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Recycling center processing, marketing still down in '12 By Bill Kirk Amounts of recyclable materials processed and marketed last year by Pierce County's recycling center continued on a downward trend, according to the annual report from the solid waste department. Approximately...

MADISON --John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that James Wazlawik, 48, Prescott, Wisconsin, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman to one day in jail, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for...

After a nine-month moratorium on frac sand mining, the Clifton Town Board adopted a nonmetallic mining licensing law at its June 4 meeting. Nolan Wall of Stevens Engineers in Hudson explained during a public hearing that demand for frac sand and its availability in this region has...

If you think you're seeing fewer young people in Wisconsin, you're right. The U-S Census Bureau said this morning that 14-point-four percent of the state's population was 65-or-older as of last July. That's seven-tenths-of-a-percent more than in the 2010 Census. Wisconsin had an estimated...

Oak Creek Police will hold a retirement ceremony tomorrow for Lieutenant Brian Murphy - who was shot over a dozen times while trying to stop Sikh Temple gunman Wade Michael Page last August. Murphy retired yesterday. Police Chief John Edwards says his department holds ceremonies for...

Wednesday evening, June 12, a 32-year town of El Paso man overturned his John Deere lawnmower after swerving sharply to avoid hitting the family dog. His left leg was pinned under the mower deck. The man's mother came out to help free his leg. Ellsworth Ambulance medics arrived...

MADISON - After 20 minutes of debate this morning, Democrats screamed through a roll call vote on a bill that might force Appleton's Planned Parenthood clinic to close - and to make abortion candidates get ultrasounds so they could see what they were giving up. The bill passed on...

MOORHEAD, Minn. -- Moorhead Police are investigating the death of an infant, but they believe it was simply a tragic accident. Officers were sent to a home last night a five-month old little girl was forgotten in her carseat in the back seat of a vehicle. Lt. Tory Jacobson says...

GREEN BAY -- Today (Tuesday) Shopko announced plans to open five new Shopko Hometown stores. The stores, located in Afton, Wyoming, St. Peter, Minnesota and Winneconne, Ellsworth and Tomahawk, Wisconsin, are expected to open in late fall 2013.