Новости за 19.02.2017

Plus notes on UW basketball recruiting, Nigel Hayes, Jordy Nelson and the Badgers' new shoes.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee police have arrested a 47-year-old man after a fight that killed a member of the suspect's family.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A new lawsuit seeks to stop the city of Des Moines from garnishing the state income tax refunds to pay traffic camera violation fines.

After a one-year absence, the Tomah High School wrestling team will be represented at the WIAA state meet.

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (AP) — Police in Detroit Lakes say a 56-year-old woman has died after she was struck by a freight train.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A former gubernatorial candidate in Wisconsin has unveiled a big project she's been working on — a mobile app, aimed at empowering women.

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — An after-school mentoring program for at-risk youth in Sheboygan is helping teen boys gain the knowledge and skills necessary to transition from youth to adulthood.

APPLE VALLEY, Minn. (AP) — A new program allowing people to visit the Minnesota Zoo for free by showing proof that they receive public assistance cards was a hit during its first year, bringing in 63 percent more low-income visitors…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — University of Minnesota administrators and faculty are considering shortening the deadline for incomplete coursework to six months in order to boost graduation and retention rates.

DEADWOOD, S.D. (AP) — Deadwood city commissioners have granted a request from the Historic Preservation Commission to update the Old West gambling town's improvement plan.

For the past six weeks, the Tomah High School girls basketball team has done a very good job of handling pressure defense − except for La Crosse Aquinas-type pressure.

HUDSON, Wis. (AP) — Authorities in western Wisconsin say a 28-year-old man fatally stabbed his mother and then shot at police during a chase that ended when he killed himself in Minnesota.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — After decades as the crossroads of prairie populists and checkbook conservatives, Iowa has suddenly become solidly Republican like many of its Midwestern neighbors.

The No. 11 Badgers continue Big Ten play with a home game vs. No. 23 Maryland.

The election lent national implications to a theme Kathy Cramer explored for more than a decade: how Wisconsin’s rural-urban cultural divide affects its politics.

PRESIDIO, Texas (AP) — Two hunters accused in a shooting on a remote Texas ranch near the Mexican border had told authorities that they were attacked by immigrants who had entered the country illegally.

Administered by La Crosse County, the For Goodness’ Sake program provides donated household goods to the needy.

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A car bomb blast at a marketplace Somalia's capital has killed at least 20 people and injured 50 others, said a local Somali official.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A western Iowa jail inmate infected with HIV has been charged with felony assault after officials say he threw a carton of his urine on a detention officer in Council Bluffs.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Who knew unemployment insurance could be so risque?

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A SpaceX rocket soared from NASA's long-idled moonshot pad Sunday, sending up space station supplies from the exact spot where astronauts embarked on the lunar landings nearly a half-century ago.

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — A conference next month will focus on the best ways to raise awareness about the dangers of radon gas.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Agriculture Department is getting ready to survey farmers about what they are planning to grow this year.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — When Dr. Ralph Alvarado was elected to the Kentucky state Senate in 2014, he found his new colleagues had something in common with most of his patients: They knew smoking was bad, they just couldn't quit.

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Thousands of Georgians have rallied in the capital in support of the country's opposition-minded television station that they suspect is about to be transferred to a more government-friendly owner.