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"Even though it's the dead of winter, smog hanging over parts of southern Wisconsin prompted state officials to issue an air quality health advisory for today."
"Objections of some veterans won't stop the Green Bay Packers from flying the American flag at half-staff at Lambeau Field to honor the late defensive end Reggie White, team President Bob Harlan says"
"A man accused of shooting six fellow deer hunters to death and wounding two others after he was caught trespassing in the woods pleaded not guilty Wednesday. Chai Soua Vang, 36, waived his right to a preliminary hearing and will stand trial on six counts."
Sen Russ Feingold"The changes, which will result in an estimated 1.3 million students receiving reduced Pell Grants, and an estimated 80,000-90,000 students receiving no Pell Grants at all, will be effective for the upcoming 2005-06 award year.
"After years of rising partisan tensions and another heated, closely contested election, Feingold pledged his willingness to work to find common ground on a number of issues."
"Initial reports say that Dalpra reported trouble with his engine shortly before it crashed."
"A small plane crashed Tuesday near the airport in this northern Michigan town, killing all five people on board..."
Sen Russ Feingold"I am pleased that I was able to advance a number of important issues over this past year, from enacting legislation to protect our country against terrorism to ensuring that our veterans receive adequate outreach services,"
"The woes for the district actually began on Nov. 12, 2003, when an electrical fire spread through the elementary wing of the K-12 school."
"... the Iron County UW-Extension Office will host free business development workshops on starting a new business."
"When the broadcast begins, members are more aware of the presence of cameras and want to put on a good face, said Brenda Erickson, an analyst with the bipartisan National Conference of State Legislatures."
"Defendant Chai Soua Vang, 36, entered the not guilty plea in Sawyer County Court and waived his right to a preliminary hearing, so no witnesses to support the charges were called, the court clerk's office said."
"Not all states are part of the $8.5 million program, which is coordinating care for soldiers in Florida, Arkansas, California, Wisconsin and Massachusetts. But Army officials are looking at expanding into other states next year as more injured Guardsmen and reservists return home, said Col. Robert Livingston,..."
"White died Sunday at Presbyterian Hospital in Huntersville after being taken there from his home in nearby Cornelius."
"Reggie White was fond of saying God told him to go to Green Bay in 1993 to sack both sin and quarterbacks."
"It's a fair agreement that works out for all parties," Cisewski said. He said the contract recognizes the fiscal constraints of the county and the increasing tax burden residents face.
"Kichak said the county will not be involved with the inspections. To comply with the law, it's the responsibility of each homeowner to hire a private firm or individual to do the job."
"Shared revenue - the largest source of unrestricted state aid to local governments - will remain virtually flat in 2005, adding pressure to counties and municipalities to either raise more local revenue or cut spending."
"The Rev. Ryan Erickson, who apparently hanged himself outside his rectory at St. Mary's Church in Hurley Sunday, had obtained a public defender after he was questioned in an unsolved double homicide, Hudson police said Wednesday."
"The new formula is expected to save the federal government $300 million and cut aid to about 1.3 million low-income students, an analysis by the American Council on Education found."
If bighead carp make their way into the lakes, says Dennis Schornack, President Bush's handpicked person for U.S.-Canadian Great Lakes issues, "then it is just a matter of time before we end up with a carp pond."
"Those fish still exist here, but they've been greatly diminished since the Asian carp arrived just over a decade ago."
Sen Russ Feingold"U.S. Senator Russ Feingold is urging the President to release the $300 million in emergency Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funding provided in the omnibus spending bill passed by Congress last month."
"School board president thanked Kivisto for his Monday presentation, saying it answered many questions board members have had for quite some time regarding the Charter School."
Sen Russ Feingold"Along with a bipartisan group of his Senate colleagues, Feingold sent a letter to President Bush asking that the emergency funds be released as record high prices for oil are driving up natural gas and propane costs this winter."
""But if you give us time to produce smarter, more efficient, more productive government . . . then we can develop the solutions that preserve services and hold down taxes.""
