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Measles outbreak grows in southwest Wisconsin

A report early last week of a couple of measles cases in southwest Wisconsin has turned into an outbreak, with 13 more confirmed cases and six probable cases of the viral illness, the state health department reported Thursday. The outbreak in Iowa and Lafayette counties highlights the ...

Organizer: Sit-in protest starts near Copperwood Mine

GOGEBIC COUNTY — A member of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community has organized a sit-in encampment next to the proposed Copperwood Mine project site in Gogebic County. The protest was expected to start Friday afternoon near the North Country Trail parking lot, 20 minutes north of ...

Picasso etching stolen in 2018 found in vacant apartment

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Bill DeLind thought the Picasso print that was stolen from his Milwaukee gallery in 2018 was gone forever. But then police called last week and asked him to look an artwork that a local landlord found while cleaning out a vacant apartment. DeLind immediately ...

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Lala doesn't make landfall (AP) — Hurricane Lala has skirted Hawaii's Big Island without making landfall and is expected to weaken after lashing the region with strong winds and drenching rain. The eye of the storm passed the island's southern tip without making landfall. The National Hurricane Center says the powerful storm is expected to weaken. Lala's maximum sustained winds increased to 75 mph (120 kph), the hurricane center reported, making it a Category 1 hurricane. The Big Island is Hawaii's largest and has a population of about 210,000. 5 wounded in ...