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GREEN BAY –  February is heart month and today we’re cooking up some recipes that will help keep you “heart healthy.” Registered Dietitian Deb Guenterberg of Prevea Health showed us how to prepare the following two recipes.  Click here to learn more about how food plays a part in your wellness.

Shrimp, Mango & Black Bean Salad with Orange Vinaigrette

Serves 4

Ingredients:

1 15-ounce can unsalted black beans, drained and rinsed
1 large mango, peeled and chopped
½ small red onion, thinly sliced
4 cups chopped romaine lettuce
2 cups shredded red cabbage
1 lb. frozen, cooked medium shrimp, thawed

Vinaigrette:

3 tbsp safflower oil
2 tbsp fresh orange juice
4 tsp white wine vinegar
1 tsp Dijon mustard
1 tsp raw honey
¼ tsp sea salt

Instructions:

Prepare vinaigrette: In small jar with a tight-fitting lid, combine all vinaigrette ingredients. Shake vigorously, until emulsified. (Could also whisk ingredients together in bowl).

 In a large bowl, combine beans, mango, onion, lettuce and cabbage. Add dressing and toss well. Divide among serving plates and top evenly with shrimp. 

Nutrition Info per Serving (1/4 of salad)

381 calories; 11g fat; 1g sat. fat; 2g monounsaturated fat; 8g polyunsaturated fat; 38.5g carbs; 8.5g fiber; 18g sugar; 35g protein; 303 mg sodium; 214 mg cholesterol   **Recipe from Clean Eating Magazine

Pineapple Chicken Stir-Fry with Black Bean Sauce

Serves 4

Ingredients:

2/3 cup short-grain brown rice
1 ¼ cups canned, unsalted black beans, drained and rinsed
¼ cup low-sodium chicken broth
2 tbsp reduced-sodium soy sauce
2 tbsp rice vinegar
1 tbsp peeled and minced fresh ginger
1 tbsp minced seeded jalapeno chile pepper
2 tsp raw honey
2 tsp minced garlic, divided
2 tbsp whole-wheat flour
1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut into 1-inch cubes
2 tsp safflower oil, divided
1 small white onion, finely chopped
2 cups button mushrooms, trimmed and quartered
2 cups snow peas, trimmed and strings removed
1 cup peeled and diced fresh pineapple

Instructions:

Cook rice according to package directions. 

Meanwhile, prepare sauce:  In a food processor, combine beans, broth, soy sauce, vinegar, ginger, jalapeno, honey and 1 tsp garlic. Process until smooth, about 1-minute.  Strain.

 To a shallow bowl, add flour. Dredge chicken in flour, turning to coat. In a medium-large saute pan on medium-high, heat 1 tsp. oil. Add chicken to pan and stir-fry until light golden brown and almost cooked through, about 8-minutes. Transfer to bowl. 

 In same pan, heat remaining 1 tsp. oil. Add onion and remaining 1 tsp. garlic; stir-fry until onion is tender, about 3-minutes. Add mushrooms and stir-fry until golden brown, about 4-minutes. Add snow peas and pineapple; stir-fry for 1-minute. Return chicken to pan along with any juices. Pour sauce over chicken and vegetables, stirring to coat. Cover and bring to a simmer on medium-low until chicken is cooked through, about 3-minutes. Serve stir-fry over rice. 

 Nutrition Info per Serving (1 1/3 cups stir fry and ½ cup rice)

423 calories; 7g fat; 1g saturated fat; 2g monounsaturated fat; 3g polyunsaturated fat; 56g carbs; 8g fiber; 11g sugar; 36g protein; 360mg sodium; 83mg cholesterol   **Recipe from Clean Eating Magazine

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) – A Waukesha County bank teller is charged with armed robbery after allegedly helping her boyfriend steal from a customer who made a large cash withdrawal.

WISN-TV reports 23-year-old Andria Noel of Waukesha is accused of alerting 31-year-old Kevin Lipscomb that a woman took $61,000 out of her bank account.

According to a criminal complaint, the customer was robbed at gun point in the garage of her Menomonee home. The complaint states the suspect threatened her with the gun and demanded the money.

Police say DNA evidence taken from a latex glove found at the crime scene was matched to Lipscomb.

Both Noel and Lipscomb are being held in the Waukesha County Jail.

Messages seeking comment were left with their attorneys early Thursday.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Gov. Scott Walker is proposing that state employees be offered $2,000 a year to opt out of state health insurance coverage.

