Four Milwaukee men are facing multiple charges in an apparent drug-related shooting Sunday in the Fort Atkinson Kmart parking lot. 18 year old Detuane D. Smith;19 year old Jeron D. Robinson; 19 year old Cameron R. Lewis and 21 year old Deandre D. Johnson, 21, each was charged with endangering safety by reckless use of a firearm, attempted theft from a person and criminal damage to property. Each faces a maximum of more than 15 years in prison if convicted. In addition, Lewis was charged as a felon in possession of a firearm, adding another 10 years to his maximum possible penalty. All four are slated to appear for a preliminary hearing next Tuesday.

Police arrested an Elkhorn man Tuesday on charges of child enticement and attempted sexual assault. 31 year old Steven Springsteen-Hensel of Elkhorn, was arrested at 2 p.m. as he entered the area of the Phoenix Middle School grounds. The underage victim is not a student at Phoenix, and the activity isn’t related to any other school, either.

Jobs and the economy are a hot topic in the recall race, with Governor Scott Walker touting new data showing that Wisconsin added jobs in 2011 despite previous reports that jobs were lost. That news comes as a new Marquette University Law School poll shows voters believe Walker would do a better job than Democrat Tom Barrett in creating jobs, 48 percent to 41 percent.

More than 90 percent of Wisconsin high school students graduated last school year, with slight increases for most minority groups though they still lagged behind rates for white students. The state Department of Public Instruction reports today that graduation rates in 2011 were 90.5 percent. State Superintendent Tony Evers hailed the latest results as good news for students and the state.

Carlos Lee homered and drove in three runs last night as the Houston Astros beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-3. Astros starter Bud Norris had a season-high nine strikeouts as he picked up his fourth win of the season. Brewers left-hander Randy Wolf took the loss after giving up seven runs in four innings.　

Eric Schmitz pitched a complete game and Matt Beyer singled in the winning run in the tenth as the Whitewater Warhawks defeated Concordia of Chicago 2-1 in the opening round of the NCAA Midwest Regional at Prucha Field. Whitewater will play top seeded Saint Thomas this afternoon at four. The Tommies ralied to defeated Saint Norbert 5-1. In other games yesterday the seventh ssed Aurora upset second seeded LaCrosse 2-1 and sixth seeded Saint Scholastica edged third seeded North Park 8-7.

Four Milwaukee men were expected to face multiple charges related to a shooting Sunday in the Fort Atkinson Kmart parking lot. Fort Atkinson Police Lt. Jeff Davis said the recommended charges include recklessly endangering safety with use of a dangerous weapon and criminal damage to property as parties to the crime. Preliminary reports indicate that several shots were fired Sunday evening. No one was injured, although the door to Kmart was damaged by a stray bullet.

After a legthy discussion and public input last night, the Fort Atkinson council sent the ordinance making impropper use of a phone or any electronice device unlawful to a third reading. Councilman Dick Schultz supports the measure. Councilman John Mielke opposed the measure. Impropper use includes: intent to frighten, intimidate, threaten, abuse, harass, or offend. Police Chief Tony Bruss supports the measure. The Council also approved minor changes to Fire Department job descriptions and discussed arrangements for replacing Chief Tom Emerich who plans to retire.

Tuesday the Jefferson City Council unanimously approved a contract with Highway Light & Landscape, Inc. of Watertown for electrical work related to the installation of street lighting along South Seifert (Si-fert) Avenue near the city's new riverwalk.

If you are a delinquent taxpayer in the City of Whitewater, consider yourself warned. The Whitewater Common Council Tuesday unanimously approved publishing, on the city website, a list of residents who are delinquent on paying their personal property taxes. Finance Director Doug Saubert said that there about 40 individual taxpayers who owe between $200 and $500. He said the city has sent these residents three bills and two overdue notices. The city typically has between $10,000-$12,000 in delinquencies.

The Lake Mills City Council had lengthy discussion last night on three different ordinances including the second reading of an ordinance that would eliminate the residency requirement for part time police officers in the city. The council discussed that all officers should have the same residency requirement. Council President Ed Grunden commented that he thought the requirement should be 15 miles. The Police and Fire Chiefs both commented that there have been no major issues with response time with employees who live farther away. City Attorney Vicky Schmidt commented that the council should get a formal opinion from the Attorney General before making a change to the ordinance.

