Body of 14-year-old boy found in vehicle
GERMANTOWN, Wis. -- The body of a 14-year-old boy was found in a vehicle in the parking lot of a suburban Milwaukee Walmart.
Police say the boy's 37-year-old stepfather is being held on suspicion of murdering Cody Reetz, an eighth-grader at John Long Middle School in Grafton.
Germantown Police Chief Peter Hoell says the stepfather went to the Washington County Sheriff's Department Sunday night and surrendered. The sheriff's department contacted Germantown police, who located the boy's body.
Police haven't said how the boy died.
Power broker dropped from Blagojevich trial
CHICAGO -- A federal judge whittled down the list of defendants for Rod Blagojevich's corruption trial, dropping Springfield power broker William Cellini and leaving only the former governor and his brother.
And Michael Ettinger -- an attorney for Blagojevich's brother -- said Monday he will ask the judge within weeks to severe his client from the trial as well.
Judge James Zagel didn't drop charges against Cellini. Prosecutors are still free to bring him to trial after they finish with Blagojevich.
Meanwhile, Zagel says he's hoping to keep the June 3 trial date but left the door open for a brief delay requested by Blagojevich's lawyers.
Suspended talk-show host returns to air
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- A Green Bay conservative talk-show host suspended for two weeks for salacious comments about the state's lieutenant governor is back on the air.
Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton suddenly dropped out of the race for the Democratic nomination for governor Oct. 26, citing "very personal reasons."
Bader speculated on the reason Lawton dropped out and later retracted his comments. Lawton wanted the station to take stronger action than a suspension.
Town ends opposition to O'Hare expansion
CHICAGO -- A David-and-Goliath battle pitting a small suburb against the city of Chicago is officially over.
The village of Bensenville says it's dropping its legal challenges to Chicago's $15 billion expansion of O'Hare International Airport. That clears a major obstacle that stood in the way of completing a project meant to end congestion at one of the world's busiest airports.
Bensenville earlier this year elected a new mayor who expressed a willingness to cooperate with Chicago on the project. Frank Soto's predecessor, John Geils, fiercely opposed Chicago's plans to bulldoze hundreds of Bensenville homes to make way for a new O'Hare runway.
Soto said O'Hare will pay Bensenville $16 million as part of a settlement to end the litigation.
Wis. AG: Secrecy law doesn't apply to DAs
MADISON, Wis. -- Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen says a law that prevents Wisconsin's government watchdog agency from discussing investigations does not extend to district attorneys.
In an opinion released Monday, Van Hollen said local prosecutors and law enforcement agencies are not bound by secrecy in investigations involving potential elections, ethics and lobbying law violations.
Van Hollen said the secrecy law only applies to staff members of the Government Accountability Board, which was created by lawmakers two years ago to investigate corruption.
The law says GAB employees who release information about ongoing investigations could be prosecuted and punished by up to 9 months in jail and a $10,000 fine.
