Topic: Wisconsin State Journal

Walker denies knowing of wrongdoing by former top aides

A day after investigators accused his former top aides of using a secret computer system to do political work on the taxpayers' dime, Gov. Scott ...

Spectrum Brands to move headquarters to Middleton

JUDY NEWMAN | Wisconsin State Journal | jnewman@madison. com | 608-252-6156 | @JNewmanWSJ | Posted: Thursday, January 19, 2012 5:55 pm. . Spectrum...
nbsp/&nbspJohn Hart, Wisconsin State Journal . Winning the lottery is pure luck. Sometimes, it's dumb luck.. . When a convenience store in Madison ...
SANDY CULLEN | Wisconsin State Journal | scullen@madison. com | 608-252-6137 | @SandyCullenWSJ | Posted: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 6:04 pm. . A...
JUDY NEWMAN | Wisconsin State Journal | jdnewman@madison. com | 608-252-6156 | Posted: Monday, January 23, 2012 4:00 pm. . Two former members of...
A record number of Wisconsin's government employees retired in 2011, the same year Governor Scott Walker (R) pushed a law that took away the...
Gotcha! Camera catches thief in background as NJ family poses for photo at Wis. state capitolThe camera of a vacationing New Jersey family who posed for a picture in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol captured more than smiles. It also caught ...
Baraboo man accused of repeatedly using stun gun on 'sinning' male dance instructor A Baraboo man was accused of repeatedly shocking a male dance instructor with a stun gun, claiming the instructor was a "" A Dane County prosecutor said the suspect, 59 ...
15-year-old Wis. girl testifies father choked her, ordered her to eat cockroaches, mouseA Wisconsin teen has accused her father of choking her and ordering her to eat cockroaches and a dead mouse.The 15-year-old Madison area girl testified Wednesday during her father ...

College prank elevates flamingo's status

MADISON, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Some stories don't fly. This one doesn't even breathe.The city council of Wisconsin's capital voted on Tuesday to designate the plastic pink flamingo its official bird, honoring a college prank committed 30 years ago.In ...