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MADISON -- A proposal that would allow off-duty and retired police officers to carry guns in schools is finding support in the Wisconsin Legislature. The measure cleared an Assembly committee earlier this month and the Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a hearing on it for Tuesday. Current state law generally bans people from possessing guns on school grounds as well as within 1,000 feet of school grounds. The prohibition doesn't apply to police officers acting in their official capacity. A bipartisan group of legislators has proposed a bill that would allow off-duty and retired officers to carry guns in schools as well. A more broad proposal last session that allowed anyone to carry concealed weapons on school grounds failed to pass.

MILWAUKEE - People are sharing their fears in Aurora Health Care's second Quarterly Health of Wisconsin report. The company surveyed 1500 people across Wisconsin and the country.

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Summerfest officials announced more than 90 grounds stage headliners that will be performing this year.

An overnight shelter in Racine is on the verge of shutting down.

MILWAUKEE -- New billboards are popping up across Milwaukee in an attempt to curb violence.

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A white Milwaukee Police officer fired for improperly attempting to frisk a black man before fatally shooting him did the right thing, a former detective told police commissioners Monday during the fifth day of a hearing on whether to reinstate the officer.

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Former Green Bay Packers star Darren Sharper faces at least 38 years in prison, according to reports.

Day 5 of Manney appeal begins at 1:30 p.m. Monday

Four people were taken to the hospital following a three-vehicle crash in Pleasant Prairie on Monday.

MILWAUKEE -- Thousands of people tested their endurance Saturday morning inside downtown Milwaukee's tallest skycraper.

The Supreme Court on Monday turned away a challenge to Wisconsin's voter identification law, after having blocked the state from requiring photo IDs in November's general election.

One person has died following a fire above a Mukwonago restaurant.

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MILWAUKEE -- Grammy nominated recording artist Kendrick Lamar will headline the Marcus Amphitheater on July 1.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The Madison police officer who shot and killed an unarmed 19-year-old earlier this month had received dozens of commendations for his acts of heroism and his professionalism in his 13 years on the force.

MILWAUKEE -- Firefighters today are getting some help from the pulpit. A day after a deadly fire killed seven children in Brooklyn, rabbis across the country and here in Milwaukee are urging congregants to ensure fire safety in their homes and synagogues. "There are no words to describe it, it hits very close to home," said Rabbi Yisroel Lein, leader of the Chabad of the East Side congregation. "The first thing I did after [the Sabbath] was turn on my phone and I found out the news, then I checked my smoke alarm." Investigators confirm the seven children, ages five to 15, were all of the same Orthodox Jewish family and were trapped inside their home as the fire raged overnight. Fire marshals believe a hot plate malfunctioned and sparked the blaze; traditional Jews sometimes leave on hot plates through the Sabbath to warm food since they refrain from using electricity. The home also had only one working smoke detector in the basement. "Obviously there's no way to say why this has happened or look back," Lein said. "But clearly it makes you think a little about things we do and how we do them." Two other family members survived the Brooklyn blaze -- the mother and her eldest daughter -- and they remain in critical condition. The father was away at a conference.

KENOSHA -- Sunday was the first day people looking for work could file an application for the future Amazon plant in Kenosha.