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  • Final Four bound?
  • Brad Evans of Yahoo Sports is singing Wisconsin's praises in his latest Bracket Big Board , saying a Final Four run for the Badgers "isn't some outrageous big fish story." Evans points to Wisconsin's adjusted defensive efficiency (fifth in the nation ...
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  • 2/8/2010 8:54:45 PM
  • Civic group wants Milwaukee region to produce more college graduates
  • Those numbers, tabulated by the CEOs for Cities urban policy group, are helping fuel the latest economic development initiative around Milwaukee: increasing the ranks of knowledge workers and the creative class who are believed to drive innovation ...
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  • 2/8/2010 8:18:58 PM
  • Growing Power founder on hand to help launch childhood obesity ...
  • The Growing Power founder and CEO is to be one of three featured speakers helping Obama officially launch a national initiative to fight childhood obesity. Allen will join Judith Palfrey, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and Willis ...
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  • 2/8/2010 7:36:01 PM
  • A good January for small business lending
  • January typically is a slow month for U.S. Small Business Administration loans, Eric Ness, the agency's director for Wisconsin, said Monday. But despite the continued economic sluggishness, a package of government incentives designed to stimulate ...
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  • 2/8/2010 4:22:44 PM
  • Zoo Interchange work canceled due to snow forecast
  • The derailment occurred just after 12:30 p.m. in the town of Pleasant Prairie. Twenty of the cars were empty, two were carrying wheat, one was carrying plywood and one was carrying potting soil, Union Pacific spokesman Mark Davis said. The train had ...
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  • 2/8/2010 3:32:38 PM
  • No one hurt in train car derailment
  • The application must be approved by the governors of Wisconsin and each ... the lake's commercial and recreational fishing industries by disrupting the lake's food chain. Water tests for Asian carp DNA reveal the fish have breached an electric ...
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  • 2/8/2010 3:25:28 PM
  • Public can comment on Waukesha water plan
  • The Waukesha City Council likely will be asked in March or April to approve submitting an application to the DNR, Mayor Larry Nelson has said. A draft application released last month says the city would buy up to 18.5 million gallons a day of Lake ...
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  • 2/8/2010 3:18:19 PM
  • Super Bowl sets ratings record
  • The Nielsen Co. estimated Monday that 106.5 million people watched the New Orleans Saints defeat the Indianapolis Colts, 31-17. That beats the M*A*S*H finale in 1983, which had 105.97 million viewers. The overnight rating for Super Bowl XLIV between ...
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  • 2/8/2010 3:18:19 PM
  • Infant sharing bed with mother dies
  • The infant, Keilysha M. Ruiz, was pronounced dead about 12:30 p.m. inside the home in the 1800 block of W. Rogers St. According to the report: The child's mother, Keila M. Torres, told investigators the infant seemed healthy before going to sleep ...
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  • 2/8/2010 3:18:19 PM
  • Will Allen heading to White House to help First Lady launch obesity ...
  • The Growing Power founder and CEO is to be one of three featured speakers helping Michelle Obama officially launch a national initiative to fight childhood obesity at 10:30 a.m. CST, Tuesday. Allen is scheduled to speak just before the First Lady. He ...
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  • 2/8/2010 2:13:53 PM
  • Parents of 1-year-old deny abuse charges
  • Feb. 8, 2010 4:00 p.m. | The parents of a toddler whom officials found to have nine to 11 broken bones 14 days after a Family Court judge removed the boy and his twin from a protective order pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that the father abused ...
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  • 2/8/2010 2:06:44 PM
  • Southwest offers ticket exchange in advance of storm
  • Southwest is the first airline to announce the free ticket exchange for Milwaukee's Mitchell International Airport in advance of the storm. The major airlines that fly through Mitchell usually allow passengers to change flights for free as heavy ...
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  • 2/8/2010 1:59:34 PM
  • Ex-Butler officer to appear on drug charge
  • Marlin Schneider, D-Wisconsin Rapids, wants to restrict the popular service, known as CCAP, to only records of people who have been convicted of crimes, not those that are only pending or have been dismissed or ended in acquittals.. He said he sought ...
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  • 2/8/2010 1:45:15 PM
  • Ramp in Marquette Interchange reopens
  • Feb. 8, 2010 2:38 p.m. | The Social Development Commission is holding a public hearing on Tuesday on pending legislation regulating payday lending in Wisconsin. The hearing will take place from 4:30 to 8 p.m. at the Washington Park Senior Center ...
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  • 2/8/2010 1:23:47 PM
  • Public hearing planned on payday lending legislation
  • Feb. 8, 2010 2:38 p.m. | The Social Development Commission is holding a public hearing on Tuesday on pending legislation regulating payday lending in Wisconsin. The hearing will take place from 4:30 to 8 p.m. at the Washington Park Senior Center ...
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  • 2/8/2010 12:47:59 PM
  • Feds to spend $78.5M to fight Asian carp in Great Lakes
  • WASHINGTON — The Obama administration says it will spend $78.5 million to halt the giant Asian carp, which officials fear could spread and possibly endanger the Great Lakes region’s $7 billion fishing industry. ♦ Sign up for news, weather ...
  • Green Bay Press-Gazette
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  • 2/8/2010 12:47:59 PM
  • Super Bowl was most-watched TV program ever
  • The overnight rating for Super Bowl XLIV between New Orleans and Indianapolis Sunday in the ... Asian carp threaten to upend Lake Michigan's ecosystem and damage the lake's commercial and recreational fishing industries by disrupting the lake's food ...