Sen Russ Feingold"A driving trip through Alabama reminds a U.S. senator from Wisconsin how radical conservatives are robbing hardworking people of the American dream."
"U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) is calling on the President to include funding in his budget for next year to increase access to dental health care in rural and underserved communities."
Tribune
"In Hurley, St. Mary had to cancel Sunday masses because they no longer had a priest, Heslin said."
"We're not calling it a suicide yet,"
"Friends of the Rev. Ryan Erickson, who apparently killed himself Sunday morning, describe the priest as "uneasy" and "very upset" after investigators questioned him last week in connection with a double-murder case in Hudson, Wis."
"He was such a kind and caring man. He had so much faith."
"Patritto said he had learned Hurley might qualify for a Quality Zone Academy Bond. The school may be eligible for the no-interest loan because more than 35 percent of students eat free and reduced-price meals."
"Police in Hudson recently questioned Erickson about the slayings of Dan O'Connell and James Ellison, but the priest denied involvement, Heslin said. Erickson was an associate pastor at St. Patrick's Church in Hudson for three years and was living in the community when O'Connell and Ellison were shot to death."
"Wisconsin property taxes are expected to go up more than 6% in 2005 over this year's collections, with the total levy topping $8 billion for the first time, according to a report released Monday."
"Sources said authorities, possibly the FBI, talked to Erickson this week in Hurley, presumably regarding the murders."
"The parish held a meeting Sunday night with the vicar from Superior, two other diocese priests and members of the crisis response team for Iron and Gogebic counties."
""It is our heritage -- our glorious heritage," he said. "For 1,500 years the Mass was celebrated in Latin. We are connecting ourselves with our past. Sacred heritage is important, a tradition, who we are.""
"... but the Midgettes had other plans.
Behind a strong defensive display in the third quarter, Hurley opened up a close game with a 19-10 scoring advantage on the way to a 49-37 victory."
"The program will allow registered nurses who have received associate's degrees from Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College (WITC) or other community colleges to complete a bachelor's degree by taking evening classes."
"That's because the U.P. dialect -- a quirky brew of expressions, pronunciations and grammar -- is slowly dying...What may seem quaint to the rest of Michigan is a source of concern up north, where denizens worry that a withering language might foretell a withering culture. "
"The top attorney for the state Department of Transportation was quickly demoted after he released a report under the state open records law that his superiors apparently wanted to keep secret."
"In an unusual disclosure, the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater's student health center is telling patients that, because of the USA Patriot Act, if government officials ask for their medical records, they'll get to see them, and the patients will never know."
"Business leaders indicated that gains in employment would come in response to rising orders and increased demand. They need more output in order to meet that demand,"
"They may feel emboldened by the election or emboldened by something else, they seem to be stirring up the waters more than ever before,"
""I can't tell people how to vote, but I do try to encourage people not to ignore our kids,""
""Don't give me any spirit of the season crap when your leader is forcing me to fire one of my staff..."
"The state Department of Workforce Development released preliminary estimates Thursday showing that the unemployment rate inched up to 4.2% from 4.1% in October. But after adjusting for the seasonal rise in layoffs during cold weather, the rate actually dipped to 4.8% from 5% in October and 5.4% in November 2003."
"Iron County Courthouse union employees have settled a 2005 contract with the county's finance and bargaining committee."
"Jauch, D-Poplar, will gather information about issues facing the Hurley district concerning budgets, state and federal support and student census."
"A change in insurance carriers for property and liability insurance will save the City of Hurley $10,000 for 2005, the council learned Tuesday."
"This is the first systematic evaluation of existing environmental information about the flowage that has ever been conducted."
"Richards, who chairs the board of public works, showed figures comparing water use this year with 2003. The city is using about 10 percent less water."
"In an effort to stop the spread of chronic wasting disease, government sharpshooters will use bait piles and artificial light to kill deer at night in targeted areas of southern Wisconsin, including parts of Racine and Kenosha counties."
"Even a slight softening of state-collected revenues would result in school-funding problems and an increase in property taxes..."