A state-commissioned study by Deloitte Consulting says the incentive could generate $18 million in savings if enough employees take the offer. But, the study also says if only a small number of employees opt out, it could cost the state an additional $4 million a year.

The state health insurance plan covers roughly 62,000 employees and their families. The Deloitte study says about 5 percent of employees opt out, primarily because they’re covered by a spouse’s plan. Another 10 percent opt out because their spouses are also employed by the state.

The State Journal reports at least nine other states offer a similar incentive.

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Contaminated medical instruments are to blame for infecting seven patients – including two who died – with an antibiotic-resistant and potentially deadly “superbug” at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, hospital officials said. A total of 179 patients may be infected.

They were exposed to Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae, or CRE, during endoscopic procedures between October and January when it was discovered during tests on a patient, said Dale Tate, a University of California, Los Angeles spokeswoman.

The potentially infected patients are being sent free home-testing kits that UCLA will analyze, the university said.

The bacteria may have been a “contributing factor” in the deaths of two patients, a university statement said.

Similar outbreaks of CRE have been reported around the nation. They are difficult to treat because some varieties are resistant to most known antibiotics. By one estimate, CRE can contribute to death in up to half of seriously infected patients, according to the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The bacteria can cause infections of the bladder or lungs, leading to coughing, fever or chills.

UCLA said Wednesday that infections may have been transmitted through two endoscopes used during the diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic and bile-duct problems.

“We notified all patients who had this type of procedure, and we were using seven different scopes. Only two of them were found to be infected. In an abundance of caution, we notified everybody,” Tate said.

The two medical devices carried the bacteria even though they were sterilized according to the manufacturer’s specifications, UCLA said. “We removed the infected instruments, and we have heightened the sterilization process,” Tate said.

The CDC said that national figures on the bacteria are not kept, but 47 states have seen cases.

Since 2012, there have been about a half-dozen outbreaks reaching as many as 150 patients, according to the Los Angeles Times, which first reported the UCLA outbreak.

One outbreak occurred in Illinois in 2013. Dozens of patients were exposed to CRE, with some cases apparently linked to a tainted endoscope used at a hospital.

A Seattle hospital, Virginia Mason Medical Center, reported in January that CRE linked to an endoscope sickened at least 35 patients, and 11 died, although it was unclear whether the infection played a role in their deaths.

Experts say the cases represent a disturbing surge.

“This bacteria is emerging in the U.S. and it’s associated with a high mortality rate,” Dr. Alex Kallen, an epidemiologist in CDC’s Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, told the LA Times. “We don’t want this circulating anywhere in the community.”

ASHWAUBENON- The ARTgarage is getting ready for its annual fundraiser.

Art Meets the Heart is Thursday, February 26 at Austin Straubel Airport.

Click here for the more details on the ARTgarage and the gala.

Click on the to learn more about the ARTgarage and the gala.

MILWAUKEE (AP) – Dangerously cold weather has settled into Wisconsin where frostbite is a possibility in a matter of minutes.

Steady wind Thursday pushed wind chill readings to 35 below in many parts of Wisconsin. Some school districts canceled classes, including Mercer and Florence, and others delayed the start of school by a couple hours.

The National Weather Service issued a wind chill advisory for most of the state.

GREEN BAY – Prom can be an expensive time for many area students.

The YWCA of Greater Green Bay is hoping to ease the load of all of the expenses that come with prom.

“Turning Dresses into Dreams” is a prom event that will be hosted by the YWCA.

The event provides high school girls with the opportunity to shop for a prom dress who probably couldn’t afford one!

The entire event is free! It’s not only dresses, it’s also all of the accessories — shoes, purse, jewelry, etc.

This is the second year for the event.

Girls have to send in a story of why they think “Turning Dresses into Dreams” is the event for them and ways they feel empowered/what empowerment means to them.

FOX 11’s Emily Deem spent Thursday morning at the YWCA in Green Bay to learn more about the event.

The event is on Saturday, February 28 from 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

ADDRESS: YWCA 230 S. Madison Street, Green Bay in the gym.

Click here for more information about the event.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) – The Minnesota Vikings have claimed tight end Brandon Bostick off waivers from the Green Bay Packers.

The move was made Wednesday, the day after the Packers dropped him. Bostick became best known for mishandling an onside kick in the NFC championship game last month that helped Seattle complete a big comeback.

From Darren Sharper to Ryan Longwell to Brett Favre to Greg Jennings, the Vikings have made a habit of signing former Packers.

