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MADISON -- A zoo in Madison is welcoming twin polar bears as its newest residents.

MENASHA -- A gathering meant to help a Wisconsin community move on from a fatal shooting on a trail bridge has been postponed amid a potential for severe weather.

Click it or ticket. The annual campaign to get drivers to wear their seat belts begins Monday, May 18 and goes until Sunday, May 31.

WAUKESHA -- Today, students at Waukesha West High School will see a whole campaign unveiled to fight drug abuse.

MEQUON -- For the second time in less than a month, a business in Mequon has been robbed.

MILWAUKEE -- Is this Police Chief Ed Flynn's final year with the department? TODAY'S TMJ4 has learned Flynn expects that question to come up in the next few weeks during his annual review with the Fire and Police Commission. Charles Benson has more.

BEAVER DAM - New dash cam video show a dramatic rescue in Dodge County the last week of April.

Milwaukee city leaders called for an end to the violence Sunday.

Madison Police Officer Matt Kenny wants to return to his job, but the police chief fears for Kenny's safety.

MILWAUKEE - Mayor Tom Barrett visited several churches Sunday to promote peace. He wants to reach as many people as possible. “In particular in low income areas we’re seeing an increase in violence and we have to have as many people as we can be part of this effort to reach out and reduce the violence," said Barrett. The mayor said the people going to church are not the ones he's worried about. "[Churchgoers] weren't out at a bar at 2 a.m., but they may have a son or a grandson or a friend who was there and we're seeking their help," said Barrett. "What I'm asking them to do, in particular, is to reach out to the young men, to grab them, to let them know they're loved, and make sure they're not turning to violence. Because it's the young men in particular, young African American men, in the city who are disproportionately the victims of violence. And that's something I want to change." There have been at least 56 homicides so far in Milwaukee, compared with about 20 at the same time last year. "You're going to have naysayers who say, well why do this? I am more determined than ever to seek allies to make this a safer city," said Barrett. The mayor believes people are listening. "The message is very well received. People understand there's a problem and they want to be involved."

A newspaper investigation has found Gov. Scott Walker's top aides pressed for a taxpayer-funded $500,000 loan to a struggling construction company.

The Legislature's finance committee is set to decide this week how to handle the state's growing number of women prisoners after forecasts show the population likely will grow faster than Gov. Scott Walker anticipated in his budget proposal.

MILWAUKEE – Community members gathered to call an end to the violence in Milwaukee. Hours later, gun shots ring out a few blocks away, hitting several people. Michele Fiore has the latest.

SPARTA, Wis -- The Monroe County Sheriff's Department is investigating a fatal logging accident in western Wisconsin.

LA CROSSE, Wis. -- Gov. Scott Walker is defending the quasi-private economic development agency he created four years ago, despite his call this week to reform it in the wake of a critical audit. Walker spoke with reporters Saturday at the Wisconsin Republican Party convention.

MILWAUKEE -- Stars and Stripes Honor Flight is sending 89 World War II and Korean War veterans to Washington D.C. today to see their memorials.

Going to the Olympics is the opportunity of a lifetime. Mike Jacobs got to cover the winter games in Salt Lake City in 2002. He brought us all kinds of fun stories with Wisconsin connections.

MILWAUKEE -- At the corner of 6th and Brown streets in the heart of Milwaukee you can find a hidden gem on a baseball diamond. James Beckum started the Beckum Stapleton Little League back in 1964.

MILWAUKEE- Jean Anderson has waited a long time for this day.