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When a long-planned infrastructure project in the Czech Republic hit a snag, beavers took the reigns. Beavers have no regard for human laws, so even if they’d known that the construction of a dam in the nation’s Brdy region had stalled due to permitting complications, they wouldn’t have cared. According to Radio Prague International, environmentalists had planned a dam in an area where, years ago, the military had built a drainage system. The new dam was intended to stop the drainage and create a wetland to revitalize the local ecosystem. The project had been in the planning stages for seven...

A Fond du Lac man was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday, Jan. 7 for the 2018 murder of a Beaver Dam man in rural Dodge County. The judge ruled Nigel Schultz, 21, will never be eligible for early release. Schultz entered a plea of no contest to one count of first-degree intentional homicide on Aug. 16. Prosecutors said he killed his friend, Bradlee Gerke, 36, in cold blood -- as part of a pattern of escalating violent behavior. SNIP In the call, Schultz explained to his mom that he shot Gerke to keep him quiet about other crimes he...

<p>Madison - As Gov. Scott Walker contemplates whether to create a state health care exchange under Obamacare, he will have to contend in the coming legislative session with nine lawmakers who have said they back a bill to arrest any federal officials who try to implement the health care law.</p>

Gary Bettman makes it official: 2004-05 NHL season has been cancelled. Damn you.