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May 28, 2015

41 people indicted in alleged heroin ring on reservations

Federal and tribal law enforcement authorities said Thursday they've taken down an interstate drug trafficking ring that was the largest source of heroin on two Minnesota American Indian reservations.

May 28, 2015

Marshfield man agrees to plea deal for Packers ticket scam

A Marshfield man has been found guilty for allegedly stealing more than $50,000 in a Green Bay Packers ticket scam.

May 28, 2015

Beaver Dam farmer accused of crop insurance fraud

A farmer in Beaver Dam is being accused of defrauding a crop insurance company.

May 27, 2015

Trial for sitcom actor Diamond comes to screeching halt

Dustin Diamond, the actor who portrayed Screech on the 1990s TV show "Saved by the Bell," went on trial Wednesday on charges that he stabbed a man during a confrontation at a bar, but the proceedings came to a screeching halt at the start after the prosecutor objected to a defense attorney's good luck message for his client.

May 27, 2015

Judge delays edict on moving stabbing case to juvenile court

A judge will issue a ruling in August on whether two Wisconsin girls should be moved to juvenile court in the stabbing of a friend they allegedly tried to kill to please a mythical horror character.

May 27, 2015

Panel plans stiffer penalties for unemployment fraud

Republicans who control the Legislature's budget committee plan to impose stiffer civil penalties for unemployment fraud but scrap plans to create harsher criminal penalties.

May 27, 2015

Drawing the line on gifts

The Wisconsin Supreme Court sets the rules governing when and how judges can accept gifts.

May 27, 2015

Green Bay-based bank settles over racial discrimination complaint

Green Bay-based Associated Bank has agreed to generate nearly $200 million in mortgage loans in predominantly minority neighborhoods as part of a settlement over a federal racial discrimination complaint.

May 26, 2015

Girl charged in Slender Man case called model inmate

A defense expert testified Tuesday that one of two Wisconsin girls charged as adults with trying to kill a friend to please a fictional horror character has a very low risk of future criminal behavior and a high likelihood of success in treatment.

May 26, 2015

Lawmakers consider mandatory minimums for felons caught with guns (UPDATE)

At a public hearing Friday, a state representative didn’t just bring her notes with her. State Rep. LaTonya Johnson brought a pile of obituaries of Milwaukee children killed in shootings.

May 26, 2015

Defense attorneys in Slender Man case say adult charges unwarranted

Attorneys for one of two Wisconsin girls charged in adult court with trying to kill a friend to please a fictional horror character will argue her case belongs in juvenile court.

May 25, 2015

Former deputy committed in slaying of wife, sister-in-law

A judge has committed a former Dane County sheriff's deputy with Lou Gehrig's disease to a mental health institution after a jury earlier found he was not legally responsible for killing his wife and sister-in-law.

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