"Subway now delivers to Mercer School every day at lunchtime."
"The number of full-time equivalent school district employees in 2003-04 in Wisconsin declined by 8,442, or 7.6 percent, the WTA reported."
Sen Russ Feingold"Through the hard work of these Wisconsinites and people from all over the country and across the political spectrum, we are preserving our treasured wild places for future generations."
"With the nation's deficit reaching $413 billion, Feingold hopes the President will finally send a fiscally responsible budget to Congress at the beginning of next year."
""Wisconsin's military facilities are important to the contemporary needs of our armed forces," the senator said in his statement. "Fort McCoy and Volk Field have participated in every major conflict and peacekeeping mission since the Gulf War, and Truax Field responded within minutes on September 11th to defend our region."
"Oemichen said Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) and Congressmen Dave Obey (D-Wis.) and Mark Green (R-Wis.) were especially helpful in getting the $2 million appropriation included in the congressional appropriations bill."
"Since the increase in value is across all properties of the town, there will be a drop in the mill rate for the town. Do not figure your tax on the 2003 tax rate," Soine said.
Cranes may suffer in DNR budget cuts
The whooping crane is native to Wisconsin but disappeared from the wild landscape for about a century before the project began in 2001 to establish a flock that migrates from Necedah National Wildlife Refuge to the Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge in central Florida.
"A Capitol official, who asked not to be identified, said the governor would be announcing a "relaxation" today of existing orders on eligibility for flu shots."
"The Wisconsin Student Immunization Law now requires proof of varicella (chickenpox) immunity in certain grades in school."
"The American Red Cross will hold an organizational meeting Tuesday at 4 p.m. in the boardroom at the Iron County Courthouse in Hurley."
"In a budget proposal to Gov. Jim Doyle, the state Department of Workforce Development has recommended slashing county child support collection funding from more than $14 million a year to less than $10 million."
"A new study by the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance found the state led the country in 2002 with a whopping 8,286 arrests made per 100,000 residents, compared with the national average of 4,839 per 100,000."
"More than one hundred protesters gathered on the Capitol Square Tuesday to rally against the State Elections Board’s newly signed contract with consulting firm Accenture, LLP. Protesters said the contract, to create a statewide list of registered voters, moves the…"
Sen Russ Feingold"His years of public service, from Elroy to Washington DC, make Wisconsinites proud to call him one of our own."
"Religious leaders and activists on both sides of the issue are organizing to play a major role in the debate Wisconsin will have in the coming months as lawmakers consider an amendment to the state constitution to ban same-sex unions."
"The Division of Public Health, part of the state Department of Health and Family Services, spends $6,000 to $8,000 a year to purchase and distribute 20,000 to 30,000 condoms"
"If you are interested in being in on the ground level for an annual alcohol-free event for Hurley grads, attend the Dec. 13 meeting."
"Morzenti filed the necessary paperwork to recover the medals earlier this month and was surprised when they arrived in just 10 days."
"He [Thompson] worked with Congress on Medicare reform and found himself in fights over whether HHS agency staffers covered up some of the true costs of Medicare."
"The increases include a $12 bump in the price of a resident deer hunting license to $32. The DNR's budget proposal for the next two fiscal years also calls for lopping off 173 positions and cutting more than $9 million from the agency's $1.03 billion two-year budget."
"A little dog that was lost after a two-vehicle accident on Thanksgiving survived the Gogebic Range's first snowstorm and was found Monday by an alert couple."
"A Wisconsin man has died from injuries he sustained in an Oct. 7 all-terrain vehicle accident in the City of Hurley..."
"There were five reported firearms accidents, with two fatalities, during the gun-deer season."
"After three years of investigation, the federal government has told the state Department of Public Instruction that it must restructure the requirements of a minority-targeted scholarship program so it is not exclusively based on race and ethnicity."
Sen Russ Feingold"The J-1 Visa bill extends the State 30 program, which allows states to sponsor foreign physicians who are attending training or other graduate programs in the U.S. for visas in return for these physicians practicing for at least three years in medically underserved areas."
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