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    This Wisconsin State Patrol car is a reminder that a crackdown on drunken driving is planned for mid-August during the national Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign. Gannett Wisconsin Media

    State launches summer travel safety initiatives

    The Wisconsin Department of Transportation announced Tuesday a series of initiatives aimed at improving traffic safety and reducing road deaths during the summer, including the launch of the department's first smartphone application.

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    Police operate a quad-copter drone during a demonstration of security measures in Cali, Colombia, on Monday. Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty Images

    Bill limiting police drone use gets public hearing

    A bill that would prohibit law enforcement agencies in Wisconsin from using drones unless they have a search warrant or legitimate reason is up for a hearing on Wednesday.

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    Dairy farmer Vernon Hershberger gets lunch for himself and his family during a lunch break with supporters at the Al Ringling Theatre in Baraboo on Monday. Hershberger is on trial across the street at the Sauk County Courthouse. Hershberger and his supporters say he has been targeted for selling raw milk. But state officials say the only issue in the case is licensing, and even farmers selling pasteurized milk need the right permits. M.P. King/Wisconsin State Journal/AP

    State raw milk farmer accused of ignoring licensing laws

    Prosecutors are trying to show a jury that a Wisconsin raw milk farmer showed blatant disregard for state licensing laws.

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    Common core education standards to be discussed

    Advocates and opponents of common core standards for teaching math and English in Wisconsin are gathering for a joint hearing before the Legislature's education committees.

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    A sand mine in western Wisconsin. File/Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism

    State candidates got $758K from sand, gas industry

    Sand mining and natural gas industries have given Wisconsin candidates nearly $758,000 dollars since 2007, with contributions spiking last year as sand mining took off in the state.

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    May 22 in history

    May 22, 1950 — Married teachers not to be hired in Green Bay schools.

    • May 20, 2013
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    Food, music and tall ships scheduled to fill summer

    Summer in the city is going to be one of food and music. A lot of food and music.

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    Volunteer Sam Van Beek loads a 25-pound box of food for the Feed the Children program, which partnered with the Salvation Army of Brown County to distribute food and personal care items at the Green Bay Kroc Center last week. Lukas Keapproth/Press-Gazette Media

    Poverty's newest frontier: Number of needy grows faster outside of Green Bay

    The face of poverty in Brown County has been changing over the last decade, following a national trend that shows it leveling off in inner cities but growing elsewhere, according to a new study.

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    Green Bay to buy 2 downtown buildings

    With an apology from Green Bay Mayor Jim Schmitt, the City Council has approved a downtown building purchase that went undisclosed to the public until hours earlier.

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    Wausaukee man gets 21 years in fatal drunken driving crash

    A 29-year-old Wausaukee man will spend 21 years in prison for killing a teen and injuring the teen's mother and two sisters in a drunken driving crash.

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    $50 monthly surcharge for state workers who smoke is approved

    State workers who smoke would have to pay $50 more per month for health insurance under a Gov. Scott Walker proposal that has won approval by the Wisconsin Legislature's budget committee.

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    Oconto's Sara DePouw, shown inside the school on Friday, May 3, 2013, is a Green Bay Press-Gazette 2013 Academic Team member. DePouw will be attending Bryant University next year. Evan Siegle/Press-Gazette Media Evan Siegle/Press-Gazette Media

    Academic Team: Oconto's DePouw balances academic, athletic excellence

    Sara DePouw, a senior at Oconto High School, is a member of the 2013 Press-Gazette Media Academic Team.

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    High school students take the ACT college entrance exam. File/Gannett Wisconsin Media

    Vote delayed on mandatory ACT tests for state high school juniors

    The Legislature's budget committee has delayed taking a vote on whether to have every high school junior in Wisconsin take the ACT college entrance exam.

    • May 21, 2013
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    A scene from the Cellcom Green Bay Marathon, held on Sunday, May 19th, 2013. Mike Peters/ Press-Gazette media correspondent

    Photos, videos from this year's Cellcom Green Bay Marathon events

    The 2013 Cellcom Green Bay Marathon events were held Friday, May 17 through Sunday, May 19. Events included a 5K and kids run on Saturday and half and full marathons on Sunday.

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    Lea Bessinger salvages a picture of Jesus as she and her son, Josh Bessinger, sort through the rubble of the elder Bessinger's tornado-ravaged home Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Moore, Okla. A huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening an entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) AP

    Oklahoma tornado confirmed as EF5; search for survivors almost done

    Helmeted rescue workers raced Tuesday to complete the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth tornado destroyed countless homes, cleared lots down to bare red earth and claimed 24 lives.

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    Public workers' double-dipping eligibility tightened

    Government employees would have to stay off the public payroll more than twice as long as is currently required under a change to state law approved by the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee on Tuesday.

    • May 21, 2013
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    Limit local recalls, legislators urged

    Wisconsin should raise the bar for recalling local officials, a group of Wisconsin town officials says.