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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  • 2/8/2010 11:36:24 AM
  • Milwaukee area could see as much as 16 inches of snow
  • A steady snowfall will begin after 10 p.m. tonight throughout the Milwaukee metro area, dropping 10-14 inches by late Tuesday night, said Steve Hentz, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in Sullivan. Brian Gotter at TMJ4 has just ...
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  • 2/8/2010 11:29:15 AM
  • Crash closes ramp in Marquette Interchange
  • The crash involves a semitrailer truck and two cars. No injuries have been reported. Traffic is still flowing from eastbound I-94 to eastbound I-794 and southbound I-94/43. The ramp is expected to be closed for about an hour. Updated: Feb. 8, 2010 1 ...
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  • 2/8/2010 11:14:56 AM
  • Poll position: UW up to No. 11 in AP poll, No. 13 in ESPN/USA Today ...
  • Feb. 8, 2010 12:25 p.m. | Madison - Bolstered by two Big Ten Conference victories last week, Wisconsin (18-5, 8-3) moved up to No. 11 in The Associated Press top 25 poll and up to No. 13 in the ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll on Monday. The Badgers ...
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  • 2/8/2010 10:31:59 AM
  • CCAP critic admits overstating complaints
  • Rep. Marlin Schneider, D-Wisconsin Rapids, wants to restrict the popular service, known as CCAP, to only records of people who have been convicted of crimes, not those that are only pending or have been dismissed or ended in acquittals.. He said he ...
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  • 2/8/2010 10:17:40 AM
  • Schreiber to lead effort to push transit sales tax
  • The authority approved an $18,000 contract for Schreiber, the former acting governor, and his lobbying firm through April. At the same time, senior business leaders like Ed Zore, chief executive officer of Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., and ...
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  • 2/8/2010 10:03:21 AM
  • Selig to get statue at Miller Park
  • Selig’s statue will join those of Hank Aaron and Robin Yount, which were unveiled on April 5, 2001, the first year of Miller Park’s existence. The first two statues were donated by the Allan H. (Bud) Selig Foundation. The ceremony to unveil the ...
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  • 2/8/2010 9:41:52 AM
  • Super Bowl rating in Milwaukee was 45.4
  • Feb. 8, 2010 10:58 a.m. | In the wake of unexpectedly weak unemployment reports for metro Milwaukee and Wisconsin, Gov. Jim Doyle's cabinet secretary for workforce development was added as a speaker at the annual meeting on Monday of the Greater ...
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  • 2/8/2010 9:34:43 AM
  • Brookfield woman dies in Minnesota crash
  • Jessica Lin was westbound on Interstate 90 near Winona when she rolled over through the median and her vehicle came to rest in the eastbound lanes of the interstate about 5 a.m. Saturday, the state patrol said. Her Honda Accord then was struck by an ...
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  • 2/8/2010 9:34:43 AM
  • Routes reviewed for Wisconsin high speed rail
  • Transportation officials in Wisconsin and Minnesota are considering over a dozen possible routes for high speed rail service from Madison to the Twin Cities. Daniel Krom of the Minnesota Department of Transportation said he met with Wisconsin ...
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  • 2/8/2010 9:13:14 AM
  • Doyle, others at White House meeting on Asian carp
  • Nancy Sutley, head of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, is scheduled to host Govs. Jennifer Granholm of Michigan, Pat Quinn of Illinois and Jim Doyle of Wisconsin. The large, voracious carp have infested Chicago-area waterways, and ...
  • Eau Claire Leader-Telegram
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  • 2/8/2010 6:28:36 AM
  • 3 Midwestern governors take Asian carp fight to Washington
  • Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle and two other Midwestern governors will meet today with President Barack Obama’s chief science adviser in Washington to discuss strategy for preventing Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes. ♦ Sign up for news, weather ...
  • Green Bay Press-Gazette
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  • 2/8/2010 5:45:39 AM
  • Editorial: Asian carp represents ecological disaster for Great Lakes
  • As Midwestern governors prepare an "Asian carp summit" today at the White House, Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox continues to sound the alarm. His voice must be heeded to avert what could be an ecological disaster across the world's largest ...
  • Green Bay Press-Gazette
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  • 2/8/2010 5:17:01 AM
  • Firstwatch; Boy Scouts, carp and snow
  • Congratulations to the New Orleans Saints for winning the first Super Bowl in the franchise's history . For those out on Bourbon Street, we know you've been up all night, but it's bed time. OK, you can stay up for a couple of more hours. By the way ...
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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  • 2/8/2010 3:43:58 AM
  • Editorial: Potential ecological disaster awaits lakes
  • As Midwestern governors prepare an "Asian carp summit" today at the White House, Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox continues to sound the alarm. His voice must be heeded to avert what could be an ecological disaster across the world's largest ...
  • Green Bay Press-Gazette
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  • 2/8/2010 2:32:23 AM
  • Stories of the sturgeon
  • It’s the wee hours of the morning in the deep freeze of winter, but the lack of light and warmth doesn’t faze the fishermen holed up in the tiny ice-fishing shanties on Lake Winnebago. Within, all eyes stare mesmerized at a hole barely lit from ...
