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Madison holds public hearing on high-speed internet project Posted 17 hours, 19 minutes ago

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MADISON (WSAU) How would you use Google's new super-high-speed Internet service? Folks in Madison explored that question at a public hearing. Google will choose an undetermined number of U-S cities to test a new fiber optic network that could speed up the Internet 100 times beyond its current top ...More

No sign of Asian Carp Posted 17 hours, 26 minutes ago

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UNDATED (WSAU) A month-long netting operation has turned up no Asian carp on Chicago’s main shipping canal near Lake Michigan. The search is part of the federal government’s 78-and-a-half million-dollar plan to stop the invasive fish with the huge appetite from taking over the Great Lakes. The netting ...More

Outbreak of Legionnaires Disease Posted 21 hours, 40 minutes ago

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CUDAHY, Wis (WSAU) There's been an outbreak of Legionnaires Disease in southeast Wisconsin, and it's been tied to a hospital in Cudahy. Eight people have become ill. What do they have in common? They've all been patients at Aurora - St Luke's South Shore Hospital. A hospital ...More

More Wisconsinites e-file their state taxes Posted 1 day, 18 hours ago

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UNDATED (WSAU) In 2009, about 70-percent of all Wisconsin tax returns were done using e-file. The state is expecting even more this year. Department of Revenue Secretary Roger Ervin says there hoping to see about four or five percent growth this year. So far, Ervin says, almost a million state ...More

Milwaukee hosts "Prayer Summit" in May Posted 1 day, 18 hours ago

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MILWAUKEE (WSAU) Thousands of visitors will comes to Milwaukee on Memorial Day weekend as the 2010 Summit on Leadership and Prayer comes to town. Visitors will fill about 18 hundred hotel rooms and dump more than a million dollars into the local economy. They are coming to the convention to ...More

Prediction: $3 gas by the end of May Posted 1 day, 18 hours ago

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UNDATED (WSAU) Some gas price experts say the cost of a gallon of gasoline could reach three dollars by the end of May. Triple-A Wisconsin reports that gallon gas jumped 22 cents in the past month, to two dollars, 77 cents. One expert says speculators pushing the market could tack ...More

Warning about teen injuries on ATV's Posted 3 days, 5 hours ago

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UNDATED (WSAU) ATVs are a lot of fun, but you shouldn’t forget how dangerous they can be. New reports show a high rate of severe injuries among kids under 16 who drive or ride all-terrain vehicles, including amputations, spinal injuries and even death. The actual numbers vary, depending on ...More

Rain brings some flooding Posted 3 days, 5 hours ago

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UNDAED (WSAU) Two rivers in Wisconsin are over their banks this afternoon – but the flooding has been minor, and officials say it’s not expected to get much worse. The National Weather Service said the Fox River at New Munster in Kenosha County is a foot over its flood stage ...More

Payday loan laws one step closer to approval Posted 3 days, 5 hours ago

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UNDATED (WSAU) A state Senate panel will hold a public hearing next Thursday in West Allis on pay-day loan regulations which are different than what the Assembly passed last month. Senate Democrat Jim Sullivan of Wauwatosa is proposing a 33-percent annual interest rate for loans which are not paid back ...More

Man charged with killing girlfriend Posted 3 days, 14 hours ago

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UNDATED (WSAU) A Chilton man who’s charged in the disappearance of his girlfriend is now accused of killing her. A first-degree intentional homicide charge was filed in Manitowoc County yesterday against 51-year-old Roger Rosenthal. He was charged in late January with hiding a corpse, after Michelle Jaeger’s body ...More

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