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Bail for Wisconsin school shooter’s father facing 3 felonies set at $20K
WIZMnews.com MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The father of a 15-year-old girl who killed a fellow student and a teacher at a private school in Wisconsin had his bail set at $20,000 on Friday at his first court appearance on charges that he allowed her access to guns. Prosecutors charged Jeffrey Rupnow, 42, on Thursday with two felony counts of…
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Monroe Co. Sheriff IDs bodies found in river
WIZMnews.com The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office provided more information on the deaths of two people found in the East Fork of the Lemonweir River on Sunday. The victims are Leath Lambert and Heather Larsen. Both were last seen at the Backwater Bar & Grill in Wyeville the night before. The East Fork of the Lemonweir…
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Wisconsin Republicans kill marijuana legalization and tax increases for millionaires
WIZMnews.com MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature voted Thursday to kill most of the top spending priorities of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, including legalizing marijuana, even as both sides negotiate a tax cut. The Legislature’s Republican-controlled budget committee voted along party lines to kill more than 600 budget proposals put forward by Evers,…
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Democrats ask Wisconsin Supreme Court to toss state’s congressional boundaries
WIZMnews.com MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic voters on Thursday asked the liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court to throw out the battleground state’s current congressional district boundaries after a similar request was rejected last year. Republicans currently hold six of the state’s eight U.S. House seats — but only two of those districts are considered competitive. The petition…
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Father of 15-year-old who killed 2 at Wisconsin religious school faces felony charges
WIZMnews.com MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The father of a Wisconsin teenage girl who killed a teacher and fellow student in a school shooting was charged with felonies Thursday in connection with the case, police said. The shooting occurred at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison last December. The shooter’s father, Jeffrey Rupnow, 42, of Madison, was taken…
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BREAKING NEWS: Robert Prevost, first American pope in history of the Catholic Church, will take the name Leo XIV
WIZMnews.com VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, the American Robert Prevost, said “Peace be with you” in his first words as pope, offering a message of peace and dialogue “without fear.” From the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, history’s first American pope recalled he was an Augustinian priest, but that he was above all…
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Trump agrees to cut tariffs on UK autos, steel and aluminum in a planned trade deal with Britain
WIZMnews.com WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has agreed to cut tariffs on U.K. autos, steel and aluminum in a planned trade deal with Britain, which would buy more American beef and streamline its customs process for goods from the United States. The symbolically resonant agreement still has yet to be finalized, but it suggested…
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UPDATE: La Crosse Police: Missing man found
WIZMnews.com UPDATE (5:35 p.m.): La Crosse Police said Curt Grinde has been found. The department thanks the public for their help in finding him. No other details were immediately available. La Crosse Police are looking for a 63-year-old man they consider endangered. Curt Grinde had phone contact with his family on Wednesday evening at 9…
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Monroe Co. Sheriff IDs bodies found in river
WIZMnews.com The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office provided more information on the deaths of two people found in the East Fork of the Lemonweir River on Sunday. The victims are Leath Lambert and Heather Larsen. Both were last seen at the Backwater Bar & Grill in Wyeville the night before. The East Fork of the Lemonweir…
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Votes on city administrator plan, and closings of some railroad crossings, may be taken by La Crosse Common Council on Thursday
WIZMnews.com The city administrator idea comes before the La Crosse city council again on Thursday night, during the council’s regular May meeting. A proposal to hire an administrator was brought up last October, when the council voted to postpone the idea until spring to allow study by a special committee. Last week, the city judiciary…