Appreciating Our Mother's All Year Long
Last Updated: 6:49 PM 05/11/08 -
For all of you mother's out there, Happy Mother's Day.
We here at NewsChannel 7 hope you got all the pampering and praise you really deserve all year long. (Full Story) |
Gas Prices Knock Bicycle Sales, Repairs into Higher Gear
Last Updated: 6:37 PM 05/11/08 -
Four-dollar-a-gallon gas is good for business -- if you run a bike shop. Commuters around the country are dusting off their old two-wheelers -- or buying new ones -- to cope with rising fuel prices, bicycle dealers say. (Full Story) |
A Song for Mother's Day
Last Updated: 6:37 PM 05/11/08 -
Gary Schuetz wrote the song A Mother’s Love to demonstrate how much he cared about his mother, (Full Story) |
Brewers Pull Eric Gagne from Closer's Role
Last Updated: 3:39 PM 05/11/08 -
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- The Brewers yanked Eric Gagne from the closer's role today after the reliever called his latest performance embarrassing and said he didn't feel he deserved to pitch the ninth anymore. (Full Story) |
Flambeau River State Forest Remains Determined to be Human
Last Updated: 3:31 PM 05/11/08 -
HAYWARD, Wis. (AP) -- The Sawyer County Sheriff Department says remains that were found in the Flambeau River State Forest are human. (Full Story) |
UPDATE: 2 Sought in Wounding of 3 at Outagamie County Supper Club
Last Updated: 6:26 PM 05/11/08 -
KAUKAUNA, Wis. (AP) -- Outagamie County authorities are looking for two men after three people were shot and wounded early Sunday at a supper club north of Kaukauna. (Full Story) |
Wisconsin Remains Tops in Cheese Competition with California
Last Updated: 1:22 PM 05/11/08 -
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Experts say predictions that California will soon overtake Wisconsin as the nation's top cheese producer aren't likely to come true. (Full Story) |
People Buying Up Stamps Ahead of Monday's Postal Rate Increase
Last Updated: 1:19 PM 05/11/08 -
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- It'll become a penny more expensive to send a first-class letter starting tomorrow. (Full Story) |
State Asking for Taxes, Sends Out More Than 1,000 Letters About Internet Cigarette Purchases
Last Updated: 1:18 PM 05/11/08 -
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The state's Revenue Department says it has sent out more than 1,000 letters this year to smokers who bought cigarettes online. (Full Story) |
Philanthropist to Announce Committing $50 Million in Milwaukee
Last Updated: 1:16 PM 05/11/08 -
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A newspaper says philanthropist Joseph Zilber is scheduled to announce tomorrow that he's committing $50 million during the next 10 years to improve life in Milwaukee's low-income neighborhoods. (Full Story) |
Helicopter Crash After Take Off from La Crosse Kills 3
Last Updated: 1:15 PM 05/11/08 -
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Three people are dead after a University of Wisconsin Med Flight helicopter crashed after taking off last night from La Crosse. (Full Story) |
Sheriff’s Dept. Identifies Motorcycle Crash Victim
Last Updated: 8:43 PM 05/10/08 -
The Waupaca County Sheriff’s Department says 23-year-old Michael R. Burayi is the man who died as a result of a motorcycle crash on County Highway G just north of the Intersection of County Highway E in Waupaca County. (Full Story) |
Department of Revenue Error Affects about 1,200 Wis. Taxpayers
Last Updated: 8:40 PM 05/10/08 -
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A Wisconsin Department of Revenue spokeswoman says about 1,200 state taxpayers are affected by a couple of computer errors by the agency involving out-of-state taxes. (Full Story) |
Special Olympics Athletes Compete for State
Last Updated: 9:06 AM 05/11/08 -
Today Merrill High School hosted nearly 300 Special Olympics athletes who competed in more than 18 outdoor sporting events. (Full Story) |
Stamp Out Hunger Annual Food Drive
Last Updated: 9:09 AM 05/11/08 -
Today area residents left non-perishable food items by their mailboxes so letter carriers could pick them up, and later deliver those items to local food pantries, in a gallant effort to stamp out hunger. (Full Story) |
Charges Combined for Man Accused in Fatal Antigo Motel Crash
Last Updated: 9:05 AM 05/11/08 -
ANTIGO, Wis. (AP) -- Charges are being combined against a man facing trial for smashing his SUV into the side of an Antigo motel and killing a man inside. (Full Story) |
Order Freezes Assets of SUV Driver in Crash
Last Updated: 2:03 PM 05/10/08 -
OCONOMOWOC, Wis. (AP) -- A temporary restraining order has frozen the assets of a former surgeon accused of slamming his SUV into a car and killing a pregnant school administrator and her 10-year-old daughter. (Full Story) |
Budget Deal Appears Near but Lawmakers Mum on Details
Last Updated: 2:02 PM 05/10/08 -
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Governor Jim Doyle and lawmakers aren't giving out any details, but they could be closing in on a deal to solve a $527 million budget shortfall.