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  • 2/8/2010 12:09:13 AM
  • Carp talks may miss bigger lake challenge
  • Special Section : This series will periodically examine challenges facing the Great Lakes in what experts forecast will be the century of water. The focus of Monday's White House Asian carp summit is to stop the giant, ecosystem-ravaging fish from ...
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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  • 2/7/2010 9:31:44 PM
  • Hometown History: Indian trails once numerous in the region
  • Prior to European settlement, the Coulee Region contained a large number of Indian trails which linked Indian villages in the area to major waterways, hunting and fishing grounds and other Indian villages. With “Prairie La Crosse” once serving as ...
  • La Crosse Tribune
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  • 2/7/2010 9:31:44 PM
  • Chryst gets his man again at quarterback
  • The last three quarterbacks signed by the University of Wisconsin football team don't appear to have much in common, especially ... Who I liked, but he liked ice fishing a little too much," Chryst said. Stallons left the program last March after ...
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  • 2/7/2010 4:59:43 PM
  • Wisconsin anglers find good ice, but inconsistent fishing
  • Wisconsin anglers don't let ice come between them and their fish. Ice fishing makes up nearly a fourth of the annual catch in Wisconsin, according to the state Department of Natural Resources. Ice conditions continue to be very good on most lakes ...
  • Green Bay Press-Gazette
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  • 2/7/2010 1:03:30 PM
  • DNR coming up with contingency plan for Asian carp
  • MADISON - While the governor is in Washington, D.C., for a summit on the Asian carp, local Wisconsin officials are working up a plan if the predator fish arrives here. Asian carp can drive out local species by eating all the food in the water. The ...
  • Pierce County Herald
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  • 2/7/2010 9:57:23 AM
  • Wis. DNR wants musky management ideas
  • State fishing officials need ideas on how to better manage the spotted musky population in the bay of Green Bay. The Department of Natural Resources says pollution, habitat destruction and overfishing eliminated the spotted muskellunge from the Fox ...
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  • 2/7/2010 8:45:48 AM
  • Fishermen find good ice conditions, inconsistent results
  • Wisconsin anglers don't let ice come between them and their fish. Ice fishing makes up nearly a fourth of the annual catch in Wisconsin, according to the state Department of Natural Resources. Ice conditions continue to be very good on most lakes ...
  • Green Bay Press-Gazette
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  • 2/7/2010 7:41:22 AM
  • feds shut out local companies from $12.5M in stimulus projects
  • Local contractors have been excluded from bidding on millions of dollars in government construction projects funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Under pre-existing multiple award contract arrangements, three out-of-state contractors ...
  • La Crosse Tribune
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  • 2/7/2010 7:27:03 AM
  • Aiming for new members
  • The members of the Wisconsin Sportsman's Association warmed up inside ... years later, the club has 57 acres a few miles east of Union Grove with trap and skeet shooting ranges, a fishing pond and an archery course. Saturdays like this one are a ...
  • Journal Times
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  • 2/6/2010 9:47:14 PM
  • Surf's up! Marshfield wins oceanography quiz bowl
  • ... variety of questions peppered at them by scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Great Lakes Water Institute and the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant program. What species of fish was being sought by the main character in Ernest ...
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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  • 2/6/2010 8:42:48 PM
  • 'Til last light on last day
  • Grafton — Dusk had settled on the cedar grove. With no wind and a single-digit temperature, the fading blue light was the only thing that moved. I did my best to blend in. But after two hours of sitting in a tree stand, physical needs started to ...
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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  • 2/6/2010 6:26:48 PM
  • Energy Bar
  • ... fishing techniques on the ice. The clinics will be offered at Humboldt Park, McCarty Park, McGovern Park, Scout Lake Park and Wilson Park. No preregistration is required. Info at (414) 257-7275. 3. Experience the past hands-on at the Wisconsin ...
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  • 2/6/2010 1:16:00 AM
  • South Milwaukee water main emergency could last through the weekend
  • South Milwaukee — The freezing and thawing that break multitudes of water mains throughout Wisconsin each winter - usually without much ... But he admitted that he'd be having his Friday fish fry somewhere outside South Milwaukee, just to be safe.
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  • 2/5/2010 10:31:22 PM
  • Married pastors follow call to lead separate ministries in La Crosse
  • Laura already has discovered The Root Note coffee shop and got her library card. "Everybody has been so incredibly friendly," Bill said. When he gets a chance, he wants to do some fishing, and church members have promised to show him where the ...
  • La Crosse Tribune
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  • 2/5/2010 10:17:03 PM
  • South Milwaukee water main emergency could last through weekend
  • South Milwaukee — The freezing and thawing that break multitudes of water mains throughout Wisconsin each winter - usually without much ... But he admitted that he'd be having his Friday fish fry somewhere outside South Milwaukee, just to be safe.
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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  • 2/5/2010 8:44:00 PM
  • Former police lieutenant sentenced
  • Keith M. Eccher, 46, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor possession of cocaine and obstructing police. He faced a maximum of one year and nine months in jail. Deputy District Attorney Kent Lovern recommended the sentence, which was imposed by Judge Dominic ...
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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  • 2/5/2010 4:11:59 PM
  • Milwaukee man accused of killing his cousin
  • Brian A. Patterson is charged with first-degree intentional homicide, use of a dangerous weapon, in connection with the killing of Milwaukee resident Joseph D. McGowan. According to the complaint: McGowan and his girlfriend were driven to Patterson's ...
