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Wisconsin Republicans propose abortion ban exceptions

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature unveiled a bill Wednesday that would create rape and incest exceptions to the state’s 1849 abortion ban and clarify when abortions that protect the health of the mother would be allowed. But the bill would not return the ...

MMACF scholarships available

MENOMINEE — The M&M Area Community Foundation continues to help make education more accessible for students by providing significant funding through scholarships. Several new funds that provide scholarships have been established at the Foundation by community members interested in ...

Whitmer plot suspect to change plea

A Wisconsin man who drove past the vacation home of Michigan’s governor during a scheme to kidnap her in 2020 is returning to court to change his not-guilty plea, records show. Brian Higgins is scheduled for a hearing today in Antrim County court in Bellaire, Michigan. Higgins, 54, of ...

Assembly votes on school officers

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Schools that experience a high number of crimes would have to hire police officers and station them in their buildings under a Republican-authored bill the state Assembly passed Tuesday. Under the bill, if a school has more than 100 incidents in a semester, and at least ...

Tribe to reopen Lac du Flambeau roads in temporary deal in dispute

LAC DU FLAMBEAU, Wis. (AP) — A Native American tribe and a northern Wisconsin town have reached an agreement under which the tribe will temporarily reopen four barricaded roads that are the subject of a decadelong dispute and a recent lawsuit. Officials with the town of Lac du Flambeau on ...

Former student at Wisconsin college charged in threats case

A former University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student threatened students, staff members and professors at the university, telling some of them via email before he traveled to the U.S. last week that he planned to kill their children, according to court documents. Arvin Raj Mathur, 32, was ...