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Students at Waukesha North High School earned top honors at the Wisconsin State French Pronunciation Contest by winning gold medals (one per category) as judges from across the state evaluated their recordings virtually.
Brookfield woman, her son and attorney have accused a longtime Milwaukee doctor of inseminating her with his own DNA during fertility treatments in the 1980s after a DNA test revealed unexpected half-siblings, and the attorney said he will wait 30-60 days for more victims to come forward before filing suit.
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