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  • 2/5/2010 3:29:02 PM
  • WellPoint to cut 111 jobs in Green Bay
  • Being combined with those plants are eight Citation foundries, including two in Wisconsin at Berlin and Browntown, and machine ... Besides the Bradley Center, UFC also has designs on the Green Bay and Madison markets, he said. Until now, he said, the ...
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  • 2/5/2010 3:21:52 PM
  • Homicide charge filed in fatal snowmobile wreck
  • Wayne A. Barkley is charged with homicide by vehicle-use of a controlled substance, according to the criminal complaint filed against him in Waukesha County Circuit Court. Online court records indicate that a warrant has been issued for his arrest ...
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  • 2/5/2010 3:21:52 PM
  • Falls cancels high school dance in wake of 'grinding' controversy
  • That boycott may have worked, as school officials have canceled the dance, which had been slated for next weekend. The decision came after just 10 kids signed up for the dance. Feb. 5, 2010 4:44 p.m. | Grede Foundries Inc. will emerge from bankruptcy ...
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  • 2/5/2010 3:14:43 PM
  • Grede Foundries to become part of larger Michigan-based firm
  • McHugh said Jalovec had other business ventures as well as family members in Wisconsin, and that he was planning to see her husband in a few weeks ... City water should not be used for making ice, brushing teeth, cooking, doing laundry or bathing ...
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  • 2/5/2010 2:53:14 PM
  • Ex-Franklin businessman killed in Haiti copter crash
  • Haitian authorities said James Jalovec, who now lives in Naples, Fla., was one of the men who died in a fiery crash close to the town of Restauración, according to reports from several Dominican Republic news sites. Authorities identified Jalovec's ...
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  • 2/5/2010 2:38:55 PM
  • Moore to Evers: Stop the process to withhold millions from MPS
  • Feb. 5, 2010 3:05 p.m. | U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, a Milwaukee Democrat, issued a letter to Wisconsin's schools chief today, asking him to halt the process of withholding up to $175 million in federal funding from Milwaukee Public Schools for the ...
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  • 2/5/2010 2:24:36 PM
  • Rep. Ryan warns of fiscal meltdown
  • In a meeting with the Journal Sentinel editorial board, editors and reporters, the Wisconsin Republican said Friday that the country and Congress know there is a debt crisis and need to act now before the damage is irreparable. "The government needs ...
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  • 2/5/2010 1:20:11 PM
  • Jury convicts man in fatal Riverwest robbery
  • Jackson's own words haunted him during the trial. In his closing arguments to jurors Friday, Assistant District Attorney Mark Williams quoted liberally from recorded statements Jackson, 18, made to detectives in Mississippi, where they had found him ...
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  • 2/5/2010 1:20:11 PM
  • Waukesha fraud suspect sent officers 'chasing our tails'
  • Feb. 5, 2010 3:14 p.m. | Waukesha - The former Waukesha County account clerk accused of stealing more than $300,000 donated by seniors for meals at nutrition sites evaded arrest for two days this week after telling a detective the person he was ...
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  • 2/5/2010 1:20:11 PM
  • UW gets $9.7 million to study heart attacks
  • Feb. 5, 2010 2:28 p.m. | University of Wisconsin-Madison has received a $9.7 million grant to study sudden cardiac arrests. The five-year grant from the National Heart, Blood and Lung Institute will allow researchers from different disciplines to ...
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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  • 2/5/2010 12:44:23 PM
  • Look for an MMA event near you this year
  • That sport has become hugely popular across the country. And now with the proper regulation, it appears to be just a matter of time before the stars head to Wisconsin for some high-profile bouts. Marc Ratner, vice president of regulatory affairs for ...
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  • 2/5/2010 12:01:26 PM
  • Fatal Riverwest robbery case goes to jury
  • In his closing argument to jurors, Assistant District Attorney Mark Williams quoted liberally from recorded statements Jackson, 18, made to detectives in Mississippi, where they had found him in September, weeks after Nathan Potter's death on July 6 ...
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  • 2/5/2010 11:25:39 AM
  • 2 ordered to stand trial in Oconomowoc murder-for-hire case
  • Wold, Johnson and Justin P. Welch are accused of participating in an alleged murder-for-hire plot to kill Smith, who was in a bitter custody dispute with Wold over their 4-year-old son, according to criminal complaints. During four days of a ...
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  • 2/5/2010 10:57:01 AM
  • It may be days before South Milwaukee water is safe
  • Officials warned residents that they shouldn't use tap water because it could be contaminated. Boiling the water won't make it safe, officials said in a news release. City water should not be used for making ice, brushing teeth, cooking, doing ...
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  • 2/5/2010 10:35:32 AM
  • Crime boss Lock gets 13 years for mortgage fraud
  • U.S. District Judge J.P. Stadtmueller also ordered Lock and his co-defendants to pay $1.5 million in restitution for the losses due to the fraud. Lock was convicted by a jury in December 2008, but the sentencing was held up as Stadtmueller demanded ...
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  • 2/5/2010 10:06:54 AM
  • Small fire at We Energies plant in Pleasant Prairie
  • The fire started about 9:30 a.m., We Energies spokesman Brian Manthey said. The Pleasant Prairie Fire Department was called to the plant's site, but a fire suppression system had extinguished the blaze before firefighters got there, Manthey said. The ...