Governor Scott Walker’s administration released its own figures yesterday showing that Wisconsin gained 23-thousand public-and-private jobs during 2011. Democrat Tom Barrett’s campaign immediately slammed the report. They said the Republican Walker is highlighting normally-obscure data so he can look good to the voters just 20 days before Walker’s recall election. The numbers come from actual employer surveys. And state officials say they’re more accurate than the normal monthly short-term job figures which will come out tomorrow. That report will say Wisconsin lost 34-thousand jobs last year.

High winds and thunderstorms rumbled through southern Wisconsin last night, along with a cold front in which temperatures in Madison plunged by 40-degrees. Winds gusted to 45-miles-an-hour in Mineral Point early last evening. They hit 48-miles-an-hour in Janesville, and 49 in Racine. In the Milwaukee area, 32-hundred We Energies’ customers lost their power in another wave of thunderstorms that went through around nine p-m. Meanwhile, folks in northern Wisconsin will see frost on the ground this morning. Temperatures dropped to the freezing mark in Tomahawk and Eagle River by three a-m – and it was 30 in Land O’Lakes at the Upper Michigan border.

A law firm has charged the University of Wisconsin-Madison about $43,700 to investigate an athletic official who resigned amid a sexual-assault investigation. A former Dane County Circuit judge submitted two reports in which he documented allegations from student employees accusing John Chadima of making inappropriate sexual advances. Chadima resigned in January.

Zack Greinke ran his scoreless streak to 15 innings as the Milwaukee Brewers topped the New York Mets 8-0 last night. Travis Ishikawa homered twice and drove in a career-high five runs for the Brewers. Mets pitcher D.J. Carrasco was ejected in the seventh inning after beaning Milwaukee slugger Ryan Braun.　

Seven Warhawk baseball players were named to the 2012 All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference team, with Jared Fon and Marty Herum sharing position player of the year honors with a La Crosse's Jay Fanta in a rare three-way tie. Herum led UW-W and the WIAC in multiple categories, including hits with 73, runs batted in with 57 and at bats. Fon, who started all 43 games for UW-W, notched a team leading six homers this season. Fon and Herum were joined by teammates Dylan Friend, Ryan Leavitt, Eric Schmitz and Kyle Stewart on the all-conference first team. The Warhawks will open up play in the NCAA Midwest Regional against Concordia of Chicago at 10:00 this morning at Prucha Field.

A burglary suspect arrested in Whitewater last night following a stand-off with several law enforcement agencies. Whitewater Police report officers were talking to a burglary victim about 6:00 last evening regarding a break-in at the victims duplex, in which guns were taken, when they heard noise in the vacant upper apartment. After repeated commands to come out went un-answered, officers took up positions around the residence and the Walworth County Tactical Team was deployed. Walworth County Authorities finally talked the suspect out about 9:00. Charges are pending by the Walworth County District Attorney. Also aiding in the stand-off were the UW-Whitewater Police, The Jefferson County Sheriff's Department, and the Whitewater Rescue Squad.

State election officials say local governments can ban concealed weapons at all polling sites, from city halls to assisted living homes. Government Accountability Board attorney Mike Haas writes in a report that Wisconsin's concealed carry law contains a provision that allows organizers to ban concealed weapons at special events. Haas writes that an election qualifies as a special event.

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett is skeptical about new job-creation numbers for 2011 that Gov. Scott Walker says are being released later this week. Walker yesterday said the new revisions coming less than three weeks before the June 5 recall election would show a brighter picture of the state's job creation efforts.

Wisconsin’s education department says it’s confident that the federal government will give the state flexibility under the No Child Left Behind Act. States are being allowed to seek waivers from parts of the Bush-era education law, if they develop their own systems to make public schools more accountable. But federal officials wrote last week that the state’s application needs more details – and its goals are not ambitious enough to make students improve.

Miguel Batista pitched seven shutout innings last night as the New York Mets beat the Milwaukee Brewers 3-1. Daniel Murphy drove in two runs for the Mets and scored on a suicide squeeze. Corey Hart's RBI single in the ninth provided the Brewers' lone run.

Major League Baseball management has fired Shyam Das, the arbitrator who ruled in favor of Milwaukee Brewers leftfielder Ryan Braun in his appeal of a positive drug test.The dismissal, first reported by The Associated Press, was further evidence that management thought Das erred in his ruling on Braun, whose successful appeal averted a 50-game suspension at the outset of the 2012 season.