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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers are working to expand newborn genetic screening for Wisconsin’s Amish and Old Order Mennonite communities. Wisconsin Public Radio reports that researchers hope to pinpoint the unique genetic disorders affecting the Plain sect communities in Wisconsin. They then plan to create low-cost screening to improve current newborn genetic testing. The project will receive $120,000 over the next three years from the UW-Madison B… Source: WAOW.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

CEDARBURG, Wis. (AP) – A Wisconsin business is hiring former inmates and helping them succeed. WUWM-FM reports all the employees at Harrigan Solutions have served prison time.  Source: WAOW.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

A man with a handgun entered the store wearing blue latex gloves and a bandanna over his face.        Source: GreenBayPressGazette.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

Wausau police arrested a woman Friday in Antigo.        Source: WisconsinRapidsDailyTribune.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

NEENAH, Wis. (WBAY) – Mike Ellis, a man who spent more than forty years of his life dedicated to Wisconsin politics, has passed away. Ellis died Friday morning, a family member tells says Ellis, a Republican, announced in 2014 that he would not seek re-election after 32 years of representing Neenah in the Wisconsin State Senate. He served as President of the State Senate from 2011 until his final days in office in 2015. “Tonette and I are saddened to hear of the pa… Source: WAOW.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]