Guns
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Investigators say student killed by police outside Mount Horeb school pointed pellet rifle
A student who was killed by police outside a Wisconsin school pointed a pellet rifle at officers and had refused to drop the weapon, according to authorities.
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Mount Horeb Area School District offers resources to families after shooting of armed student
Classes were canceled Thursday and the district was instead offering families resources and a brief activity, according to a post on social media.Â
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Democratic proposal would prohibit firearms on Wisconsin college campuses
A proposed bill would prohibit firearms on university campuses across Wisconsin.
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Lawmakers hear testimony on Republican bills expanding rights to carry guns, other weapons in Wisconsin
Currently, Wisconsin does not have laws that specifically prohibit guns in places of worship, but state law generally prohibits having guns within 1,000 feet of school grounds.
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How a poll of Wisconsin gun owners sought to gain their trust and provide new insights
Nearly 1 in every 5 gun owners in Wisconsin knows another gun owner who has experienced suicidal thoughts, according to estimates by a recent poll aiming to provide the most […]
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Milwaukee sees decline in homicides in 2023, but numbers still not back to pre-pandemic levels
Milwaukee saw a dip in homicides for the first time in four years last year, but local leaders say the number of murders the city is experiencing is still far […]
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Suburban Milwaukee sheriff’s deputy fatally shoots armed suspect, authorities say
A suburban Milwaukee sheriff’s deputy shot and killed an armed suspect officers were trying to arrest for outstanding felony warrants Thursday, authorities said. After Ozaukee County deputies tried to pull […]
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DOJ: The man Germantown Police killed at middle school had no ‘known relationship’ to community
The man police shot and killed at a Germantown middle school Monday night had no “known relationship” to the community or school and was driving a vehicle with out-of-state plates, […]
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Madison is exploring legal action against Grandview Commons apartment owners after shootings
Madison officials are pursuing legal action to compel the owners of an apartment complex to make safety improvements among other changes after two young people died in two separate shootings […]
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Wisconsin’s Driftless region is the setting for Rebecca Gilman’s off-Broadway play, ‘Swing State’
In a lower Manhattan off-Broadway theater, tucked away from the traffic and bright lights, an old farm house nestled on 40 acres of remnant prairie introduces theatergoers to a Wisconsin […]