Wisconsin River drops slowly, easing flooding conditions

River drops slowly, easing Wis. flood conditions

Skywest plane makes emergency landing in Milwaukee due to landing gear problem

SkyWest plane makes emergency landing in Milwaukee

Wis. officials consider buying out homeowners rather than making costly repairs to old levee

Wis. officials say old dike may add to flood risk

Officials say swollen river threatening Wis. town’s levee should recede rapidly

Officials: Swollen Wis. river should drop rapidly

Official: Floodwater hasn’t breached levee Wis. town’s levee but is seeping through

Wis. levee holds, but floodwater seeps through

Officials confident levee will hold after flooding made Wisconsin neighborhood an island

Officials optimistic weakened Wis. levee will hold

Emergency management director says levee weakened by heavy rain holding in Wisconsin

Storm-weakened levee holding in Wisconsin

PORTAGE, Wis. — Emergency authorities say a 14-mile levee system partially breached by floodwaters in southcentral Wisconsin is holding.

Officials confident levee will hold after flooding made Wis. neighborhood an island

Officials to inspect breached levee in Wisconsin

Central Wis. levee weakens; neighborhood becomes virtual island as water covers access road

Wis. neighborhood becomes island as levee weakens

Flood-damaged levee holds, some residents of Wisconsin River town evacuate

Flood-damaged levee holds in central Wisconsin

Officials: Part of levee fails near Wis. park; access road into area closes

Officials say levee fails near Wis. park

PORTAGE, Wis. — A levee along the Wisconsin River failed Sunday, flooding the access road leading to a park area and cutting off any residents who did not heed daylong warnings to evacuate.

Officials: Part of levee near Blackhawk Park is failing; access road into area is closing

Officials say levee failing near Wis. park

Flooding eases in parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin but fight continues in some communities

Flood fight continues in parts of Minn., Wis.

Dry day gives Upper Midwest flood fighters a break, but trouble has not passed

Dry day gives flood fighters break in Minn., Wis.

Flooding threatens cities in Wisconsin and Minnesota, forcing evacuation of dozens more homes

Flooding forces more home evacuations in Minn.

More flooding could be on the way for parts of the already soaked upper Midwest

More flooding could be on the way for Wis., Minn.

Storm pounds upper Midwest, causing flooding that forces evacuation of Wis. city’s downtown

Flooding forces Wis. city to evacuate downtown

Flooding forces mass-evacuation of homes in small Wisconsin city; schools, businesses closed

Flooding forces mass-evacuation of Wis. city homes

Rain-swollen river floods small Wisconsin city, forcing evacution of downtown homes

Flooding forces evacuations in small Wis. city

AP Enterprise: Years after floods, frustrated homeowners still wait for FEMA-funded buyouts

Years after floods, homeowners await FEMA buyouts

Years after floods, frustrated homeowners still waiting for FEMA to buy them out

Years after floods, homeowners still wait for FEMA

Freight train derails in northwestern Wisconsin, 31 cars off the track; no injuries reported

Freight train derails in Wisconsin; no injuries

EPA: Crews closing in on source of Ill. oil leak that’s closed pipeline and boosted gas prices

EPA: Crews closing in on source of Ill. oil leak

EPA says flow of oil slowing from leaking pipeline outside Chicago, no estimate on spill size

EPA: Ill. oil pipeline leak slowing, size unclear

NTSB blames pilot error, missing equipment for 2008 Med Flight crash that killed 3 in Wis.

NTSB faults pilot, missing equipment in Wis. crash

40 years after bombing at UW-Madison, last of Vietnam protest fugitives remains ‘a ghost’

40 years later, Wis. bomber is a ‘ghost’

MADISON, Wis. — University of Wisconsin student Leo Burt approached his former journalism instructor at the student union one day in August 1970.

USDA forecasts 6 percent increase in cranberry production for 2010

Cranberry production expected to rise 6 percent

NASCAR owner Jack Roush out of Minn. hospital, 2 weeks after being injured in Wis. plane crash

NASCAR’s Roush out of hospital after plane crash

Plexus says fire broke out in unoccupied Romania facility, operations suspended until Thursday

Plexus confirms fire in Romania factory

NEENAH, Wis. — Electronic manufacturing services company Plexus Corp. said a fire broke out in one of its two factories in Oradea, Romania.

Company at center of million-gallon oil leak into Mich. river has history of pipeline problems

Past problems for company at heart of oil spill

Company whose pipeline leaked oil into Mich. river was warned about its corrosion monitoring

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Company, authorities work to keep oil spill EPA says could be 1M gallons out of Lake Michigan

Crews work to keep oil spill from Lake Michigan

NASCAR team owner Roush moved to Mayo Clinic following Wisconsin plane crash

Roush transferred to Mayo Clinic

ROCHESTER, Minn. — NASCAR team owner Jack Roush has been transferred to the Mayo Clinic following surgery on facial injuries he sustained in a plane crash in Wisconsin.

EPA says 1 million gallons of oil may have spilled in Mich. river, governor criticizes cleanup

Michigan governor: Resources brought by pipeline company, EPA to fight oil spill ‘inadequate’

Government, oil company officials vow not to let Gulf spill overshadow large Mich. river spill

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NASCAR team owner Roush remains hospitalized after walking away from Wisconsin plane crash

Roush still hospitalized, stable after plane crash

NASCAR team owner Roush injured in Wisconsin plane crash, but walks away

NASCAR’s Roush injured in Wisconsin plane crash

NASCAR team owner Roush OK after plane crash in Wisconsin, team executive tells AP

NASCAR’s Roush OK after plane crash

MILWAUKEE — NASCAR team owner Jack Roush is OK after he was involved in a plane crash in Wisconsin, Roush Fenway Racing president Geoff Smith tells The Associated Press.

Flights resume at Milwaukee airport after powerful storms bring flooding, tornadoes to Wis.

Flights resume at Milwaukee airport after storms

Powerful storms bring heavy rain, tornadoes, giant sink hole to Wis.; flooding closes airport

Flooding closes airport, opens sink hole in Wis.

Powerful storms bring heavy rain, tornadoes to Wis., flooding closes airport, blocks roads

Flooding shuts down airport, closes roads in Wis.

Plane crash in Colorado park leaves Wisconsin man, daughter with minor injuries

2 injured when small plane crashes in Colo. park

Wis. investigators: Won’t rush investigation after teen killed by falling 30-ft concrete slab

Sheriff: Wis. garage-death inquiry will take time

Concrete slab collapses at Milwaukee lakefront parking garage, killing 1, injuring 2 others

1 killed, 2 injured in Milwaukee concrete collapse

L.R. Doty, ship that sank in Lake Michigan 112 years ago, found largely intact near Milwaukee

Lake Michigan shipwreck found after 112 years

Smoky odor prompts evacuation of Milwaukee to Kansas City flight after it lands at KC airport

Smoky odor prompts plane evacuation at KC airport

Carl Edwards grabs lead with 9 laps to go, holds on to win Nationwide race at Road America

Edwards wins Nationwide race at Road America

Delfino scores 22, hits 6 3-pointers as Bucks shock Hawks 111-104 to draw even in series

Bucks shock Hawks 111-104 to draw even in series

Hawks’ team bus involved in accident after shootaround, team reports no injuries

Hawks’ team bus in accident, no injuries reported