    • May 21, 2013
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    Health savings accounts for public workers endorsed

    The Legislature's budget committee has approved creating a high-deductible health insurance plan with health savings accounts for government workers in Wisconsin.

    • May 21, 2013
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    Barb’s Centre for Dance: Spring Celebration of Dance (photos)

    Barb's Centre for Dance 27th annual "Spring Celebration of Dance" was held May 17, 18 and 19 at the Meyer Theatre in Green Bay.

    • May 21, 2013
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    Green Bay man charged in Two Rivers meth bust

    A 24-year-old Green Bay man is facing felony charges in Manitowoc County Circuit Court in connection with a suspected meth lab found May 2 at a Two Rivers residence.

    • May 21, 2013
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    Four-year-old Emma Stout, from St. Joseph Township, Mich., cools off in the water at the Whirlpool Compass Fountain Monday, May 20, 2013, in St. Joseph, Mich. (AP Photo/The Herald-Palladium, Don Campbell)

    The day in photos: May 21, 2013

    The top news, sports and entertainment photos from Press-Gazette Media wire services.

    • May 21, 2013
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    Selling of state property given green light

    A broad array of state properties, including prisons, university dormitories, power plants and highways, could be sold to private buyers without going through a public bidding process, under a provision approved by the Legislature's budget committee on Tu

    • May 21, 2013
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    Joe Fajardo walks to his car after buying a Powerball lottery ticket at a store Saturday, May 18, 2013, in the Barrio Logan neighborhood of San Diego. AP Photo/Gregory Bull

    Milwaukee man claims $1M Powerball prize

    A Milwaukee man has claimed a $1 million prize from Saturday's record $590.5 million Powerball jackpot drawing.

    • May 21, 2013
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    Bonduel crash victim identified as Gillett man

    A 75-year-old man killed in a one-vehicle accident in Bonduel on Monday has been identified as Leon Felix Wychesit of Gillett.

    • May 21, 2013
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    Patricia Gosnell's 7-year-old granddaughter, Keyliana, takes a break from picking up to look at what was left of Brian and Jennifer Pederson's home on Monday, May 20, 2013 in Altoona, Wisc. Several people gathered to help Patricia Gosnell clean debris that flew across the street and landed in her yard after her neighbors' home exploded Sunday. Brian and Jennifer Pederson and their three children were vacationing in Georgia when they learned their house near Altoona had exploded into a pile of rubble. AP Photo/Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, Shane Opatz

    Northwestern Wisconsin house leveled by explosion while family on vacation

    Members of northwestern Wisconsin's Pederson family have found a silver lining in the explosion that destroyed their house: They were far from home at the time of the devastating blast last Sunday.

    • May 21, 2013
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    A sand mine in western Wisconsin. File/Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism

    DNR sand mine inspection proposal to be reviewed

    Wisconsin's budget-writing committee is scheduled to review provisions in Gov. Scott Walker's spending plan that would pull money from the state's environmental management fund to cover sand mining inspections.

    • May 21, 2013
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    Emergency workers pull out a woman that was trapped in a building that was destroyed off of 4th Street and Interstate 35 after a tornado ripped through Moore, Okla., Monday May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/ The Transcript,Kyle Phillips )

    Area Red Cross standing by to help in Oklahoma if needed

    The Green Bay area chapter of the America Red Cross says it is ready to offer assistance in the aftermath of a massive tornado that tore through Moore, Okla., Monday afternoon.

    • May 21, 2013
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    May 21 in history

    May 21, 1959 — Howard Village Board annexes entire town.

    • May 17, 2013
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    Marathon County Jail booking officer Bill Beaudry enters an incoming prisoner into the computer during the booking process while the prisoner makes his one allowed phone call in 2010. File/Gannett Wisconsin Media

    Marathon Co. sheriff, jail ignored plan to address problems

    Marathon County officials created an action plan to address problems at the jail two years before a March 27 attack that left two officers injured, but they then put that plan on a shelf and failed to follow through on it.

    • May 21, 2013
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    Notre Dame Academy had its commencement ceremonies on Saturday, as did the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and Bellin College. Mike Peters/Press-Gazette Media correspondent

    Photos: UWGB, Bellin College, Notre Dame Academy graduation

    The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Bellin College and Notre Dame Academy held commencement ceremonies on Saturday.

    • May 21, 2013
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    $50 monthly surcharge sought from state workers who smoke

    State workers who smoke would have to pay $50 more per month for health insurance under a proposal by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.

    • May 21, 2013
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    Paper mill roof fire sends Green Bay firefighter to hospital

    A Green Bay firefighter was hospitalized for dehydration Monday afternoon in connection with a roof fire at Procter & Gamble on the city's northeast side.

    • May 21, 2013
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    Algoma's Jacob Wiese, shown inside the school's library, is a Green Bay Press-Gazette 2013 Academic Team member. Wiese will be attending Marquette University next year. Evan Siegle/Press-Gazette Media

    Academic Team: Jacob Wiese carries Valvano message of 'don't ever give up'

    Jacob Wiese, a senior at Algoma High School, is a member of the 2013 Press-Gazette Media Academic Team.

