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Kenosha---Police are investigating the death of a two-year-old. Police and fire were called to a home in the 2300 blk. of Lincoln Rd. Wednesday evening just before 7. According to a news release, lifesaving efforts were unsuccessful and the medical examiner was called. No other information was released.
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New Berlin---Someone who bought a ticket at a Speedway station in the Milwaukee suburb of New Berlin won Wednesday's $768 million Powerball jackpot, the 3rd largest pot in U.S. history. For selling the ticket, Speedway picks up $100,000, while state taxpayers will see a $38 million windfall if the winner takes the cash option.
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Kenosha---A passenger on a fishing boat fell into the water in Kenosha's Small Boat Harbor Thursday evening. Fire Dept. Battalion Chief Ken Schroeder said the man, wearing heavy clothes, was able to hang on to the side of the boat and wait for firefighters to arrive. He was taken to the hospital for treatment of hypothermia. Schroeder said the incident occurred in deep water at the harbor's boat-launching facility.
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Burlington---An arrest warrant has been issued for a former employee of a Burlington grocery store who allegedly stole over $50,000 over a nearly two-year period. 47-year-old Jamie Szarfinski was a front-end manager at Gooseberries and reportedly was able to camouflage the thefts by faking merchandise returns. According to online records, Szarfinski failed to make her first court appearance Thursday. Late last year, when the thefts were uncovered, Szarfinski told an investigator that she knew stealing was wrong but couldn't stop.
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