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• Group sues to buy vacant Mattoon Elementary, open Christian school; Antigo School District seeks to block plan - WJFW-TV July 17, 2019
  Group sues to buy vacant Mattoon Elementary, open Christian school; Antigo School District seeks to block plan  WJFW-TVMATTOON - Wade Reimer thinks it's pretty simple. There's a vacant school in the village of Mattoon, southeast of Antigo. He wants to buy it and turn it into a ...
• Lead paint suppliers settle California lawsuit for $305M - ABC News July 17, 2019
  Lead paint suppliers settle California lawsuit for $305M  ABC NewsThe nation's former major suppliers of lead paint have agreed to pay California's largest cities and counties $305 million to settle a nearly 20-year-old lawsuit, ...
• Iron Town Harley-Davidson dealership abruptly closes; business owes $6.3 million in debts, lawsuit says - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel July 17, 2019
  Iron Town Harley-Davidson dealership abruptly closes; business owes $6.3 million in debts, lawsuit says  Milwaukee Journal SentinelThe New Berlin location is mired in a $6.3 million federal lawsuit for delinquent debts to Harley-Davidson Credit-Corp.
• Wisconsin Dems promote redistricting plan | News, Sports, Jobs - Iron Mountain Daily News July 17, 2019
  Wisconsin Dems promote redistricting plan | News, Sports, Jobs  Iron Mountain Daily NewsMADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday worked to generate momentum for a bill calling for civil servants to draw legislative district ...
• Mayor rips Walmart tax suit as 'frivolous' - Greater Milwaukee Today July 17, 2019
  Mayor rips Walmart tax suit as 'frivolous'  Greater Milwaukee TodayWEST BEND — The city's mayor on Tuesday blasted Walmart's latest effort to cut its property tax bill, calling the retail giant's third dark store-related lawsuit in as ...
• Wisconsin Democrats promote new redistricting plan | State and Regional - Chippewa Herald July 17, 2019
  Wisconsin Democrats promote new redistricting plan | State and Regional  Chippewa HeraldMADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday worked to generate momentum for a bill calling for civil servants to draw legislative district ...
• Trial starts in Brown Co. REA stray voltage lawsuit | News, Sports, Jobs - NUjournal July 17, 2019
  Trial starts in Brown Co. REA stray voltage lawsuit | News, Sports, Jobs  NUjournalNEW ULM — A three-week jury trial began Tuesday in Brown County District Court to hear a civil case alleging stray voltage at a Sleepy Eye dairy farm caused.
• Grand Chute leaders get in heated exchange with lawmaker over dark store loophole - WBAY July 17, 2019
  Grand Chute leaders get in heated exchange with lawmaker over dark store loophole  WBAYGRAND CHUTE, Wis. (WBAY) - A heated exchange erupted Tuesday night between the Grand Chute town board and a local state lawmaker over continued ...
• Democrats push for redistricting proposal again, Governor Evers on board - WKOW July 16, 2019
  Democrats push for redistricting proposal again, Governor Evers on board  WKOWMADISON (WKOW) — There's another push to redraw Wisconsin's legislative maps before the 2020 census. A group of Democratic lawmakers re-introduced a ...
• The Latest: GOP, commission seek fees in redistricting case - WAOW July 16, 2019
  The Latest: GOP, commission seek fees in redistricting case  WAOWMADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on a Democratic bill to revamp Wisconsin's legislative redistricting process (all times local): 2:10 p.m. Assembly.