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May 16, 2016

Wildlife group sues US over Enbridge pipeline

An environmental group is accusing the federal government of misjudging an emergency response plan for a major oil pipeline that runs through Michigan.

May 16, 2016

US Supreme Court avoids major ruling in birth control dispute

The U.S. Supreme Court failed to resolve a knotty dispute between faith-based groups and the Obama administration over birth control on Monday, the latest indication of the shorthanded court's struggle to find a majority for important cases taken up before Justice Antonin Scalia's death.

May 16, 2016

August trial for man accused of motorcycle shop standoff

The man accused of taking hostages and exchanging gunfire with police at a Neenah motorcycle shop will stand trial in August.

May 16, 2016

Jury selection starting for wounded officers suing gun shop owner

A second lawsuit is starting this week for trial against a gun shop after a jury in October found the owners of the store were negligent in selling a gun used to injure two Milwaukee police officers.

May 15, 2016

Green Bay man gets 53 years in shooting death, OD death

A judge has sentenced a Green Bay man to 53 years in prison for the shooting death of a Howard man and the overdose death of a Coleman man.

May 15, 2016

Milwaukee man gets 2-½ years for stabbing spaniel to death

A Milwaukee man has been sentenced to 2-½ years in prison for repeatedly stabbing an unwanted cocker spaniel that kept finding its way home.

May 15, 2016

Menominee tribe awaits judge’s ruling in hemp lawsuit

The leader of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin says it won't plant a new crop of industrial hemp until a federal judge resolves the tribe's lawsuit against the federal Drug Enforcement Administration.

May 15, 2016

Federal judge set to weigh state’s voting changes

A federal judge is set to weigh whether a host of changes that Republican legislators have made to Wisconsin's voting laws illegally burden minority and Democratic-leaning voters.

May 13, 2016

Reporter kicked out of Afghanistan petitions Supreme Court

A Wisconsin freelance reporter who says he lost his embed status with the U.S. Army for reporting on an argument that turned deadly at an Afghanistan military base is asking the Supreme Court to take up his case.

May 13, 2016

PRINCE Act clears Minn. House panel, stalls in Senate

Even in death, Prince still draws a lot of water in this town.

May 13, 2016

Water Works federal lawsuit trial delayed to June 2017

The lawsuit filed by the Des Moines Water Works in federal court against several upstream agriculture drainage districts has been delayed by nearly a year.

May 12, 2016

Waukesha County to be first to roll out mandatory e-filing

Waukesha County will be the first populous county in the state moving to electronic filing.

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