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Man Wounded by Milwaukee Police Officer
Last Updated: 2:00 PM 05/10/08 -
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Milwaukee police say an officer shot and wounded a man overnight. They say officers responding to a report of shots being fired found about 20 men getting ready to fight at a gas station parking lot just before midnight.
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Wisconsin Lyme Disease Cases Up Last Year
Last Updated: 1:59 PM 05/10/08 -
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin health officials say there was a significant increase in the number of reported Lyme disease cases in the state last year.
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Man Gets 24 years in Connection with 2 Madison Heroin Deaths
Last Updated: 1:58 PM 05/10/08 -
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A 29-year-old man gets 24 years in prison on allegations he provided heroin that killed two people in Madison. (Full Story) |
Attorney for Defendant in Baraboo Twins' Deaths Allowed to Search Condo
Last Updated: 9:04 AM 05/11/08 -
BARABOO, Wis. (AP) -- The attorney for a Baraboo father accused of killing his 5-week-old sons has won the right to search his client's rented condo. (Full Story) |
Late Comedian Chris Farley Back in the News
Last Updated: 2:11 PM 05/10/08 -
One reason is the release of the book "The Chris Farley Show. A Biography in Three Acts" by his older brother Tom Farley Junior and Tanner Colby. (Full Story) |
A 7-year-old Boy Dies in Janesville Fire
Last Updated: 1:54 PM 05/10/08 -
JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) -- A 7-year-old boy died when a fire hit a home on Janesville's west side. (Full Story) |
NEW INFO: Trial Delayed for Semi Driver Involved in Deadly School Bus Crash
Last Updated: 4:42 PM 05/09/08 -
The trial for the driver of a semitrailer who authorities say crashed into the back of a school bus, killing a 14-year-old boy, has been postponed until November 2008. It had been scheduled to begin in May. (Full Story) |
Buzee Bodeez Helps Children with Special Needs
Last Updated: 4:26 PM 05/09/08 -
Daughter inspires Mom to create a fun, safe place for kids to be active. (Full Story) |
Buzee Bodeez Teaches Kids to Love Being Active
Last Updated: 4:11 PM 05/09/08 -
Owner has found a way to teach kids about athletics in a non-competitive environment. (Full Story) |
Fralick Removed as Lac du Flambeau Tribal Treasurer
Last Updated: 3:27 PM 05/09/08 -
The Lac do Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Tribal Council has voted to remove Muriel Fralick as Tribal Treasurer. An interim Tribal Treasurer will be appointed based on results from the last general election. (Full Story) |
NEW INFO: Preliminary Hearing Set for Necedah Residents Who Prayed as Elderly Woman's Body Decomposed for Months in Bathroom
Last Updated: 9:03 AM 05/11/08 -
A Necedah woman who Juneau County authorities say kept the body of a 90-year-old woman in her bathroom for two months told them she believed God would bring her back to life if she prayed hard enough, according to the criminal complaint. (Full Story) |
NEW INFO: Town of Minocqua Orders Restaurant to be Razed After Deadly Fire
Last Updated: 2:45 PM 05/09/08 -
Owners of a Minocqua restaurant that was gutted by flames in December 2007 will need to have the building razed by May 30, according to the Town Board. It issued the ruling Tuesday night. If the owners fail to comply, the town says it will have the restaurant destroyed. (Full Story) |
