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At last, Wisconsin has a venture capital fund. The bill, including a minor amendment passed in committed, received bipartisan support.

2An antique Pepsi vending machine was taken from an outside storage yard at Brookfield Tree Service, N59 W14850 Bobolink Ave., between 10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. June 5. A witness observed two suspicious men in a white SUV in the area at the time of the theft and police are following up with video surveillance from a nearby business.

When work began nearly a decade ago on West Bend's River Shores development, it was expected to eventually create hundreds of condos and apartments, along with shops and other commercial space.

Thursday the Wisconsin State Assembly is in session and Republicans are expected to pass a trio of abortion bills aimed at discouraging women from obtaining abortions.

A new study shows going for a walk right after you eat may reduce your risk for Type 2 diabetes, especially if you're older.

"He stopped the speech and said, 'Who's beeping out there?"' Mattern recalls in a phone interview from Washington Wednesday afternoon.

As part of Free Museums Week, the Washington County Historical Society at 320 S 5th Ave in West Bend is holding a special Piano Smash Fundraiser! Where else can you pay only $1 for every 3 minutes of trying to smash our piano to bits with a sledgehammer.

During her interview, Jan Fredrich struck me as what I think of as a "Renaissance personality" - because of the versatility of her abilities and interests.

Tom Lidtke, executive director emeritus at the Museum of Wisconsin Art, will retire after 31 years with the museum.

A bill announced Tuesday by State Rep. Michael Schraa, R-Town of Algoma, would shield Wisconsin gun owners from what the lawmaker says are unconstitutional gun control measures being considered at the federal level.

The concrete pillars gave way and a garment factory in Bangladesh collapsed to the ground, crushing and killing more than 1,100 people and injuring about 2,500 more, mostly young women making clothes for major retailers in the West.

As Moraine Park's 2013 Distinguished Alumnus, he should know. A 1978 graduate of Moraine Park's Tool and Die Technologies Apprenticeship program, Staral serves as vice president at Willer Tool Corp., in Jackson, Wis.

What was life for young women like in the 1920s? The Washington County Historical Society, West Bend Memorial Library, UW-Extension are joining together to present a program aimed at girls in the 2nd though 5th grades to explorer 1920s life.

The award goes to the highest-scoring quartet in the competition that has two or more members who are first-time quartet competition participants.

Luke Albrecht doesn't see the walkway around the Betty Brinn Children's Museum in downtown Milwaukee like others do.

There's nothing like a hug from dad. United States Marine Corp. Major Greg Butcher hugs his daughter, Kasey Butcher, 13, outside her classroom at Badger Middle School in West Bend, Wis., on May 22, 2013.

Anticipation filled the air as the graduates prepared to receive their diplomas and become the newest Moraine Park alumni.

Mike Staral of West Bend has been named Moraine Park Technical College's 2013 Distinguished Alumnus.

An ultrasound would be required before an abortion under a bill moving through the Legislature, and clinics that perform the procedure would need admitting privileges at a nearby hospital - a provision that has threatened to shut down clinics in other states.

An autopsy of Angela Bence was completed Monday but the final reports will not be released until toxicology tests are completed, which could take months, according to the Washington County medical examiner's office.