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Judge orders evaluations of Slender Man stabbing suspects
A judge ruled Tuesday that two girls accused in the stabbing of a classmate to please the horror character Slender Man should be evaluated by the Waukesha County's Department of Health and Human Services.
Spat over wind farm project heads to federal court
A lawsuit over the delivery of transmission cable to an Illinois wind farm project overseen by Brownsville-based Michels Corp. has been moved to federal court.
Ex-nurse on trial, accused of trying to kill woman
A former nurse accused of trying to kill the wife of a man with whom prosecutors say she'd had an affair is on trial in Columbia County Circuit Court.
Roggensack says she doesn’t want to fight with justices (UPDATE)
Newly elected Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Pat Roggensack said Tuesday that she doesn't want to pick a fight with the other justices, even though her selection as the court's leader is contested.
DOJ moves to dismiss Abrahamson’s lawsuit
The state Department of Justice on Monday asked a federal judge to toss out Shirley Abrahamson's lawsuit demanding that she be allowed to retain her title as Wisconsin Supreme Court chief justice.
Teen pleads not guilty to stabbing fisherman to death
A Minnesota teen has pleaded not guilty to stabbing a fisherman to death in a confrontation along the St. Croix River.
State’s high court reinstates drunken driving conviction
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has overturned a lower court ruling and reinstated a fourth drunken driving conviction against a Madison-area man.
Plea agreement made in fatal dump truck crash
A dump truck driver who had alcohol in his system and admitted checking Facebook before a fatal interstate crash has been convicted of homicide in La Crosse County Circuit Court.
TAR software can help lawyers out of document mire
Thanks to computers, the days of flipping through stacks of paper documents are over.
Racine man gets 5-½ years for puppy death
A Racine man has been sentenced to 5-½ years in prison in the killing of a beagle puppy over what prosecutors said was an unpaid debt.
Madison bans discrimination against atheists, non-religious
While conservatives in Indiana and Arkansas were explaining last month why their new religious objections laws weren't invitations to discriminate against gays, the leaders of Wisconsin's capital city were busy protecting the rights of another group: atheists.
DOJ probing more officer-involved deaths in wake of new law
A new report shows the state Department of Justice is investigating substantially more officer-involved deaths in the wake of a new law requiring outside agencies run such probes.
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