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  • 2/5/2010 9:59:45 AM
  • Police question son's story after he's shot by mom
  • Police are trying to determine if the man was actually trying to rob his 37-year-old mother, Sgt. Mark Stanmeyer said. The man said he pretended to rob his mother behind their house in the 3700 block of N. 13th St. as she returned from shopping about ...
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  • 2/5/2010 9:52:35 AM
  • Comic George Lopez to play Riverside Theater March 18
  • Feb. 5, 2010 11:22 a.m. | Stand-up comic turned actor turned talk-show host George Lopez goes back to the beginning March 18, with an 8 p.m. stand-up concert at the Riverside Theater, 116 E. Wisconsin Ave. Tickets, at $49.50 and $59.50, go on sale at ...
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  • 2/5/2010 9:31:07 AM
  • Johnson Outdoors narrows its loss
  • The Racine company said its loss narrowed to $4.24 million, or 45 cents a share, from $6.9 million, or 75 cents, in the prior year quarter. Sales for the three months ended Jan. 1 rose 1%, to $70.5 million from $69.8 million. Helen Johnson-Leipold ...
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  • 2/5/2010 9:31:07 AM
  • Ex-swim coach sentenced to 20 years on sex abuse charge
  • Acker, 62, of Waukesha, was arrested in March while coaching youth swimmers at Frank Lloyd Wright Middle School in West Allis, where he was about to give a swim lesson. Several men in their 40s and a 19-year-old man at the time told police that Acker ...
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  • 2/5/2010 9:31:07 AM
  • South Milwaukee warns residents to avoid using water
  • Officials warned residents that they shouldn't use tap water because it could be contaminated. Boiling the water won't make it safe, officials said in a news release. City officials also say they will need to run the water system for 48 hours before ...
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  • 2/5/2010 9:09:38 AM
  • Michigan AG to ask court to reconsider its decision on closing Chicago ...
  • LANSING, Mich. - Michigan’s attorney general says he’ll ask the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider its decision not to close two navigational locks near Chicago. Mike Cox said the justices should consider new DNA evidence that the Asian carp has ...
  • Pierce County Herald
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  • 2/5/2010 9:09:38 AM
  • 2 forums will feature Waukesha mayoral candidates
  • On Wednesday, from 3 to 4:30 p.m., Oak Hill Terrace, 1805 Kensington Drive, will host the candidates for brief presentations and questions. Though the event is largely targeted to the senior residents of the retirement center, the public is welcome ...
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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  • 2/5/2010 9:02:29 AM
  • Obama adviser to give Beloit College commencement
  • Axelrod, a longtime political strategist for Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley, helped to engineer Obama’s election to the U.S. Senate and his 2008 presidential election. One of Axelrod’s two sons graduated from Beloit College in 2005. He also has a ...
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  • 2/5/2010 8:33:51 AM
  • Review: Ventriloquist Dunham slips in artistry amid off-color comedy
  • Edgar Bergen's Charlie McCarthy dazzled radio fans in the 1930s, and Shari Lewis' Lamb Chop entertained kids in the 1960s and '70s, but the dummies and vocal hijinks largely receded to small comedy clubs and children's parties after that. Thursday ...
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  • 2/5/2010 8:26:41 AM
  • Magnetek posts loss on 28% decline in sales
  • The Menomonee Falls manufacturer of digital power and motion control systems used in material handling had a loss of $1.22 million, or 4 cents a share, compared to net income of $1.94 million, or 6 cents, a year earlier. Sales for the three months ...
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  • 2/5/2010 7:50:54 AM
  • Air quality advisory extended to 6 p.m.
  • The rest of the counties, according to the Department of Natural Resources, are: Buffalo, Brown, Crawford, Dane, Dunn, Eau Claire, Green, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau, Kenosha, La Crosse, Monroe, Pepin, Pierce, Richland, Rock, Taylor, Sauk, St ...
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  • 2/5/2010 7:43:44 AM
  • Water main damaged in South Milwaukee
  • A press release from the city says water pressure is low because of a break in the main water line, according to a city employee who read the release to a reporter. The release didn't have other details and officials with South Milwaukee's water ...
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  • 2/5/2010 7:15:06 AM
  • Johnson Outdoors narrows its losses
  • The outdoor recreation company said its fiscal first-quarter loss was $4.2 million, or 45 cents a share, compared with $6.9 million or 75 cents a share for the prior year quarter. Sales were up to $70.5 million from $69.8 million. Helen Johnson ...
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  • 2/5/2010 6:10:41 AM
  • Sensient earnings are down
  • The advisory also includes Buffalo, Crawford, Dane, Dunn, Eau Claire, Green, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau, La Crosse, Monroe, Pepin, Pierce, Richland, Rock ... By contrast, the commercial and sport fishing Cox and others say is jeopardized by an ...
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  • 2/5/2010 5:56:22 AM
  • Oconomowoc apartment building damaged in blaze
  • No one was injured in the fire in the 16 unit building, although firefighters did rescue two residents from windows. The blaze was contained to one unit, but smoke from the fire spread throughout the building. TMJ4 has more here . Feb. 5, 2010 7:28 a ...
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  • 2/5/2010 5:34:54 AM
  • Foreclosure suit targets Franklin development site
  • Feb. 5, 2010 6:38 a.m. | Madison - The state has begun notifying more than 100,000 people that their unemployment benefits will run ... was formed four years ago as a collaborative effort to collect data from Wisconsin's insurers, hospitals, major ...
