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Meet the men who power the Tony Award-winning 'War Horse' (video)

• 4:37 PM

Acuity donates $100K to local anti-heroin effort (story, video)

Prompted by the Gannett Wisconsin Media I-Team's Deadly Doses special report that chronicled the increasing scourge of heroin addiction statewide and in Sheboygan, Acuity has announced it will contribute $100,000 to support efforts in the Sheboygan County

• 6:10 PM

Monte Alverno searches for new sponsorship to continue helping to silence the mind (story, photos, video)

Mary Kay Elsner has a hard time hearing God's message through the noise of work expectations, family responsibilities and constant Internet communications.

• 5:50 PM

Republicans negotiate changes to Wisconsin budget

Republicans privately negotiated a series of last-minute changes to the Wisconsin budget Tuesday designed to smooth its passage, including removing a cap on a popular tax credit program for disabled veterans and delaying the loosening of requirements for

• 6:21 PM

Jurors hear graphic testimony in second day of Sheboygan murder trial (story, video)

Day two of Nathan Paape's murder trial got underway Tuesday morning in Sheboygan County Circuit Court, with juror's hearing graphic testimony about the brutal murder of Barbara Olson, allegedly at the hands of Paape and his friend, Antonio Barbeau.

• 4:27 PM

Door County murder suspect: I 'snapped' and strangled pregnant ex-girlfriend (story, video)

During the second day of a homicide trial for a Plainfield, Ill., man accused of strangling a pregnant woman at a Nasewaupee resort, the jury watched the video of his initial interview with Door County investigators after his arrest.

• 3:03 PM

Report faults UW-System education schools

A review of the nation's teacher-training programs suggests that many University of Wisconsin System education schools are of middling quality.

• 6:40 PM

Man sentenced in Antigo drug ring

Fallout from a drug scandal that swept across northern Wisconsin continued Tuesday as a man accused of supplying marijuana to a former elementary school principal and several other educators was sentenced to six months in jail.

• 6:34 PM

Catholic religious order opens abuse files

A Roman Catholic religious order based in the Midwest is releasing an unusually candid report admitting it failed victims of clergy sex abuse.

• 2:40 PM