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Hating the Player, Hating the Game
I'm very definitely not picking a political side here, but I do want to bring to your attention this: a political advertisement attacking a candidate for playing World of Warcraft. Not for being an ad...
Posted on 10/7/12 at 5:30 PM
Areavoices Digest #88 - Some top performers
I decided for this week's digest to offer up another look at some of our top performing blogs. They're both consistent with their posts, and their posts seem to generate broad interest in everything f...
Posted on 9/5/12 at 3:46 PM
WI Teacher Resigns Citing Stress, Health Care, Uncertainty
WATCH VIDEO HERE (first published on WIvoices.org) Stephanie Kline resigned from her position as an 8th grade math teacher at New Richmond Middle School in Wisconsin. Her last day of teaching is June...
Posted on 5/31/12 at 9:52 AM
Utilities still toil to undo storm-related outtages; Ryan favors some facets of Obama budget; researcher charged with formula theft, more state news
Wisconsin NewsWisconsin utilities made a lot of progress Wednesday in restoring electricity but about 8,500 customers were still in the dark this morning, after a second day of heavy rains, sleet, ice and light snow. Also stories about lawmaker reactions to President Obama's proposed budget, details on a Chinese researcher accused of stealing a drug formula and an update on the sentence doled to a teen whose driving killed three friends.
April 11, 2013
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First towboat locks through to St. Paul; tribal leader rips DNR, state leaders; brace yourself for next wintry blast
Wisconsin NewsThe Mississippi navigation season was initiated Monday after a towboat broke ice up to 16 inches thick, traversing Lake Pepin and arriving in St. Paul late Monday. Also, biting criticism by a tribal official prompted one Legislative leader to leave the speech Tuesday, citing mutual disrespect. Read on for stories about Sen. Ron Johnson's threatened filibuster over gun control, state-based ATC's proposed power line expansions and reports on several Milwaukee area killings.
April 10, 2013
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Tax Day looms but 1 million Wisconsinites haven't yet filed; most farmers still shed-bound; charges expected against bishop today, more state news
April 09, 2013
Witness in Schaffhausen trial is due in court today for knife possession; gas down 31 cents from a year ago; UW wins cancer research grant, more state news
Wisconsin NewsSecurity was expected to be tightened Monday as the insanity trial for Aaron Schaffhausen entered its second week. Also, UW Madison researchers will share a $14.5 million grant to try and identify DNA links that will forecast cancer, plus stories about the state's rising cheese production levels, nine ice fishermen who got stuck on a floataway floe and Sen. Ron Johnson's YouTube video.
April 08, 2013
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Financial help for schools dominant theme at first hearing; regents voting on 2 new chancellors; silo mishap claims Catawba man, more state news
Wisconsin NewsThe need for more public school funding was a dominant theme at the first of four Joint Finance panel hearings being held statewide. Also, UW Regents will vote on two new chancellors at their LaCrosse meeting today, plus stories about another CWD deer being found, snow for northern Wisconsin and Gov. Walkers national travel plans.
April 05, 2013
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Walker may stop appointing judges in Dane Co.; synthetic drug use prompts tribal 'emergency' declaration; more state news
Since his endorsement appears to be a pox on candidates put before Dane County voters, Gov. Scott Walker says he probably won't make appointments when judgeships open in the future. Also, the Mississippi shipping season is at least two weeks late -- and counting due to thick ice on Lake Pepin. Plus stories about the Milwaukee Archdiocese releasing records about abusive clergy members, a counterproposal to school vouchers and a turkey hunting preview.
April 04, 2013
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Election round-up: Refendums voted up at Menomonie, Cashton; down in Beloit, Columbus; judge who signed recall is bounced; more state news
Wisconsin NewsRead about school referendum outcomes and analysis on several ballot initiatives. Also, state Republican leaders have proposed a package of unemployment reforms aimed at easing a $1 billion debt to federal coffers, and stories about a big dairy expansion and an alleged burglar who says she was sleep-walking if she committed the crime.
April 03, 2013
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Tailgating underway as Brewers open their season; Tuesday's vote is last one statewide for 2013; more state news
The scent of sizzling bratwurst permeates Milwaukee's west side today as Brewers fans rev up for the team's home opener against the Rockies. Also, preparations are underway in thousands of towns and cities for balloting in Tuesday's statewide election. Two people died in a Sheboygan County crash Sunday and police are investigating the beating death of a man in Milwaukee, plus more state news.
April 01, 2013
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Will you be among 1 in 5 to vote Tuesday? State slips again with job creation, more state briefs
Wisconsin NewsIf trends hold true, just one in five Wisconsin voters will vote Tuesday to decide a Supreme Court seat and some 6,700 other local contests statewide. Also, the ALCU alleges schools in Barron and Beloit violated Title IX by separating boys and girls into single-sex classrooms and officials from states and provinces surrounding the Great Lakes will gather in late May to discuss common issues, plus more state news.
March 29, 2013
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Unusual owl, eh? Canadian raptors push south in search of food; farmers urged to watch wallets with crop insurers; more state news
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reports three species of owls have been pushed south from Canada into this state this winter. Also, DNR officials say our elk herd isn't yet ready for culling by hunters, plus stories about a deputy who saved a toddler's life near Milwaukee, a big drug bust at Oshkosh and a bullying incident at a Kaukauna school.
March 28, 2013
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Schaffhausen may plead guilty; man charged in cyber-attack on Koch companies; more state news
Wisconsin NewsThe attorney for accused killer Aaron Schaffhausen said Tuesday his client might admit to the crimes yet still maintain an insanity claim. Also, a new study indicates that costs for state health insurers may rise 80 percent once thousands of now-uninsured residents begin drawing benefits. Read on for stories about the DNR lowering the cost of a wolf license and a Black Creek man is charged in assisting in cyber attacks.
March 27, 2013
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House fire claims life of retired music teacher; Council of Churches press for prisoner releases; Walker writing a book, more state news
An investigation continues into a house fire that killed a retired high school music teacher in Superior on Monday. Also, Wisconsin's ban on same-sex marriages is essentially on trial in Washington this week. Plus stories about next week's Supreme Court election, a bride alleged to have stolen a case of rings from the site of her reception and word of a new book being authored by Gov. Scott Walker.
March 26, 2013
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Postal employees rally to keep Saturday delivery; Walker ignores prisoner pardon requests; Feds consider pre-pay funeral fund probe, more state news
Wisconsin NewsPostal workers in Madison, West Milwaukee and Green Bay gathered to rally Sunday in support of keeping Saturday mail delivery -- and their jobs. Investigators from the Securities & Exchange Commission are probing to check the integrity of a statewide trust fund for pre-paid burials, plus stories about the death of another snowmobiler, Gov. Scott Walker's refusal to consider prisoner pardons and the state spelling bee winner.
March 25, 2013
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Fallone, Roggensack face-off in final debate tonight; Baldwin will host hearing on Walker budget; more state briefs
Wisconsin NewsIncumbent Supreme Court Justice Pat Roggensack will meet challenger Ed Fallone in a final debate tonight in Madison. Also, members of the legislature's Joint Finance Committee will travel to Baldwin, Thursday, April 18th, for a day-long hearing on Gov. Scott Walker's $68 billion budget proposal. Plus stories about a banner corn herbicide, 10 charged with election-related fraud and an update on drought conditions.
March 22, 2013
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Mr. Martin goes to Washington
By By Jeff Holmquist , March 21, 2013
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