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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  • 2/5/2010 5:20:35 AM
  • DNR report: Week of Feb. 4 to 10
  • Much of Wisconsin received much-needed snowfall in the past ... relatively stable and more moderate weather of the past few days has been a pleasant change for ice anglers, but fishing success continues to be very inconsistent. Most species still ...
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  • 2/5/2010 4:51:57 AM
  • Unemployment benefits ending for 100,000 in state
  • Department of Workforce Development spokesman John Dipko said the state started sending notification letters this week to those "who are nearing the point of exhausting" their benefits. Dipko says Wisconsinites can receive a maximum of 93 weeks of ...
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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  • 2/5/2010 4:37:38 AM
  • Light weekend snow won't amount to much
  • Craig Koplien at Today's TMJ4 says there's a chance of light snow today with accumulations of less than an inch. The chance of snow continues Saturday into Saturday night with the heavier stuff falling near the lake, although even that won't be that ...
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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  • 2/5/2010 4:16:09 AM
  • Michigan again asks to close locks to block Asian carp
  • Supreme Court to close Chicago shipping locks that could provide a pathway for Asian carp to attack the Great Lakes and wreak havoc on their $7 billion fishing industry ... Jennifer Granholm of Michigan, Jim Doyle of Wisconsin and Pat Quinn of ...
  • Green Bay Press-Gazette
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  • 2/5/2010 1:38:40 AM
  • Listecki misled legislators on policy, Eau Claire police chief says
  • In a development that victims' advocates say is related, a La Crosse priest has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman he was counseling through a divorce, months after the diocese investigated and found no credible evidence supporting her ...
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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  • 2/4/2010 10:11:05 PM
  • Sheridan campaign finance report lacks information
  • The campaign finance report Sheridan filed with the state this week shows he reimbursed himself $5,608 between July and December for travel that had little or no explanation. Sheridan recently acknowledged he had dated Shanna Wycoff, a lobbyist for ...
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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  • 2/4/2010 8:45:11 PM
  • Former Waukesha County employee accused of stealing $300,000 from ...
  • Kham Sisaleumsak, 44, of Waukesha was charged with 13 counts of felony theft in a business setting. She was arrested at her home Thursday night. If convicted, she faces potentially decades in prison. The campaign finance report Sheridan filed with ...
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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  • 2/4/2010 8:45:11 PM
  • Police chief calls Listecki untruthful
  • Feb. 4, 2010 9:22 p.m. | Sussex — Planting large trees doesn't usually make the list of things to do during a Wisconsin winter. Yet this is a perfect ... By contrast, the commercial and sport fishing Cox and others say is jeopardized by an Asian ...
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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  • 2/4/2010 8:38:01 PM
  • Milwaukee County Board approves budget cuts, furloughs
  • The cuts were to departments headed by elected officials, including Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr., and were done as alternatives to the 12 unpaid furlough days most county employees were given for 2010. Those plans were approved on a 16-3 vote. "We are ...
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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  • 2/4/2010 8:30:52 PM
  • Big tree transplants keep nurseries busy in frigid weather
  • Feb. 4, 2010 9:22 p.m. | Sussex — Planting large trees doesn't usually make the list of things to do during a Wisconsin winter. Yet this is a perfect time of year to transplant large trees, horticulture experts say, although such work is a lesser ...
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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  • 2/4/2010 8:09:23 PM
  • Retailers bounce back in January; Kohl's raises earnings outlook
  • Kohl's Corp. beat analysts' expectations with a 6.5% gain in sales for the four weeks ended Jan. 30, for stores open at least a year. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters had predicted a 2.8% increase in sales. As a result, the Menomonee Falls-based ...
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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  • 2/4/2010 7:40:45 PM
  • Frozen tundra makes big tree transplants possible
  • With normal weather and new retail electric rates in both Iowa and Wisconsin we expect a brighter financial ... The Madison metro area, by contrast, lost 6,500 non-farm jobs, a decline of 1.9%. The Wisconsin region with the smallest decline was ...
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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  • 2/4/2010 7:26:26 PM
  • Michigan study disputes economic effect of closing 2 Chicago locks
  • The two locks near the shore of Lake Michigan handle about 7 million tons of cargo annually, mostly bulk materials such as sand, coal and petroleum that fuel Chicago-area industries. That volume is merely a sliver of what's already moving down ...
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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  • 2/4/2010 6:57:48 PM
  • Ex-student arrested in Facebook threat probe, report says
  • A Facebook user dubbed the "Wauwatosa bug" made connections with scores of students at Wauwatosa's East and West high schools and posted obscene comments and threats , including saying there would be a "blood bath." WTMJ-TV reports that a source ...
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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  • 2/4/2010 5:57:33 AM
  • Pat Durkin column: Don't mess with turkey success
  • Russ Decker, D-Weston. You know Decker. He issues press releases sarcastically urging the Department of Natural Resources to stock wolves in southern Wisconsin to control chronic wasting disease. He also cravenly called for the DNR to fire its deer ...
  • Green Bay Press-Gazette
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  • 2/4/2010 2:01:20 AM
  • State tourism promoters make a trip to Onalaska
  • ONALASKA - State promoters aren't taking advantage of all that western Wisconsin has to offer as a draw, local tourism officials said Wednesday. State Tourism Secretary Kelli Trumble and her staff were at Onalaska City Hall on Wednesday to talk with ...