Bostick made the practice squad with Green Bay in 2012 after going undrafted out of Division III Newberry College in South Carolina. He was on the active roster the past two seasons, appearing in 24 games and catching nine passes for 123 yards and two touchdowns with 13 special teams tackles.

WASHINGTON (AP) – Hundreds of products are being pulled from store shelves after traces of peanut were found in cumin spice – a life-threatening danger to some people with peanut allergies.

The recall has been ongoing since December, as more retailers identify products that contain the cumin. The Food and Drug Administration is now warning all people with peanut allergies to avoid cumin and products that contain cumin.

While such large allergy-related recalls are rare, undeclared allergens like peanuts are the leading cause of food recalls in the United States. That can be very unsettling to people who are keeping a close watch on what they or their children eat, since food allergies can be a matter of life or death.

“You might do all of the things you are supposed to do and read the label, but there could still be undeclared allergens,” says Dr. Michael Pistiner, a Boston-based pediatric allergist. “It’s challenging to know that and still feel comfortable.”

Pistiner says he sees the recalls as low-risk, since often the amount of the undeclared allergen is very small. “But the highest risk is to our comfort,” he says.

According to the group Food Allergy Research and Education, or FARE, 15 million Americans have food allergies, including 1 in 13 children. Eight foods account for more than 90 percent of the allergies – peanuts, tree nuts, milk, eggs, wheat, soy, fish and shellfish.

Since 2006, those allergens are required by law to be listed on food packages if they are ingredients. The law is less clear when it comes to cross- contamination, however – companies aren’t required to list on the label if peanuts or another allergen are processed in the same facility or on the same equipment.

Little is known about how many people may have reactions to allergens that accidentally make their way into food. Those reactions are hard to track – much harder than a pathogen like salmonella, for instance, which can be identified in a person’s stool and traced directly to the same strains in a food manufacturing facility or on a farm.

The FDA said it had 428 reports of “adverse events” related to undeclared allergens between January 2012 and December 2014, including reports of three deaths. The agency would not release any detailed information on those reports, which are made by consumers and can’t always be confirmed by the agency.

The agency said it has had at least seven reports from consumers related to the cumin recall. Hundreds of products have been recalled since December, from spice mixes to black beans to meats with marinades that include cumin. The spice is often used in Tex-Mex and Indian dishes. The FDA declined to provide any further details on how it happened or what company added peanuts or peanut residue to its cumin spice.

The FDA said packaged foods may not have enough of the affected cumin to trigger a reaction – but those who are sensitive should be careful just in case. Some products may not actually list cumin, but list “spices” instead.

Multiple recalls have spanned a two-month period. The first was on Dec. 26, when Texas-based Adams Foods recalled several of its cumin spices. On Feb. 9, the retailer Whole Foods recalled more than 100 products that potentially contained the cumin. Last Friday, Goya Foods recalled some brands of its black beans and black bean soup. Several other foods have been pulled off store shelves as well.

FARE, the allergy group, routinely notifies its members of what recalls are out there so they can keep track. And the group is pushing the FDA to ensure that allergens are treated as importantly as pathogens like salmonella and E. coli when the agency issues final food safety rules later this year.

“Requiring food processors and manufacturers to identify potential allergen hazards and develop plans to avoid those hazards is critical,” the group told the FDA in comments on the rule.

GREEN BAY- A Wind Chill Advisory is in effect until noon for the entire area.

Feels like temps will be between -20 and -35 Thursday morning.

Wind chills this low can cause frostbite to exposed skin in as little as 20 minutes.

Temperatures will start in the double digits below zero with clear skies. Highs will only reach 2 degrees today with wind chills between -10 and -20 in the afternoon hours.

GREEN BAY- Some schools have closed or delayed due to the cold.

Click here for the list.

ASHWAUBENON — Green Bay’s Greg Mays scored 34 points to lead four players in double figures as the Phoenix men’s basketball team defeated Detroit, 96-76, in a Horizon League game Wednesday in front of 3,252 fans at the Resch Center.

Green Bay’s Keifer Sykes, playing with an injured left thumb, added 23 points, eights assists and seven rebounds, while Carrington Love added 15 points and Jordan Fouse 13 points and nine assists.

Green Bay shot 31 of 56 from the field for 55 percent as it improved to 21-6, 10-3 on the season.

Juwan Howard Jr. led Detroit (12-17, 5-9) with 24 points.

The Phoenix next play Friday at home against Cleveland State, which is tied with Green Bay for second place in conference, one game behind leader Valparaiso.

