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Kayak 'Death' Hoax Cash Buys High-Tech Sonar For Wisconsin DNR

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Kayak 'Death' Hoax Cash Buys High-Tech Sonar For Wisconsin DNR

Jul 16, 2026

The Wisconsin DNR says it used restitution from a kayaker who faked his death to buy towfish sonar that’s already helped in searches. The agency calls the purchase a public‑safety win.

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National

Mission Curry House Ordered Closed After Inspector Finds Live Cockroaches Inside Both Ovens

Mission Curry House Ordered Closed After Inspector Finds Live Cockroaches Inside Both Ovens

Bay Area's Oliver Tree Killed When Two Helicopters Smashed Into Each Other Above Rio de Janeiro

Bay Area's Oliver Tree Killed When Two Helicopters Smashed Into Each Other Above Rio de Janeiro

San Francisco Appeals Court Says Hiring a Hit Man Is "Not Categorically a Crime of Violence"

San Francisco Appeals Court Says Hiring a Hit Man Is "Not Categorically a Crime of Violence"

FBI Crushes National Predator Ring; 205 Arrested, 115 Children Saved in LA, SF, DC, Chicago, & NY

FBI Crushes National Predator Ring; 205 Arrested, 115 Children Saved in LA, SF, DC, Chicago, & NY

Beach-Blocking Billionaire Ditches the Niners to Buy the Team That Ruined Their Season

Beach-Blocking Billionaire Ditches the Niners to Buy the Team That Ruined Their Season

Floyd Mayweather Charged With Felony Theft Over $200K Watch Bought With a Bounced Check

Floyd Mayweather Charged With Felony Theft Over $200K Watch Bought With a Bounced Check

Oakland Firefighters Gave a Smoke-Choked Pigeon Oxygen — and 11 Million People Lost It

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Marina Residents Erupt Over Giant 25-Story Tower Plan for Beloved Safeway

Marina Residents Erupt Over Giant 25-Story Tower Plan for Beloved Safeway

Nationwide Staffing Scam Unravels, Ringleader Crispian Atkins and 12 Others Indicted for Multi-Million Dollar Deception

Nationwide Staffing Scam Unravels, Ringleader Crispian Atkins and 12 Others Indicted for Multi-Million Dollar Deception

Disgraced Bank Exec Edward Gene Smith Pleads Guilty to Decade-Long Sexual Assault and Child Porn Scandal in New York

Disgraced Bank Exec Edward Gene Smith Pleads Guilty to Decade-Long Sexual Assault and Child Porn Scandal in New York

Politics

$10 Million In Cuts Loom As Milwaukee County Seeks Public Budget Input

Milwaukee

$10 Million In Cuts Loom As Milwaukee County Seeks Public Budget Input

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Wisconsin Taxpayer Groups Sue to Block New Statewide Mobile Betting Law

Wisconsin Taxpayer Groups Sue to Block New Statewide Mobile Betting Law

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Hong Declares War on Milwaukee School Vouchers, Defies Rivals in Governor Bid

Hong Declares War on Milwaukee School Vouchers, Defies Rivals in Governor Bid

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Madison Judge Rips Wisconsin Paper Absentee Ballots for Robbing Disabled Voters of Privacy

Madison Judge Rips Wisconsin Paper Absentee Ballots for Robbing Disabled Voters of Privacy

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Real Estate

Sonne Squeezes 14 Sleek Homes Onto Tiny Wauwatosa Village Lot

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Sonne Squeezes 14 Sleek Homes Onto Tiny Wauwatosa Village Lot

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‘Not in Rapids!’: Eric Adams Heckled at Wisconsin Rapids Town Hall Over Riverfront Data Center

‘Not in Rapids!’: Eric Adams Heckled at Wisconsin Rapids Town Hall Over Riverfront Data Center

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MCW Finally Gets A Dorm, Breaks Ground On First Campus Housing

MCW Finally Gets A Dorm, Breaks Ground On First Campus Housing

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Dahlia Dreams: Delafield Hobby Farm Gets Green Light for Fall Debut

Dahlia Dreams: Delafield Hobby Farm Gets Green Light for Fall Debut

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Crime

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Milwaukee Son Admits Shooting Father, Charged While Out on Felony Bond

Milwaukee Son Admits Shooting Father, Charged While Out on Felony Bond

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Ex-Radio Milwaukee Boss Jordan Lee Charged With Child Sex Assault of Girl Under 12

Ex-Radio Milwaukee Boss Jordan Lee Charged With Child Sex Assault of Girl Under 12

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Pre-Dawn Blaze Torches Germantown’s Stags Tavern, Cause Under Investigation

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Arts & Events

China Lights Blazes Back to Hales Corners With 40 New Lanterns This Fall

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China Lights Blazes Back to Hales Corners With 40 New Lanterns This Fall

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Giant Reels, Bigger Thrills: Milwaukee’s Oriental Theatre Rolls Out 70mm Week

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Fore Good: Oconomowoc's Historic Elk Statue Heads to Lac La Belle Golf Course

Fore Good: Oconomowoc's Historic Elk Statue Heads to Lac La Belle Golf Course

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Beethoven Storms Milwaukee’s Villa Terrace in Five-Show August Arts Blitz

Beethoven Storms Milwaukee’s Villa Terrace in Five-Show August Arts Blitz

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