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Daniel Craig Christenson, 43, was charged in St. Croix County Court Wednesday afternoon related to the nine-hour standoff at 1321 St. Croix Heights on Oct. 17. Christenson will be facing three counts of first-degree intentional homicide (class B felony) and four counts of first-degree...

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE FOR THE VILLAGE OF NORTH HUDSON, WISCONSIN WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the Village of North Hudson wishes to amend Chapter 94 Utilities, Section 94-32 New water service hookup charges, of the Village of North Hudson Municipal Code. ...

Hospitals in the La Crosse area charged the nation's fourth-lowest prices to Medicare patients and their government program in 2006. That's according to a study by Dartmouth College. It found that Medicare spending in the La Crosse region totaled $5,800 per person, over $350-dollars...

Majority Democrats in the Wisconsin Senate have unveiled their own plan to fight drunken driving. A felony charge would be filed on a person's third offense if it's within five years of the second. Otherwise, the felony rap wouldn't kick in until the fourth arrest. Two- and...

Racine Mayor Gary Becker is free on bond while he awaits a court appearance set for this afternoon (Thursday) on possible sex charges. Becker was arrested Tuesday at the Brookfield Square mall, just west of Milwaukee. His sister-in-law posted a $165,000 cash bond late Wednesday afternoon....

One of the convicted ring-leaders in the Portage House-of-Horrors case now says he was mentally exhausted when he admitted to some of the crimes and he wants to plead innocent. A Columbia County judge is expected to decide tomorrow whether Michael Sisk, 26, can withdraw his earlier...

The parents of a 14-year-old Mequon boy accuse prosecutors of overkill after they charged their son in juvenile court with five counts of sexual assault.

A judge has refused to drop charges against the Wausau-area couple accused of praying instead of getting medical help for their dying 11-year-old daughter. In a 20-page ruling issued Monday, Marathon County Circuit Judge Vincent Howard said the First Amendment protects religious...

A judge in Jackson County says a Hatfield man could invoke more bodily harm in that community just by being there. So Circuit Judge Thomas Lister kept Doug Sidie, 39, in jail without bond Tuesday. Sidie is charged with homicide in the shooting death of his ex-wife Alicia on Nov...

Charges have been filed in a second county against Charles Witzel Jr., the Loganville man accused of killing two people in a jealous rage over an ex-girlfriend. Prosecutors in Iowa County filed charges of homicide, attempted homicide and vehicle theft Thursday. They said Witzel,...