  • La Crosse Tribune
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  • 2/3/2010 9:43:38 PM
  • Bob Lamb: Outdoors show a mix of new, old sights
  • Alaskan hunting guide Billy Molls and the Great American Duck Races headline this year's La Crosse Boat, Sports and Travel Show in the La Crosse center next week. There also will be many familiar faces at the 33rd annual event scheduled Feb. 11-14 ...
  • La Crosse Tribune
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  • 2/3/2010 9:43:38 PM
  • Outdoors calendar for Thursday, Feb. 4
  • SATURDAY, FEB. 6: Annual candlelight ski event at Black River State Forest in Black River Falls; call (715) 284-4103. SATURDAY, FEB. 6: Wisconsin Wildlife Federation annual membership banquet at 5 p.m. at the Baus Haus in La Crosse; call Greg Kloss ...
  • La Crosse Tribune
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  • 2/3/2010 9:43:38 PM
  • UW-L students fight cancer with fishing derby
  • Valerie Zander hopes anglers catch lots of fish from Lake Onalaska on Feb. 13. The senior at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse also hopes the first Catch-A-Cure Lung Cancer Awareness Fishing Tournament catches on in the La Crosse area. Zander ...
  • La Crosse Tribune
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  • 2/3/2010 6:01:44 PM
  • Spring turkey hunt -- why mess with good thing?
  • Such plans should be debated in public forums such as April's statewide fish and wildlife hearings. Holperin, meanwhile, said he submitted the legislation as a "request bill" on behalf of NWTF-Wisconsin. He said the bill will receive a fair public ...
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  • 2/3/2010 12:53:55 PM
  • So what if it's cold? Try heading outside
  • MAZOMANIE -- I have a friend with whom I regularly talk who is a genius, a savior when it comes to fixing glitches with my computer and Web site. But I rarely see this friend (let's call him "Dave") outside of his work. This past weekend, I thought ...
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  • 2/3/2010 9:47:48 AM
  • Badger Fly Fishers set for The Spring Opener
  • For some, fly fishing never goes out of season -- those anglers simply hibernate. "I spend my winters tying flies for the upcoming season, catching up on reading, and recently, getting into salt water fly fishing (out of state)," e-mailed Bob ...
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  • 2/3/2010 9:47:48 AM
  • A quick look at UW's 2010 freshman class
  • Here are the player capsules for Wisconsin's 2010 freshman class in football. Information was provided by UW. Beau Allen, DT, 6-3, 307 Minnetonka, Minn. (Minnetonka HS) High School: Rated as the No. 20 defensive tackle in the country by MaxPreps, No ...
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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  • 2/3/2010 7:24:38 AM
  • Recent Obsessions: Mama Digdown, seafood paella, Martin Short in ...
  • Sinking in February doldrums? Try a little sousaphone. Mama Digdown’s Brass Band’s new album “We Make ’Em Say Ooh” is everything a Wisconsin winter isn’t. The veteran Madison ensemble’s percussive horn grooves conjure up visions of ...
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  • 2/3/2010 2:59:47 AM
  • Port Edwards plant conversion ends mercury emissions
  • A Port Edwards industrial plant - the largest single source of mercury pollution in Wisconsin - has removed the hazardous chemical from ... Eventually, the toxic mercury is taken up in fish, which can be toxic to people who consume fish, especially ...
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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  • 2/2/2010 8:40:24 PM
  • Stimulus funds, rail and carp
  • In Wisconsin, Gov. Jim Doyle sprinkles "unfunded liabilities" into his coffee to wake up every morning ... Asian carp are a nasty breed of fish that jump out of the water, eat 40% of their body weight on a daily basis and were described by Illinois ...
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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  • 2/2/2010 4:15:32 PM
  • Study shows bicycling adds $1.5 billion to state's economy
  • Wisconsinites love their bicycles. A new study at UW-Madison shows that recreational cycling adds one-and-a-half billion dollars a year to the state’s economy. The amount includes income from the state’s bicycle manufacturing, sales, and service ...
  • Pierce County Herald
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  • 2/2/2010 7:54:27 AM
  • Report shows $1.5 billion annual impact of bicycling in Wisconsin
  • MADISON - Recreational cycling generates $1.5 billion in economic activity a year in Wisconsin, according to a first-of-its-kind study. The figures, which include dollars produced by the state's bicycle manufacturing, sales and services industry ...
  • La Crosse Tribune
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  • 2/2/2010 4:34:02 AM
  • Outdoors Calendar as of Feb. 2
  • The following is a calendar for outdoors recreational events in and around southern Wisconsin as of Feb. 2, 2010. Please note that readers are advised to contact clubs and organizations, especially in the event of inclement weather, to check the ...
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  • 2/2/2010 12:02:01 AM
  • Obama projects record budget deficit
  • Washington - President Barack Obama sent Congress a $3.8 trillion spending plan Monday, saying his 2011 budget proposal would help spur job creation while trimming federal deficits over the long term. The president's budget plan, however, projects an ...
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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  • 2/1/2010 10:36:07 PM
  • Obama projects record deficit
  • Washington - President Barack Obama sent Congress a $3.8 trillion spending plan Monday, saying his 2011 budget proposal would help spur job creation while trimming federal deficits over the long term. The president's budget plan, however, projects an ...
