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Start of Assembly budget
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Wisconsin
National Guard members face furloughs |
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 MADISON,
Wis. — The state Assembly has begun debate of the state
budget and still plans to vote on the $70 billion spending
plan on Wednesday. Debate began around 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday.
Republican Majority Leader Scott Suder says after about
three hours of debate Tuesday, the Assembly will spend about
six hours on it Wednesday. The vote is slated to take place
at about 5 p.m. Wednesday. Both sides agreed to time limits
to avoid late-night debate and votes that had become common
in the Assembly in recent years, particularly on the budget.
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 MILWAUKEE
— Hundreds of Wisconsin National Guard members face
furloughs as the result of the automatic federal budget cuts
that took effect earlier this year. Most
of Wisconsin's 10,000 guard members won't be affected by the
budget cuts because they are state employees or considered
active-duty military personnel. But
about 700 guard members who are considered U.S. Department
of Defense technicians must take 11 furlough days before the
fiscal year ends on Sept. 30.
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Driver
says he'll be
ready if Packers call |
Bender,
Van Exel follow
new coach Drew to Bucks |
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 APPLETON
— Donald Driver will be ready to go if the Green Bay
Packers call and say they needed his help. Other
NFL teams, however, needn't bother. Green
Bay's all-time leading receiver announced his retirement
Jan. 31 after 14 years in the NFL — all with the Packers.
Driver says he still loves the game, but he promised Packers
fans he'd never play for another team. "At
the end of the day, if I get that itch, it would only be for
the green and gold," he said. "If the Packers
called me and said, 'Drive, come back to training camp,' I'd
be back for training camp.
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 ST.
FRANCIS — Bob Bender and Nick Van Exel are following Larry Drew
to Milwaukee. The
Bucks announced Monday that Bender and Van Exel will be assistants
on Drew's staff. Bender also was an assistant during Drew's three
years as head coach in Atlanta, while Van Exel was the Hawks'
player development instructor from 2010-12. Drew
says the two were "important pieces" of his staff in
Atlanta and will be dedicated to teaching Milwaukee's young
players.
>>Ellis tells Bucks
he will opt out of contract
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Sex
charges fly in
Menard-Hilbert legal battle |
Packers
release linebacker Desmond Bishop |
 NOBLESVILLE,
Ind. — A former Indiana business partner of hardware
kingpin John Menard contends in a lawsuit that the Wisconsin
billionaire pressured her to have sex with him and his wife
and retaliated by firing her husband as a financial adviser
and filing lawsuits against them and some of their friends. Tomisue
Hilbert filed her lawsuit May 29 in Hamilton County. She
accuses the founder of the Eau Claire, Wis.-based Menards
home improvement stores of extortion, battery, assault and
breach of fiduciary duty for actions including the sacking
of Steve Hilbert as CEO of MH Private Equity, an
Indianapolis-based firm that she, her husband and Menard
founded in 2005.
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 GREEN
BAY — The Green Bay Packers have released linebacker Desmond
Bishop. The move Monday was expected
as a cost-saving measure. Bishop was due to make $3.464
million this season after missing all of last year with a
hamstring injury. The
28-year-old inside linebacker had 310 tackles, nine sacks,
seven forced fumbles and an interception since the Packers
took him in the sixth round of the 2007 draft. He played in 69
games, making 26 starts, and was part of the squad that won
the Super Bowl following the 2010 season.
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Defense
pins blame
on other teen in Wis. killing |
Local Harley dealers revving
up for a party |
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 SHEBOYGAN
— The attorney for a 14-year-old boy contends the boy's
friend planned the murder and robbery of the friend's
great-grandmother at her Sheboygan Falls home.
Jurors
heard opening statements Monday in the trial of Nathan Paape
(pahp) of Sheboygan. The
defense says Paape had come home from school last September
when his friend, Antonio Barbeau, arrived with a hatchet and
laid out a plan to murder and rob Barbeau's
great-grandmother, 78-year-old Barbara Olson.