    • May 21, 2013
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    Friends and neighbors help out a resident in Lyon County just south of Emporia, Kan., Sunday evening, May 19, 2013 after an apparent tornado touched down. (AP Photo/Emporia Gazette, Matthew Fowler)

    Interactive map shows states hit by tornadoes

    On Sunday there were several reports of tornadoes in five states.

    • May 20, 2013
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    More public school students qualify for reduced-price lunches

    The percentage of children in Wisconsin public schools who come from families poor enough to receive free and reduced-priced lunches has increased for the ninth year in a row.

    • May 20, 2013
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    Man, 75, dies in Shawano County crash

    A 75-year-old man died Monday after a pickup he was a passenger in hit a tree in Shawano County.

    • May 20, 2013
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    Aerial photo of Cat Island near the shores of Green Bay last month. Lukas Keapproth/Press-Gazette Media

    Work continues on Cat Island restoration

    Work continues this spring on the restoration on the Cat Island Chain in Green Bay.

    • May 20, 2013
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    A Brookings Institution study released Monday argues that poverty is shifting from inner cities to suburbs. File/Getty Images

    Study: America's poor increasingly moving to suburbs

    More poor people have moved to the nation's suburbs, outnumbering those in urban areas.

    • May 20, 2013
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    Alleged beef stick theft turns into drug bust

    A 35-year-old Wausau woman who allegedly tried to steal beef sticks from a grocery store early Sunday morning is instead facing drug charges.

    • May 20, 2013
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    Law enforcement officials investigate two crime scenes in the town of Menasha on Sunday, May 19, 2013. A Citgo gas station, and a PDQ Food Store, both located near Calder Stadium, were taped off with traffic routed around the area. Ron Page/Gannett Wisconsin Media

    Man held after armed robbery, shootout in Menasha

    A man robbed a convenience store and engaged in a shootout outside a gas station with a police officer Sunday before he was apprehended.

    • May 20, 2013
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    Legislators to consider tougher double-dipping rules

    Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to more than double the amount of time a public employee must stay retired before being hired for another job is up for consideration this week by the Legislature's budget committee.

    • May 20, 2013
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    A contractor places rock bags along a bridge construction site to prevent soil erosion from water runoff. File/Gannett Wisconsin Media

    Democrats object to erosion-control rule changes

    Wisconsin Democrats say a move to standardize erosion control rules for commercial construction sites is another effort by Republicans to take power away from local authorities.

    • May 20, 2013
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    The Superior Entry lighthouse on Lake Superior. Wisconsin Department of Tourism photo

    Coast Guard: Anyone want Superior lighthouse for free?

    Wisconsin's historic Superior Entry lighthouse is free for the taking.

    • May 20, 2013
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    State considers expanding DNA collection from criminals

    Wisconsin lawmakers are set this week to consider Gov. Scott Walker's plan to take DNA from anyone arrested for a felony and anyone convicted of any crime.

    • May 20, 2013
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    A man walks through Rutgers University's football stadium before graduation ceremonies in Piscataway, N.J., on Sunday, May 19, 2013. Mel Evans/AP

    The day in photos: May 20, 2013

    The top news, sports and entertainment photos from Press-Gazette Media wire services.

    • May 20, 2013
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    GB a.m.: New stats on poverty in suburbs; Packers OTAs begin

    Look for a story later today covering how poverty has increased in the suburbs. Also, Tuesday marks the Green Bay Packers' first OTA practice of the year.

    • May 20, 2013
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    May 20 in history

    May 20, 1955 — Longtime city resident dies.

    • May 20, 2013
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    A boy is pulled from beneath a collapsed wall Monday at the Plaza Towers Elementary School following a tornado in Moore, Okla AP

    Medical examiner: 24 dead in Oklahoma twister (update, video, photos)

    Search-and-rescue crews worked through the night after a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood.

    • May 21, 2013
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    A runner waves to her friends and family outside Lambeau Field during Sunday's Cellcom Green Bay Marathon. photos by Lukas Keapproth/Press-Gazette Media

    Video, photos: Runners seek return to Boston

    Jill Coens ran Sunday's 26.2-mile Cellcom Green Bay Marathon for one reason: to qualify for next year's Boston Marathon.

    • May 20, 2013
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    Green Bay Southwest's Erin Huffer, shown inside the music room at Southwest High School on Thursday, May 2, 2013, is a Green Bay Press-Gazette 2013 Academic Team member. Huffer will be attending college at Dartmouth College next year. Evan Siegle/Press-Gazette Media

    Academic Team: Southwest's Huffer surprises with variety of involvement

    Erin Huffer, a senior at Green Bay Southwest High School, is a member of the 2013 Press-Gazette Media Academic Team.

    • May 20, 2013

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