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Gov. Tony Evers has appointed Menomin Hawpetoss as the Menominee County Register of Deeds, replacing Louise Madosh, who resigned on July 30.

Google will pay $170 million to settle allegations its YouTube video service collected personal data on children without their parents’ consent.

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Kenosha police say they're investigating the death of a baby.

Likely Republican candidates began to jockey for position Thursday ahead of a stampede to run for an open Wisconsin congressional seat in a district that's a conservative hotbed and central to President Donald Trump's re-election hopes.

A driver's education teacher in Appleton has been convicted of child enticement.

Public health officials in Oregon said Wednesday that a person who recently died of a severe respiratory illness had used an electronic cigarette containing marijuana oil from a legal dispensary, the second death linked to vaping nationwide and the first tied to a vaping product bought at a pot shop.

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Ten states and nearly two dozen members of Congress are joining the National Rifle Association in supporting gun-maker Remington Arms as it fights a Connecticut court ruling involving liability for the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

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Any attorney interested in serving as an Intake Attorney for 2020-2021 and taking appointments representing parents in child in need of protection and services cases should submit a letter expressing his/her interest along with a resume outlining his/her experience in guardian ad litem or juvenile justice matters no later than Monday, Sept. 30.

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Google will pay $170 million to settle allegations its YouTube video service collected personal data on children without their parents' consent.

Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature's finance committee scuttled a meeting Wednesday to discuss settling seven lawsuits with Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul as the two sides continued to squabble over confidentiality agreements.

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The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is opening an office in Duluth in an attempt to bring more federal resources to investigate drug crimes in northeastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin.

Gov. Tony Evers has announced the appointments of Judge Joe Donald to the Court of Appeals (District I), Attorney Jeffrey O. Davis to the Court of Appeals (District II), and Assistant District Attorney Brittany Grayson to the Milwaukee County Circuit Court.

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A federal judge has ordered Anheuser-Busch to stop using packaging that implies MillerCoors' light beers contain corn syrup.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer moved Wednesday to make her state the first to ban flavored electronic cigarettes, accusing companies of using candy flavors and deceptive advertising to "hook children on nicotine."

Wisconsin Republicans are renewing their attempt to ban the use of aborted fetal tissue for research or any other purpose.

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Milwaukee city officials are offering the Bucks guard Sterling Brown $400,000 to settle his lawsuit accusing the police of using excessive force and picking on him because he's black when they confronted him over a parking violation.

Gov. Tony Evers has signed Executive Order 43 recreating the Governor’s Juvenile Justice Commission. The GJJC is Wisconsin’s State Advisory Group, required by the federal Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Act.

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Health officials say nearly 50,000 children in Wisconsin have vaccination waivers as the school year gets underway, leaving them vulnerable to measles at a time when the number of cases has grown exponentially across the country.

Madison police say they were called to break up a fight that involved about 50 people.

A 79-year-old Florida man has been sentenced to life in prison for the death of his wife, whose body has never been found 40 years after she disappeared in Wisconsin.

The next time your law firm is enlisted to provide special counsel to the state, you could find yourself having to furnish information on just how diverse your staff is.

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The growing number of people living in tents in a homeless encampment under an overpass in downtown Milwaukee has local officials concerned.

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By IVAN MORENO Associated Press Paul Hildreth peered at a display of dozens of images from security cameras surveying his Atlanta school district and settled on one showing a woman in a bright yellow shirt walking a hallway. A mouse ...

Gayle Jebbia, owner of Gayle Jebbia, Attorney at Law, S.C., will join her firm with Murphy Desmond on Sept. 1.

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Attorney Michael Hupy has announced a $25,000 reward to the first person to provide authorities with information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who fired the fatal shot that took the life of a 20-year old.

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Faced with a tight deadline, the Republican co-chairs of the Wisconsin Legislature's budget committee said Thursday that their attorney will sign a confidentiality agreement requested by Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul to end a stalemate over lawsuit settlements.

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Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says he's awaiting a recommendation from his legal team about when to call a special election for the congressional district being vacated by retiring Republican Rep. Sean Duffy.

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The state Justice Department has won its first conviction using results from testing thousands of unanalyzed sexual assault kits.

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Police have made an arrest in the stabbing death of a hydrogeologist collecting soil samples in a Milwaukee suburb.

Two Republican legislators are working on a bill that would eliminate Wisconsin's waiting period before divorcees can get married again.