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Jul 2, 2013

Man pleads guilty to bar code scheme in Iowa, Wis.

A Wisconsin man has pleaded guilty to creating fake bar codes to dupe retail stores in eastern Iowa and southwestern Wisconsin into charging him discount prices for hardware equipment.

Jul 1, 2013

Law firm files complaint against Wis. school

A conservative public interest law firm has accused an Appleton Area School District committee of improperly meeting in closed session to determine what books to include in a ninth-grade reading curriculum.

Jul 1, 2013

League asks Wis. Supreme Court to take voter case

The League of Women Voters wants the Wisconsin Supreme Court to review an appellate decision that found the state's voter photo identification law is constitutional.

Jul 1, 2013

Affirmative action survives, under tougher standard

It was a case that could have led to the constitutional condemnation of school affirmative action policies across the country.

Jul 1, 2013

US Supreme Court to consider fight over frozen assets

When Kerri and Brian Kaley came under federal investigation for allegedly stealing medical devices, they took out a $500,000 line of credit on their New York house to hire lawyers. Yet after their indictment in 2007, prosecutors sought to prevent the Kaleys from using the money because the government intended to seize the house.

Jul 1, 2013

Judge fines Racine man $2,500 for recall forgeries

A Racine man convicted of forging at least seven names on petitions to recall a Republican state senator in 2011 and 2012 has been fined $2,500.

Jun 30, 2013

Walker signs budget that includes GPS, DNA changes

Counties would no longer have to come up with their own money if they want to test out using GPS devices to keep track of people who have been placed on restraining orders.

Jun 28, 2013

Man found dead worked at Kohn Law Firm

Glenn Willis, 62, an employee at Kohn Law Firm, was found dead around 10 a.m. Friday in his downtown Milwaukee apartment.

Jun 28, 2013

Fitchburg homicide results in 30-year sentence

A judge has sentenced a man to 30 years in prison for stabbing another man to death in Fitchburg last September.

Jun 28, 2013

Judge finds Milwaukee parking garage owner in contempt

A judge Friday found the owner of a downtown Milwaukee parking garage in contempt of court, and the ruling could cost the company as much as $2,000 per day.

Jun 28, 2013

State justices select chief judges

The Wisconsin Supreme Court announced Friday that it has selected Rock County Circuit Court James Daley and Judge James Duvall, who serves both Buffalo and Pepin county circuit courts, as new members of the Committee of Chief Judges, effective Aug. 1.

Jun 28, 2013

Communication makes all the difference for Topinka

At first glance, working in TV and radio and practicing law may not appear similar, but to Ralph Topinka, who has done both, the common threads are clear.

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