DETROIT (12-17)
Howard Jr. 9-14 3-4 24, Kane 1-1 0-1 2, Bass 4-12 10-12 19, Grant 0-2 0-0 0, Williams 7-10 3-4 17, Jenkins 1-3 2-2 4, Wilson 0-2 0-0 0, Kearney 1-3 0-0 2, Hogan 1-2 2-4 4, Brundidge 2-3 0-3 4, Ackerman 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 26-53 20-30 76.
GREEN BAY (21-6)
Fouse 5-6 3-5 13, McKinnie 0-3 0-0 0, Mays 10-15 14-17 34, Love 3-6 6-7 15, Sykes 8-15 4-5 23, Kanter 0-0 0-0 0, Small 0-0 0-0 0, Humphrey 0-1 0-0 0, Francis 3-5 1-2 7, Findlay 0-0 0-0 0, Lowe 2-5 0-2 4. Totals 31-56 28-38 96.

Halftime—Green Bay 47-34. 3-Point Goals—Detroit 4-12 (Howard Jr. 3-6, Bass 1-1, Kearney 0-1, Jenkins 0-1, Grant 0-1, Wilson 0-2), Green Bay 6-14 (Love 3-5, Sykes 3-6, McKinnie 0-1, Mays 0-2). Fouled Out—Jenkins, Wilson. Rebounds—Detroit 33 (Bass 10), Green Bay 33 (Sykes 7). Assists—Detroit 11 (Bass 4), Green Bay 27 (Fouse 9). Total Fouls—Detroit 28, Green Bay 22. Technical—Love. A—3,252.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — No. 5 Wisconsin couldn’t control Penn State’s D.J. Newbill on Wednesday night, so the Badgers settled for stopping all his teammates.

Sam Decker scored 22 points and Frank Kaminsky added 16 as No. 5 Wisconsin overcame a late Penn State surge to defeat the Nittany Lions 55-47.

Dekker and Penn State’s D.J. Newbill waged an entertaining scoring battle. Newbill got 29 points, but the next-highest scorer for Penn State (15-12, 3-11) was Brandon Taylor with seven.

The Badgers (24-2, 12-1), despite shooting 39 percent, were aided by Nigel Hayes’ 13 rebounds and nine points.

“We kept trying to get stops on the other end,” Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan said. “If Newbill wants to get a shot, he’s going to get a shot. With how strong he is with the ball and deception and change of directions. We wanted to be sure we didn’t let anybody else get hot. Fortunately they didn’t.”

Wisconsin’s 24th victory marked the school’s best start in program history.

Seventeen of Penn State’s 27 games have been decided by eight points or fewer and the Lions stuck around in this one. But they were 2 of 13 from long range and got to the foul line just three times.

Penn State’s players outside of Newbill were just 8 of 33 from the field.

“I was just trying to get a win, man,” Newbill said. “The points mean nothing to me if we don’t win the game.

“I was just trying to do whatever I could to keep my team in the game.”

Wisconsin never trailed and pulled out to a 39-26 lead at the outset of the second half when Dekker sandwiched a pair of buckets around two from Hayes.

That forced a Penn State timeout, then neither team scored for more than three minutes before Newbill’s layup for Penn State and another Dekker 3-pointer that put the Badgers up by 14.

The teams combined for just 21 points in the first 11 minutes of the half, and the Badgers patiently built a 46-30 lead. Hayes and Kaminsky dominated the boards and Penn State went cold.

“We were trying to do whatever we could to keep the lead,” Kaminsky said. “We knew coming in they were much better at home and they were able to feed off that energy.”

Newbill brought the Nittany Lions back within striking distance when he put in seven straight points and Geno Thorpe added two more to make it 48-43.

“When they get a lead, like 10 or 16, it’s really like 20 or 30,” Penn State coach Patrick Chambers said. “They really melt the clock, they really share the basketball. They have a lot of good players with high IQ; Bo does a great job.”

Newbill had a chance to bring the Lions within three but tripped over teammate Ross Travis and Kaminsky picked up the loose ball and was eventually fouled.

“I thought I’d seen it all the last four years, but I’ve seen it all this year,” Chambers said with a laugh about Newbill’s fall. “Some of the quirkiest turnovers and craziest plays I’ve ever seen.”

Kaminsky hit both to make it 50-43 and followed that with a strong drive and a layup for a nine-point Badger lead with 2:09 to go.

