Pig That Fell from Truck en Route to Slaughter to be Spared
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - A pig that survived falling out of a truck on Interstate 90 in South Dakota just a few miles form a hog processing facility is now being…
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Vulnerable Teenager Located Safe
UPDATE 4/3: Journee was located safe in Rochester over the weekend. ROCHESTER, Minn. - The Rochester Police Department is asking for assistance in locating 13-year-old Journee Starr Malone. She was last seen near the…
Bob Dylan's Handwritten, Unpublished Ode to Wisconsin For Sale
(KMSP) - Bob Dylan's handwritten lyrics for an unpublished song about Wisconsin is scheduled to be auctioned off in Los Angeles on Thursday. The opening bid is set for $30,000. Dylan was 20 years old when he wrote the song…
Address Confidentiality Program for WI Abuse Victims Opening
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A new state program designed to protect the addresses of abuse victims in Wisconsin is beginning. The Safe at Home program opens on Saturday. Advocates and a bipartisan group of supporters of the program including Attorney…
Collection of 21,000 Vinyl Records Donated to Thrift Stores
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A Platteville man has donated more than 21,000 vinyl record albums to raise money for a thrift store chain in Madison. Agrace Thrift Stores will begin selling Jerry Roh's albums Friday morning. Genres include rock, country,…
Land O' Lakes Acquires Vermont Creamery
WEBSTERVILLE, Vt. (AP) - Land O' Lakes has purchased Vermont Creamery, which has experienced growth and says it needs a partner that will help it realize its business potential. Vermont Creamery will continue to make goat cheese, cultured butter, and…
Wisconsin AG Sending 200 Rape Kits for Testing Monthly
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Attorney General Brad Schimel is telling the Legislature's budget committee that the state Department of Justice is sending 200 untested sexual assault kits to a lab per month. Schimel appeared before the Joint Finance committee on…
Minnesota Prosecutors Charge 4 in Alleged Sex-Trafficking
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KMSP) - Criminal charges were announced Wednesday in an international human trafficking and prostitution enterprise that prosecutors called "the Uber of sex trafficking." The crime ring involved numerous victims and thousands of ads placed on Backpage.com in…
Officer Killed Along with 3 Others in Wisconsin Laid to Rest
WESTON, Wis. (AP) - Hundreds of law enforcement officers are among those who have gathered to pay respects to a Wisconsin detective killed in the line of duty along with three others in northern Wisconsin. The officers, in step, approach…
Teens Wearing Leggings Barred from United Flight
DENVER (AP) - Two teenage girls were barred by a gate agent from boarding a United Airlines flight from Denver to Minneapolis because they were wearing leggings. United spokesman Jonathan Guerin said the girls were not allowed onto the Sunday…
Man Accused in Death of Stout Student Pleads Not Guilty
MENOMONIE, Wis. (AP) - The Minnesota man accused of killing a University of Wisconsin Stout student from Saudi Arabia, has pleaded not guilty to charges. Cullen Osburn is charged with felony murder and aggravated…
Authorities Find $54K Hidden Inside Tortilla Dough
SAN LUIS, Ariz. (FOX 10 KSAZ) - Border Patrol says they arrested a man and found $54,000 hidden inside tortilla dough at the Port of San Luis. U.S. Customs and Border Protection says the 54-year-old Mexican man was arrested after…
GOP Pulls Health Care Overhaul Off House Floor
WASHINGTON (AP) - Speaker Paul Ryan has abruptly pulled the Republicans' troubled health care overhaul off the House floor. The decision was a humiliating setback for President Donald Trump and congressional leaders. The bill had appeared all but certain to…
Minnesota Marijuana Oil Sent to New York Stirs Anger
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Some top Minnesota lawmakers want to crack down on a medical marijuana company whose former executives face felony charges for shipping marijuana oil to New York. County prosecutors charged two ex-executives at Minnesota Medical Solutions…
4 Killed, Including Officer is Rothschild, Schofield, Weston shooting
ROTHSCHILD, Wis. (WSAW) - Authorities have now confirmed an Everest Metro Police Officer was one of four killed following three shooting incidents Wednesday. Everest Metro Police Chief confirmed the fatalities during an evening press conference. He said a single suspect…
