MADISON, Wis. — A statue torn down by protesters in the summer of 2020 was rededicated over the weekend almost 100 years after the statue was first gifted to state leaders. During Sunday’s rededication ceremony Col. Hans Christian Heg’s descendants and people he inspired gathered outside of the Wisconsin State Capitol to honor the state’s highest-ranking soldier to die in...
MADISON, Wis. — Memorial Day, like many federal holidays, often comes with countless deals and offers for military service members, but not all of them are as legitimate as they may initially seem, according to the Better Business Bureau. BBB experts said scammers often use this time of year to take advantage of victims while appealing to their sense of...
SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. — As people throughout Dane County gathered this weekend to remember those who sacrificed everything for this country, one local family spent time honoring a long-lost relative who they found out actually served in America’s deadliest war. After more than a decade of digging, the Mautz family’s search for connections to the past came to a close...
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President Joe Biden grieved with the shattered community of Uvalde on Sunday. He mourned privately for three hours with anguished families left behind when a gunman killed 19 schoolchildren and two teachers. The president was met with chants of "do something" as he departed a church service and responded, "we will." Biden and his wife, Jill, visited a memorial to those who were slain at Robb Elementary School and attended Mass at a Catholic church. Biden met privately with first responders before flying back to his home in Delaware.
Russian and Ukrainian troops are trading blows in fierce close-quarter combat in an eastern Ukraine city. Local officials reported Russian forces "storming" the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk on Sunday, a situation that the Ukrainian president described as "indescribably difficult." Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says 90% of the buildings in Sievierodonetsk have been damaged. The city has emerged as an epicenter of Russia's quest to conquer Ukraine's industrial Donbas region. Russia also stepped up efforts to take nearby Lysychansk, where constant shelling was reported. Zelenskyy himself made a rare frontline visit to soldiers in Kharkiv. He declared "I feel boundless pride in our defenders. Every day, risking their lives, they fight for Ukraine's freedom."
Authorities say a 26-year-old man has been taken into custody after one person was killed and seven people were injured in a shooting at an outdoor festival in eastern Oklahoma. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said that an arrest warrant was issued for Skyler Buckner and he turned himself in on Sunday afternoon. OSBI said those shot early Sunday at the Memorial Day event in Taft, located about 45 miles (72 kilometers) southeast of Tulsa, ranged in age from 9 to 56. OSBI said a 39-year-old woman was killed. The agency says the injuries of those wounded were considered non-life-threatening.
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