Kaminsky and Dekker scored the Badgers’ first 11 points and Newbill pumped in the Lions’ initial 12. Two of Kaminsky’s early points came on a thunderous slam off an uncontested drive through the lane, while the bulk of Newbill’s were pull-up jumpers.

Wisconsin took a 19-8 lead, then went on a dry spell in which it scored just five points in 10:30 as Penn State closed to 24-21 late in the half.

“How can you end a half and score three buckets in 10 minutes, something like that, it’s amazing,” Ryan said. “I think we started out 8 for 11 and went 3 for 14.”

TIP INS
Wisconsin: The Badgers entered the game with a winning streak of eight and an average margin of victory of more than 15 points. . Wisconsin has allowed just three teams to score 70 points or more this season: Duke, Indiana and Penn State. . The Badgers led the nation entering Wednesday’s game in fewest fouls (13.1), fewest turnovers (7.4) and fewest opposing free throw attempts (12.4). …. The Badgers have 15 straight winning seasons in conference play.
Penn State: Nine of Penn State’s Big Ten games have been decided by nine points or less. The eight losses have been by an average of five points. . The Lions have played Wisconsin 43 times and 23 times the Badgers have been ranked among the top 25; the Badgers lead the series 33-10.

UP NEXT
Wisconsin: The Badgers return home to face Minnesota on Saturday.
Penn State: The Lions are at Northwestern on Saturday.

SEYMOUR — Late in the third quarter Seymour led West De Pere, 46-30, and it appeared the Thunder was on its way to defending its Bay Conference boys basketball title it won a season ago in easy fashion.

However, the Phantoms, which won the title two years ago and was hungry for at least a piece of another crown wasn’t going down quietly. Led by San Jose State recruit, Cody Schwartz, the Phantoms put together a furious rally that saw them grab a 52-51 lead late in the fourth quarter.

“That was probably some of our worst basketball of the year,” Seymour junior Alex Schuh admitted. “We weren’t aware of the situation. We weren’t locked into what they were doing.”

Seymour looked frazzled while Schwartz was scoring 12 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter, energizing his team and fans in front. A great comeback looked possible, but somehow Seymour overcame Schwartz and Co. and topped the Phantoms, 57-55, only after Schwartz missed what would’ve been a game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer.

With the win, Seymour wins the outright title as West De Pere and Luxemburg-Casco are two games behind Seymour, which has one conference game remaining.

“We missed some opportunities, we threw the ball away a few times,” Seymour coach Jon Murphy said in regards to what led to West De Pere’s rally. “You know when ‘mo’ jumps to the other team, it’s tough to get it back and then Schwartz got going like Cody Schwartz can get going.

He hit some unbelievable shots and all of the sudden it’s a close game. We missed a few free throws and all of a sudden we have a close game.”

Murphy then paused and said, “This team, a young team after losing everybody last year and winning a conference title, I’m very proud of this group of kids.”

Seymour (19-2, 14-1), ranked No. 3 in the FOX 11 Top 11, wasn’t expected by some to repeat as conference champs after losing 1,000-point scorers Sandy Cohen and Dakota Oskey to graduation, but this team has become special.

“Every group of kids I have are their own dynamic,” Murphy said. “We love this group of kids. They’re very unselfish, play as a team; try to get it done together.

“There’s something to be said about playing team basketball, being unselfish, a bunch of friends fighting together. That’s Seymour basketball this year and it’s a fun group to coach.”

“Coming into this season we were supposed to get fourth in the conference and we knew we were better than that; bunch of guys who have played (together) since third grade,” Schuh said. “We knew if we played together, we could do it this year.”

Schuh hit the go-ahead 3-pointer after Schwartz rallied No. 7 West De Pere (15-6, 12-3) in front, 52-51. His team needed a boost and he showed up at the right time.

“I was ready for my moment,” Schuh said. “I was left open and coach told us if we get pressure, make a play. That’s what I tried to do.”

Tuesday’s game was just another thriller in recent years between these two teams that have been battling for conference supremacy. The game had everything and each side looked destined to win, but in the end Seymour won its sixth conference title in seven years.

“This West De Pere-Seymour game the last three, four years, the kids love it, the fans love it,” Murphy said. “Just a great rivalry for the Bay Conference.”

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Less than a week after returning from a London trade mission where he refused to answer questions about foreign policy, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has hired foreign and domestic policy advisers.

A spokeswoman for Walker’s political committee Our American Revival said Wednesday that he hired Mike Gallagher to advise on international issues and Kristin Jackson to work on domestic policies.

