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Aug 7, 2015

Prosecutors ask judge to dismiss John Doe search lawsuit

Milwaukee prosecutors asked a federal judge Friday to dismiss a lawsuit alleging they violated one of Republican Gov. Scott Walker's former aide's civil rights when they had police search her home nearly four years ago.

Aug 7, 2015

7th Circuit apologizes for snafu

The 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has apologized for forgetting about a case.

Aug 7, 2015

Milwaukee teen gets 45 years for homicide, sexual assault

A 19-year-old Milwaukee man accused of raping his ex-girlfriend's 15-year-old sister before killing her new boyfriend last January has been sentenced to 45 years in prison.

Aug 7, 2015

Man gets jail in accidental shooting at Madison blood center

A 20-year-old man has been sentenced to four months in jail in the accidental shooting of a worker at a Madison blood center earlier this year.

Aug 7, 2015

Man who killed longtime girlfriend sentenced to 40 years

A Racine County man convicted of fatally shooting his longtime girlfriend has been sentenced to 40 years in prison.

Aug 6, 2015

Milwaukee police to fire GPS trackers onto fleeing vehicles

New tracking technology acquired by Milwaukee police allows officers to keep tabs on criminal suspects without a dangerous high-speed chase.

Aug 6, 2015

OLR seeks revocation of personal injury attorney’s license

An Oshkosh personal injury attorney could lose his law license over his January 2014 conviction for not paying taxes and allegations that he mismanaged his firm’s trust account and misappropriated money withheld from employees’ paychecks.

Aug 6, 2015

Court upholds Madison prohibition on guns on buses

A state appeals court says people can't carry guns on Madison city buses.

Aug 6, 2015

Case of alleged threats won’t be heard by judge

The new chief judge of Minnesota's federal court system says all U.S. District Court judges and magistrates in the state will be disqualified from presiding over the case of a man accused of using his Twitter account to threaten law enforcement officers.

Aug 6, 2015

Filing shows prosecutors believed Walker committed felony

A court filing shows investigators believed Republican Gov. Scott Walker committed a felony when he was Milwaukee County executive in relation to an office lease contract.

Aug 5, 2015

Court orders remodeling contractor to pay $375K in franchise dispute

A franchise deal that went rotten in the town of Denmark has resulted in a federal court order that will have a Green Bay contractor paying hundreds of thousands in attorney's fees stemming from an alleged violation of a non-compete clause.

Aug 5, 2015

Florida show owners sue over use of Paul Bunyan name

A Florida company is going to court over a Wisconsin Dells lumberjack show that uses the Paul Bunyan name.

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