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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  • 2/1/2010 10:28:57 PM
  • Scott Walker leads way in financing for governor
  • Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker has the most money on hand in the race for governor, but Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett has shown he can raise funds quickly and former U.S. Rep. Mark Neumann is willing to put in his own cash. Walker has a cash ...
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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  • 2/1/2010 8:41:35 PM
  • Report shows $1.5 billion annual impact of bicycling in Wisconsin
  • Recreational cycling generates $1.5 billion in economic activity a year in Wisconsin, according to a first-of-its-kind study. The figures, which include dollars produced by the state's bicycle manufacturing, sales and services industry, suggest ...
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  • 2/1/2010 8:12:57 PM
  • February 2010
  • One of his biggest thrills was the Wisconsin Sesquicentennial wagon train in 1998 traveling by covered ... He especially enjoyed sharing his love of hunting and fishing with his family at the cabin in Big Flats. The highlight of his and Dorothy's ...
  • Watertown Daily Times
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  • 2/1/2010 9:57:20 AM
  • Business briefcase
  • Pritchard received her bachelor's of fine arts degree from the University of Wisconsin–Stout in 2009 ... Polly Kuehn of Bay Property Services, Fish Creek, recently earned the Association Management Specialist designation from Community Associations ...
  • Green Bay Press-Gazette
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  • 2/1/2010 1:43:25 AM
  • DNR offers youth ice-fishing class
  • MILWAUKEE — Wisconsin wildlife officials say they can help your kids beat cabin fever. The cure: ice fishing lessons. The Department of Natural Resources plans to hold its 19th annual children's ice fishing clinics on park ponds and lagoons around ...
  • Green Bay Press-Gazette
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  • 2/1/2010 1:36:15 AM
  • Asian carp appear poised to seize Lake Michigan
  • The Asian carp wouldn't eat the smaller fish that predators like trout and salmon eat, said Mike Staggs, director of the Bureau of Fisheries Management for the Wisconsin Department of Natural ... No commercial fishing, no fishing for the public.
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  • 1/31/2010 9:47:11 PM
  • What’s being done?
  • The fish are in the Chicago River Sanitary and Ship Canal, created ... the water are the same locks allowing Asian carp to swim through, and they're going to affect the lakes," said Wisconsin Assistant Attorney General Cynthia Hirsch. "
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  • 1/31/2010 9:47:11 PM
  • Review: In Tandem, Chamber Orchestra make engrossing music together
  • For the Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra and In Tandem Theatre, Sunday afternoon's performance of Stravinsky's "L'histoire du Soldat" ("A Soldier's Tale") involved several layers of risk: The two organizations had never worked together before, they were ...
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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  • 1/31/2010 9:40:02 PM
  • Grecian Garden in mall told to clean up its act
  • Grecian Garden, a long-standing restaurant in the Shops of Grand Avenue mall food court, was cited for eight critical health violations last week, making it one of the city's most-cited food establishments in the past month. A city health inspector ...
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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  • 1/31/2010 8:28:27 PM
  • Towns aim to establish farming zone
  • The Ashippun dairy farmer is talking about land. He and other farmers have seen acre after acre of pasture and cropland in southeastern Wisconsin give way to houses and stores and roads and parking lots. Guenther is part of an effort by farmers, the ...
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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  • 1/31/2010 7:45:30 PM
  • Farrar, Gibbard pay homage to Kerouac
  • Considering that each has a large back catalog - Farrar's, primarily as a founding member of both Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt; Gibbard's, as frontman of Death Cab for Cutie - the one-hour running time of their show seemed perversely short. But this ...
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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  • 1/31/2010 7:31:11 PM
  • An honor to be nominated: 3 nominees with state ties fall short
  • Jan. 31, 2010 10:58 a.m. | A West Bend man, 33, was arrested early Sunday on suspicion of causing injury by the intoxicated ... Croix and Mississippi rivers on the Minnesota-Wisconsin border, where many eagles spend the winter. The eagle is named ...
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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  • 1/31/2010 5:29:29 PM
  • Lauritsen, Harry L.
  • degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He served in the U ... He enjoyed baseball, skiing, baton twirling, golfing, volleyball, hunting and fishing. Survivors include his wife, Lois; children, Susie and John Blaise ...
  • Green Bay Press-Gazette
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  • 1/31/2010 3:56:26 PM
  • Bail set for Wauwatosa man in slaying case
  • Read Full Article Jan. 31, 2010 11:06 a.m. | For a second time, a judge has delayed the trial of a Wisconsin prison inmate charged with assisting in the suicide of his cellmate. Dodge County Circuit Judge Andrew Bissonnette last week canceled a Feb ...
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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  • 1/31/2010 3:42:07 PM
  • No one injured in south side house fire
  • The Skylight Opera Theater's production of Mozart's comic opera that opened this weekend captures the silliness and froth of the tale and delivers it with some lovely singing. The plot is a not-so-simple boy-loves-girl arrangement. She loves him and ...
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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  • 1/31/2010 12:36:00 PM
  • Review: Skylight whips up charming, frothy 'Figaro'
  • Tom Romano, part of the development group, said Saturday that the new restaurant is expected to ... Corrections Secretary Rick Raemisch says Bob Grusnick, a Division of Community Corrections regional chief, has retired. Wisconsin Correctional Center ...
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