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Oct 14, 2022

No charges to be filed in drawbridge death

No charges will be filed in the death of a man who fell from a Milwaukee drawbridge that was raised as he was walking across it, prosecutors said Friday, noting that investigators found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing.

Oct 14, 2022

Deputy fatally shoots person outside Windsor hotel

The Wisconsin Department of Justice is investigating a fatal shooting by a Dane County sheriff's deputy outside a hotel north of Madison.

Oct 14, 2022

Clinics offer free vasectomies, citing a surge in demand

After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, a 31-year-old Independence, Missouri, man decided it was time to take action — and jumped at the chance to sign up for a free vasectomy.

Oct 13, 2022

SmithAmundsen, Davis|Kuelthau to combine firms

The law firms of SmithAmundsen and Davis|Kuelthau will combine firms on Nov. 1 to form Amundsen Davis LLC.

Oct 13, 2022

Medical services company guilty in Milwaukee jail death

The company that provided medical services at a Wisconsin jail has been found guilty in the 2016 dehydration death of an inmate.

Oct 12, 2022

Favre says he’s ‘unjustly smeared’ in welfare case

Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre says he is being treated unfairly in news coverage of a Mississippi welfare scandal, including about payments he received to help fund a pet project of his — a volleyball arena at the university he attended and where his daughter was playing the sport.

Oct 12, 2022

Evers won’t back abortion exceptions if ban remains

Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said Tuesday that he wouldn't sign a bill creating exceptions for rape and incest if it would keep in place the state's 1849 abortion ban.

Oct 11, 2022

Bailey joins GRGB in its Civil Litigation group

Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown has added attorney Samantha Bailey to the firm’s civil litigation team.

Oct 11, 2022

Judge dismisses GOP lawsuit over Milwaukee records

An open records lawsuit filed against Milwaukee officials by the Republican Party of Wisconsin was dismissed Monday after the party said it received what it had requested.

Oct 11, 2022

Wisconsin Elections Commission deadlocks on poll watchers

The bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission couldn't agree Monday on what to tell the state's local election officials about how to handle poll watchers, including where they can stand as people register to vote and check in to receive their ballots.

Oct 11, 2022

Absentee ballot spoiling court ruling put on hold

A Wisconsin appeals court on Monday put on hold a lower court's ruling from last week prohibiting voters from canceling their original absentee ballot and casting a new one, blocking at least temporarily the order sought by a conservative group founded by prominent Republicans.

Oct 10, 2022

Applicants wanted for Vernon County register of deeds

Gov. Tony Evers is seeking applicants for appointment as register of deeds in Vernon County.

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