Mosinee Man Extradited to Arkansas in 1992 Killing
Last Updated: 10:48 AM 05/09/08 -
A judge has ordered a man sent to Arkansas to face charges in the 1992 slaying of the owner of a flower shop. 45-year-old James Clemons of Mosinee has been jailed in Wisconsin since February. (Full Story) |
Everest Students Finish Habitat for Humanity Home
Last Updated: 5:30 PM 05/09/08 -
A local family has a brand new home thanks to Habitat for Humanity, D.C. Everest High School and Wausau Homes. The house, built by high school seniors was moved from the school to it's new address on Golden Meadow Street in Wausau Friday. (Full Story) |
Wisconsin Legislative Leaders Continuing Budget Talks
Last Updated: 10:37 AM 05/09/08 -
Legislative leaders are still trying to find a solution to the state's $527 million budget shortfall. They were scheduled to continue talks by phone Friday, but Assembly Speaker Mike Huebsch and Democratic Minority Leader Jim Kreuser were not planning on being in Madison. (Full Story) |
Former Wisconsin Governor Denies Wrongdoing in Hiring Scandal
Last Updated: 10:56 AM 05/09/08 -
Former Gov. Tony Earl says he did nothing wrong in helping an acquaintance land a top legal job at the Department of Workforce Development. Earl says he didn't know the hiring scandal had cost taxpayers $346,000 in legal settlements with candidates passed over for the job as the state's top unemployment insurance lawyer. (Full Story) |
Another Wisconsin Republican Legislator to Call it Quits
Last Updated: 11:01 AM 05/09/08 -
Rep. Sheryl Albers of Reedsburg says she's having problems with her left leg, including a torn anterior cruciate ligament and plans to have surgery at the end of May. She says she won't be able to campaign for this fall's elections. (Full Story) |
Black Bear Found in Weston Residential Area
Last Updated: 5:46 PM 05/09/08 -
A few Weston residents may take a careful look outside before leaving their houses tomorrow morning after a bear spent some time in their neighborhood. (Full Story) |
Error Puts Nearly Everyone on Honor Roll at Sun Prairie High
Last Updated: 11:27 AM 05/09/08 -
At first glance, it seems like it was a very good quarter at Sun Prairie High School: About 80 percent of the students made the honor roll. But school officials say that was a mistake. A district official used the wrong grade point average to put together the third-quarter list. (Full Story) |
Mother Sentenced to 4 Years for Abusing Toddler in Stoughton
Last Updated: 11:21 AM 05/09/08 -
A Stoughton woman is sentenced to four years in prison for fracturing her toddler's skull by repeatedly slamming the child's head on the floor. 22-year-old Heather Lewis also faces charges in Jefferson County where she's accused of shaking another daughter on two occasions. (Full Story) |
Wis. Police Say 10 Year Old Boy had Handgun and Bullets Hidden in Desk at School
Last Updated: 4:28 AM 05/09/08 -
Police in Cudahy are investigating after a boy turned up with a handgun and bullets in his desk at Lincoln Elementary School
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ROAD RAGE: SUV Rams Waukesha Woman's Car, Police Find Driver Hiding in Tree
Last Updated: 4:24 AM 05/09/08 -
A Waukesha County woman says she thought she was going to be killed when an SUV driver started ramming her car, and now that driver has been charged in court.
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