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A Lake Geneva man allegedly stole $1,288.39 worth of Nicorette Gum, balding supplements and vitamins from Walmart. https://t.co/3NhSSnj21J

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A 29-year-old Hartford man pleaded not guilty Wednesday after being charged with first-degree reckless homicide in the death of a 28-year-old woman who died of an opioid overdose in 2019 at a home in Ashippun. https://t.co/GdJ2F8dGEN

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A new lawsuit filed against Racine Unified School District alleges constitutional and civil rights violations, as well as race-based discrimination, based primarily on the district’s decision not to have two of its schools with the highest minority and… https://t.co/8joE87EsYL

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A Stoughton man was charged this week with robberies of two Dane County banks in a federal grand jury indictment. https://t.co/t9gERZ06v3

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A Middleton man faces a fourth operating while intoxicated charge after a hit-and-run crash on the North Side on Wednesday night, Madison police reported. https://t.co/3kYXj3HHP5

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A Cottage Grove man was arrested for operating while intoxicated after crashing into a house in town of Christiana, the Dane County Sheriff’s Office reported. https://t.co/hPaRUiKvLR

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A man showed up at a hospital with a gunshot wound after shots were reported Wednesday night near Meadowood Park on the Southwest Side, Madison police reported. https://t.co/Htg3rkR3xr

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Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt would like the Wisconsin Attorney General’s Office to put a defining line between Marsy’s Law and the state’s open records law for Wisconsin governing bodies. https://t.co/QZuy2lyOpq

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A man initially facing 11 years in prison for aggravated battery with a hate crime modifier was sentenced Tuesday to two years of probation in a plea deal. https://t.co/MSbfTprlEh

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In what he said “may be the most problematic case” of his nearly four-decades long career on the bench, Kenosha County Circuit Court Judge Bruce Schroeder offered a man who pleaded guilty to a vigilante homicide an opportunity for parole. https://t.co/PGUu6571qV

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A former financial adviser has been sentenced in Milwaukee to more than five years in federal prison for scamming $2.6 million from 27 victims, including his own parents. https://t.co/drlS6ZlJuS

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A woman was arrested after throwing a bicycle at a person during a large disturbance on the Southwest Side on Monday night, Madison police reported. https://t.co/5ZkkCJSoT1

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A multi-vehicle crash has the westbound Beltline closed just before Todd Drive, and authorities are asking motorists to avoid the area. https://t.co/xWTI7kkNR7

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A paper mill that was once Wisconsin Rapid's largest employer has been damaged by fire. https://t.co/IaPHyKbF5I

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Both drivers died due to a crash of two semi-trailer trucks on Interstate 90 in Monroe County on Tuesday, the Wisconsin State Patrol reported. https://t.co/8YMZYqEsDA

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Southwest Side residents heard noises inside their home and then a burglar opened their bedroom door early Wednesday morning, Madison police reported. https://t.co/lkrD8IIc4W

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A vehicle was stolen Tuesday night after Far East Side residents left it unlocked in their driveway with the keys inside, Madison police reported. https://t.co/EZsvnB8wCb

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At issue is whether former Commissioner Mike Huebsch’s interactions with one of the project’s owners tainted his approval of the line, which the Public Service Commission authorized with a 3-0 vote. https://t.co/n6s3AdMxSn

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Local officials have said an amendment to the state constitution approved more than a year ago by voters hasn’t caused much change in their everyday practices, but reminds them to protect the privacy of alleged victims of crimes. https://t.co/1zs8z6KOog

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A charge of attempted first-degree homicide was dismissed as part of the deal. https://t.co/wsykmBPBXy