The moves were announced the same day that Walker hired staff to work in the early primary state of New Hampshire as he continues to put pieces in place for a likely presidential run.

Gallagher is a staff member for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Jackson previously worked as an aide to former Rep. Connie Mack, R-Fla., and most recently worked for a Washington-based public relations and communications firm.

Seems like every year we’re upgrading to the next big thing. So what should we do with the old thing?

Many try selling them without knowing what they’re letting go.

“If you just sell the phone, even if you’ve deleted individual things on it, it might not be gone, ” said Matt Curtin, a computer security expert with Interhack.

Curtin agreed to help us with an experiment.

We gave him and his team a bunch of phones people at our station were getting rid of. Most of the users had deleted their information, or at least they thought.

“The file that you have stored on the device is still there, you just don’t know how to get to it,” said Curtin.

And sure enough, Curtin and his team found what could be a treasure trove of data.

“We were able to flip through and find all kinds of pictures, we were able to see text messages. We were able to see contacts, calendar appointments,” Curtin said.

So how does that happen?

Think about me as a computer and this filing cabinet as my hard drive – each drawer is a section of the hard drive containing my files.  The files contain things like a pictures, emails or texts. I can find the file I’m looking for by all of these labels telling me where my file is and what it’s name is.

Experts say if you delete a file, all your doing is removing the label and the way for the computer to find it. The file is still there, and with the right tools it can be found.

“That’s the reason why it’s imperative we need to protect ourselves,” Curtin said.

Curtin says the best way to do that is enabling security features on your phone like encryption so even if a thief finds your deleted information, “Instead of seeing a picture of grandma, what they’re going to see is a bunch of garbage because it’s only encrypted data on there.”

Moving on from an old phone can bring some extra dollars but experts warn to tread lightly because in the wrong hands, your valuable information you thought was deleted, could be rediscovered.

(CNN) Want a little pizza with that bacon?

Little Caesar’s newest pizza takes meat lovers to a whole new level.

Pizza makers apparently can’t fit anything more inside a crust, so instead, Little Caesar’s is wrapping bacon around the outside of the crust.

It’s got a mouthful of a name too: “Bacon Wrapped Crust Deep! Deep! Dish Pizza.”

If your mouth is watering, you will have to wait til Monday when it is available nationwide, but only for a limited time.

Oh, and we won’t ruin it for you by saying that each slice has 450 calories and 23 grams of fat.

LANTANA, Fla. (AP) – Vanilla Ice has been charged with breaking into and stealing from an abandoned home that is in foreclosure in Florida.

Police in the Palm Beach County town of Lantana say the recording artist and home-improvement-show host had been renovating a home next to the victim’s house. They said in a news release that some of the items were found at his property.

Vanilla Ice, whose real name is Robert Van Winkle, rose to fame following the 1990 release of the hit song “Ice Ice Baby.” In recent years, he has hosted “The Vanilla Ice Project” on DIY Network.

The 47-year-old Van Winkle was charged Wednesday with burglary of residence and grand theft and taken into custody.

Authorities say furniture, a pool heater, bicycles and other items were removed from the home sometime during December and February.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A federal grand jury has incited two northern Wisconsin men on charges of conspiring to import drugs from overseas.

Federal prosecutors in Madison announced Wednesday that Michael Moreno and Paul Heidbreder, both of Hayward, had been indicted. The indictment alleges that Moreno developed a source for Alpha-PVP, a stimulant deemed illegal last year, in China.

Heidbreder and an unnamed co-conspirator gave Moreno money for the drug and Moreno wired it to China. The three of them divided up the Alpha-PVP and distributed it to customers in northwestern Wisconsin for $100 per gram.

The indictment also charges Moreno and Heidbreder with attempting to possess Alpha-PVP and possessing the drug with intent to distribute.

Online records did not list the indictment or attorneys for either man as of late Wednesday afternoon.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Milwaukee County officials say they don’t plan another mass release of emails collected in the John Doe investigation into Gov. Scott Walker’s aides and associates when he was county executive.

County attorney Paul Bargren says in a letter Wednesday to The Associated Press that more than 29 gigabytes of documents were released as ordered by a judge between August and December. The AP and other news organizations reviewed hundreds of thousands of documents during that time.

Bargren says more than 2,500 emails remain to be released that deal with constituents or their representatives inquiring about public assistance issues. He says they are full of personally identifiable information and the county has no more money budgeted to process them.

Bargren says requesting media can come review the records if they want.