Good news for some states in August. While California showed a rise in unemployment to 12.2%, Wisconsin's unemployment rate continued to fall in August. Minnesota's unemployment similarly fell.

After 21 years of killing, a Wisconsin serial killer has finally been arrested by Milwaukee Police. Linking DNA evidence found on the body of his nine victims, police arrested the Wisconsin serial killer Saturday in the Wisconsin suburb of Franklin.

A Wisconsin wife and three of her husband's mistresses kidnapped and Krazy Glued the man's genitals as part of a revenge plot to punish the man for using them for sex and money.

Wisconsin No Call List deadline expires this Sunday as the residents of this state have until Sunday to register in Wisconsin no call list.

Nearly $600 million dollars is available for the state of Wisconsin to save jobs and reform the economy, says Recovery.gov. To be more precise Recovery.gov reports that more than $587 million in recovery money for Wisconsin's State Stabilization Funds.

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Music Director Andreas Delfs and President and Executive Director Mark C. Hanson announced plans today for the MSO’s 2008/09 season – the MSO’s 50th and Music Director Andreas Delfs’ 12th and final season as Music Director. Delfs will become Conductor Laureate following this season, honoring the contributions Delfs has made to the MSO and the City of Milwaukee.

Local Milwaukee rock band The Gufs join the Milwaukee Symphony at the end of June for the U.S. Bank Summer Concert Series. These four free performances take place in Milwaukee County Parks, and are sponsored by U.S. Bank and Target, with additional support provided by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation. The performance dates are as follows:

Guest conductor Jack Everly leads the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra in 1950s: The Golden Age of Black and White June 6, 7 and 8, 2008. You'll be transported back to the fabulous 1950s through the music of Elvis, Doris Day, Nat King Cole, Bobby Darin, and many more. The program will also feature a cappella artists Chapter 6 and soloists Farah Alvin and Sharon Wheatley.

The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra presents "Symphony on the Square", four free outdoor performances in Cathedral Square Park at 12 noon during the month of June with a bonus Arts in Community Education Family Day July 3. Lunch vendors will be on site for each concert, and audience members can participate in raffles and giveaways. The July 3 performance includes children's activities presented by local community partners.

Parents in Wisconsin say don't recite The Pledge Of Allegiance in any language other than English.

Senator Barack Obama scored his ninth straight victory over rival Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential nomination showdown by bagging the Wisconsin primary.

Platypus Theatre's Peter Duschenes joins the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra for Charlotte and the Music-Maker, the second installment of the MSO's Joan Steele Stein Kinderkonzerts series, Sunday, January 27, 2008, at 2 p.m. in Uihlein Hall at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. Charlotte is no ordinary little girl; she plays the trumpet on a cardboard tube, the violin with a ruler, and the drums on anything that bangs.