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jsonline.com | Angela Peterson
Angela PetersonProsecutor Ian Vance-Curzan gives his closing argument in the trial of Maxwell Anderson in Milwaukee County Circuit court on Thursday, June 5, 2025. Anderson is charged with first-degree intentional homicide, mutilation of a corpse, and arson in the death of Sade Carleena Robinson.
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2 days ago | 
jsonline.com | Angela Peterson
Angela PetersonDefense attorneys Anthony Cotton and Jason Findling (right foreground) with their client Maxwell Anderson (right background) listen while the state shows an images of a sofa from the home of Anderson that was extracted from his cellphone during hist trial in Milwaukee County Circuit court on Thursday, June 5, 2025. Anderson is charged with first-degree intentional homicide, mutilation of a corpse, and arson in the death of Sade Carleena Robinson.
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3 days ago | 
jsonline.com | Jessie Opoien
MADISON – A set of proposals backed by Democratic lawmakers would push back against the Trump administration if it unlawfully withholds federal funds designated for Wisconsin. Here's what to know about the bills:Bills seek to offer recourse against blocked federal fundingSince Republican President Donald Trump began his second term in January, thousands of federal employees have been fired, and states and organizations have seen disruption in millions of dollars in grant funding.
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3 days ago | 
jsonline.com | Vanessa Swales
Milwaukee, get ready to celebrate Independence Day with a slight tech-savvy twist this year. Milwaukee County, in collaboration with the Milwaukee Parks Foundation, plans to use drones instead of fireworks for its long-standing McKinley Beach July 3 celebration.
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3 days ago | 
jsonline.com | Angela Peterson
Angela PetersonMilwaukee County Sheriff detective Timothy Schwan testifies for the state during the trial of the Maxwell Anderson on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, in Milwaukee County Circuit court. Schwan was part of the search team at Anderson's home. Anderson is charged with first-degree intentional homicide, mutilation of a corpse, and arson in the death of Sade Carleena Robinson.
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jsonline.com | Jim Higgins
Actor and humanitarian-activist Gary Sinise will bring his band to Milwaukee to play a benefit concert for Skylight Music Theatre on the Summerfest grounds. Sinise and his Lt. Dan Band will perform at 7 p.m. July 14 at the Aurora Pavilion at Maier Festival Park, the home of Summerfest. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m.Tickets range from $40 to $150 (including VIP perks). They are on sale via smtmke.org/ltdanband or by calling (414) 291-7800.
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3 days ago | 
jsonline.com | JR Radcliffe
The education website Niche released its 2025 Best School Districts for Athletes in America, naming three Wisconsin schools — one from three different metro areas — in its top 25 and three more in the top 50. That included No. 8 Waunakee in the Madison area, No. 11 Kimberly in the Fox Valley and No. 20 Muskego-Norway just outside the Milwaukee metro. The top three on the list were Bedford, New Hampshire; North Allegeny, Pittsburgh; and Glastonbury, Connecticut.
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3 days ago | 
jsonline.com | Jim Higgins
Milwaukee audiences and Wisconsin state park visitors can see dozens of free outdoor Shakespeare performances this summer, thanks to Optimist Theatre, also known as Shakespeare in the Park, and Summit Players Theatre. Both groups stage productions tailored to newbies and younger audiences, with small casts of actors (or puppets) performing shortened versions of the Bard's plays. Both groups also present related educational and entertainment activities with their performances.
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jsonline.com | Chris Foran
Assassins and Wes Anderson should keep you on your, well, toes at the movies this weekend. Here’s what’s new in Milwaukee-area theaters starting June 6, as well as some of the new movies available on streaming and on demand this week. ‘Ballerina’Short version: Ana de Armas plays a dancer who sets out to become a master assassin to get revenge for her father’s death in this violent “John Wick” spinoff, set between the third and fourth movies in the franchise.
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jsonline.com | Chris Foran
The real-life exorcism at the heart of "The Ritual," a new horror thriller opening in movie theaters June 6, has a Wisconsin prologue. The movie recounts a 1928 exorcism in Earling, Iowa. The woman possessed by the devil, Emma Schmidt, and the priest who conducted the exorcism, Father Theophilus Riesinger, had Wisconsin ties. Riesinger, who was born in Bavaria, was ordained at a monastery in Milwaukee. In 1926, he came back to Milwaukee's St. Joseph's Hospital to perform an exorcism on Schmidt.