
Last Updated: 12:22 PM 10/11/08 -
The 39-year-old man was convicted of charges including three counts of repeated sexual assault of a child and three counts of possessing child pornography, all as a repeat offender. (Full Story) |
State: Two Rivers Fisherman Settles Overquota Claim
Last Updated: 12:21 PM 10/11/08 -
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ Attorney General A.G. Van Hollen says a commercial fisherman and his company from Two Rivers have agreed to pay $27,500 to the state conservation fund. It's to settle claims of exceeding a quota on whitefish taken from Lake Michigan. (Full Story) |
Vandals Hit Glenbeulah Cemetery in Sheboygan
Last Updated: 5:25 PM 10/11/08 -
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) -- Some people think Glenbeulah Cemetery has paranormal activity, but now there are apparently other peculiar goings on. (Full Story) |
Wisconsin Youth Deer Hunt Under Way this Weekend
Last Updated: 11:59 AM 10/11/08 -
Children between the ages of 12 and 15 who have completed a hunter's safety course and have a gun deer license are eligible for the hunt that runs through Sunday. They must be accompanied by a mentor who isn't hunting with a gun. (Full Story) |
Many of Packers' Injured Expected to Play
Last Updated: 12:13 PM 10/11/08 -
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) _ The Packers have a long list of injured players but expect many of them to be available to play against the Seahawks. (Full Story) |
Dane County Deputy Shoots Inmate Missing from Jail
Last Updated: 12:01 PM 10/11/08 -
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The Dane County sheriff's department says a deputy shot and wounded an inmate who had been missing from jail for about a week. (Full Story) |
National Forest Joins War on Weeds in Wisconsin
Last Updated: 12:09 PM 10/11/08 -
Officials say the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest is now a major partner in four invasive species cooperatives to better control weeds on both private and government lands. (Full Story) |
Witnesses Detail Alleged Sexual Abuse by Priest
Last Updated: 5:23 PM 10/11/08 -
CHICAGO (AP) -- A jury has heard explicit testimony from two men who claim a defrocked Jesuit priest forced them to commit sexual acts over several years. (Full Story) |
Bridge Across Fox River to be Razed, Replaced
Last Updated: 5:24 PM 10/11/08 -
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) -- The two-lane bridge that spans the Fox River is expected to be demolished next week to make way for a four-lane structure. (Full Story) |
High School Football Scores - Week 7
Last Updated: 12:14 AM 10/11/08 -
Week 7 High School Football Scores (Full Story) |
Rhinelander Man Reaches plea Deal in 2007 Stabbing Death
Last Updated: 7:29 PM 10/10/08 -
Seth Louis will enter a plea agreement next week, nearly a year and a half after the murder of Tracy Maurer. Louis is charged with first degree intentional homicide in Maurer's April 2007 stabbing death. Two other teens are now said to be involved. The hearing is scheduled for next week in Lincoln County Court (Full Story) |
NEW INFO: Plea Hearing Set For Derek Domke in Rochelle Anderson Murder
Last Updated: 4:22 PM 10/10/08 -
Court records show a plea hearing has been scheduled for Derek Domke. He’s the man accused of stabbing and beating 25-year-old Rochelle Anderson to death at the convenience store where she worked in March. (Full Story) |
NEW INFO: Two Teen Girls In Custody In Connection to Tomahawk Murder
Last Updated: 11:05 AM 10/10/08 -
Two teenage girls are behind bars in Lincoln County, facing charges in connection to the murder of Tracy Maurer. (Full Story) |
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