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 OCONOMOWOC
- The worldwide 110th anniversary celebration of Harley-Davidson
means good things for local dealerships, and the four-day event in
Milwaukee later this summer is expected to drive a lot of traffic to
those same dealerships. “We’re really ramping up our marketing and
promotional efforts,” said Dianne Crowley, marketing and events
manager at Wisconsin Harley-Davidson in Oconomowoc. “We’re going to
have two large music stages with nonstop music from morning until
night. We will feature almost every main Wisconsin band you can
name. We will also have local food vendors, product vendors, a
special triage service center, and a beer garden with local craft
brews.”
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TODAY IN BUSINESS |
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 Wisconsin
produces most maple syrup since 1992
MILWAUKEE
— Wisconsin's maple syrup production has hit a 20-year
high, increasing five-fold from last year when early warm
weather cut the season short, the U.S. Department of
Agriculture reported Monday. |
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TODAY IN SPORTS |
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 Heat
have no room for error versus Spurs in Game 6
MIAMI
— They lost three times in three months in one of the most
overpowering stretches the NBA has ever seen. Now
the Miami Heat have lost three times in five games. So
superb during the regular season, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and the Heat
have to be something even more for the rest of the NBA Finals. |
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EVENTS |
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 Morning
Star Productions presents Captive
A young man breaks into an elderly woman's
apartment seeking refuge from the police. But this lady is more than
he bargained for. By the time he leaves his life will never be the
same.
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 On
stage now: Wicked
Back by “Popular” demand. Variety calls WICKED
"a cultural phenomenon,” and when it last played
Milwaukee in 2010, it broke box office records and sold
out in record time. Winner of 35 major awards, including
a Grammy and three Tony Awards, WICKED is
“Broadway’s biggest blockbuster” (The New York
Times).
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SLIDESHOWS |
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Breakfast on the Farm 06-08-13
Posted 06-14-13
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Waukesha
South vs. Waukesha West 06-07-13
Posted 06-14-13
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May
Photos of the Month
Posted 06-06-13
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Milwaukee
officer accidentally shoots suspect
MILWAUKEE
— Milwaukee police say an officer accidentally shot and
wounded a car theft suspect while arresting him.
A second
suspect escaped Monday.
Wis.
Senate to take up venture capital bill
MADISON
— The state Senate is scheduled to vote Tuesday on a bill
that would invest millions of dollars in state and private
money in Wisconsin startups.
Wis.
Senate to vote on WEDC board bill
MADISON
— 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.
Dr.,
brother killed in Madeline Island plane crash
ASHLAND
— Ashland County authorities say a La Crosse doctor and
his brother were killed in a single-engine plane crash on
Madeline Island.
Wis.
historical site offers Railroad Days
MADISON
— A southwestern Wisconsin historical site will offer a
special railroad-themed weekend in August.
Lakefront
Festival of Arts starts Friday
MILWAUKEE
— Work from more than 175 artists will be displayed and
sold this weekend on Milwaukee's lakefront.
Diocese
of Green Bay clears retired priest
GREEN
BAY — The Catholic Diocese of Green Bay says its
investigation has cleared a retired priest of sexual abuse
allegations.
Officer
shot at Wis. Sikh temple gets new job
OAK
CREEK — The Oak Creek police officer struck with 12
bullets while responding to the fatal shooting rampage at a
Sikh temple last year is starting a new job with the company
that made his bulletproof vest.
Green
Bay officially unveils Donald Driver Way
GREEN
BAY — Another street in Green Bay is now renamed after a
Packers player or coach. City
officials unveiled the sign Saturday changing Pearl Street
to Donald Driver Way, for the recently retired wide receiver
who spent 14 seasons with the Packers.
FAA:
Group must get new planes to guide cranes
MADISON
— A conservation organization that uses ultralight planes
to lead endangered whooping cranes from Wisconsin to Florida
for the winter has to replace its aircraft by next spring to
comply with Federal Aviation Administration regulations.
Memo
explains school spending increase
MADISON
— A new memo from the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal
Bureau explains that the $150 per-student spending increase
that's part of the state budget would amount to a $100 bump
in the first year.
Records
show no reviews for disgraced police chief
MILWAUKEE
— A former Wisconsin police chief accused of watching
pornography with his officers didn't receive a performance
review for more than 20 of his 33 years with the department,
records show.
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