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Sen Feingold"... unfair trade agreements like CAFTA have helped send 2.5 million manufacturing jobs beyond our borders since 2001 and disadvantaged small family farmers in favor of multinational agribusinesses."
"A total of 687 machines traveled the two-mile parade route from Kimball to Hurley."
"They devoted much of their time this weekend pulling out bogged-down machines from the mud, and the muddier they got, the happier they appeared."
"Five personal injury all-terrain vehicle accidents were reported in Iron County over the weekend..."
"Although they've graduated, many of the seniors will continue on this week in state tournaments in baseball, softball, golf and track."
"We're all here to have a fun, safe time, Orzech said. "The kids want the mud. We're ready to ride,"
"The former dentist office will also be removed, and that area will be used for additional parking,"
"The equipment does not broadcast digital signals and therefore is not exempt. The cable service provider is responsible for reporting and paying personal property taxes on terminals they own and rent to subscribers."
"About two weeks ago, Wisconsin's Republican legislative leaders asked the Scottsdale, Ariz., firm to defend them for free in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Six same-sex couples say gay state employees are entitled to domestic benefits such as health insurance."
"After being beaten and battered for the last few years, the greenback appears to be emerging from its funk by making significant gains in recent months against the currencies of major trading partners."
"Though many auto racing fans were disappointed that Danica Patrick didn't become the first woman to win the Indy 500, her performance and fourth- place finish Sunday gave the sport a boost by captivating fans of the sport and non-fans alike."
"The study reveals that female executives are more likely to listen to subordinates and co-workers than their male colleagues. They also tend to talk things over more, resulting in greater input from a variety of people."
Scenes from the Iron County ATV Rally
"With mounting concerns that employers are pushing workers into the state's health care program for the working poor, legislative leaders said they will consider requiring those businesses to help shoulder the cost of covering their employees."
"Officials aren't sure why Big Al turned up this far east, though he might have been a game farm escapee."
"It's hard to imagine a case where consolidation wouldn't be beneficial at this point,"
"Department of Commerce staff members will meet with members of Hurley City Council throughout the day."
"... to cut costs, the harbor project will not include the planned interpretive center. Other cuts he outlined include no new docks, less rip-rap and a delay in blacktopping one boat launch."
"High as they are, gas prices have not climbed enough to snuff out most travel plans,"
"The unemployment rate dropped to 6.2 percent in April from 7.3 percent in March. It was also lower than the 6.5 percent rate a year ago in April."
"The Mercer School Board voted 5-0 Monday to purchase software and related materials to automate the library."
"In an effort to gauge the spread of the problem moths, traps are being placed along ditches on both public and private roadsides."
Rep
Obey"Recent news reports suggesting that the CPB is increasingly making personnel and funding decisions on the basis of political ideology are extremely troubling."
Sen Feingold"Once the product of this secret meeting becomes available it must get close and public scrutiny in the Judiciary Committee and in the full Senate."
"... I have concluded that Mr. Bolton is fundamentally unsuited for the job to which he has been nominated. His blatant hostility toward the institution at which he would serve and his history of pursuing his personal policy agenda while holding public office lead me to question whether Mr. Bolton's appointment as our Ambassador to the United Nations ..."
"Parade line-up begins at 5 p.m. in Kimball on Range View Drive and County D. Participants are encouraged to ride there via trail 2A, which comes out on Range View Drive."
"Now district residents are being asked to approve the loan, which has been backed by the school board."
"Assembly will take place at Hurley Cemetery; proceedings will start at 11 a.m., weather permitting. If the weather is bad, the ceremony will be in the Hurley Memorial Building."
"It will be a meet-and-greet session. The governor ... will hopefully get to golf the signature hole of the course, the par three 16th, which is surrounded by a moat,"
"Christopher William Dull, 20, of Ironwood, was incarcerated in the Iron County Jail Tuesday on six charges, including two for burglaries."
"In addition to 33-acre Inch Lake, the parcel includes the western shore of Hildur Lake. The land is a mix of steep hills and gently rolling land that has natural stands of red pine and red oak."
"The plan is the first step in Doyle's strategy to move roughly 5,600 residents - or about a quarter of those currently receiving Medicaid in state nursing homes - out of the residential facilities and into community care over the next eight years."
Sen Feingold"A Muslim woman who was forced to remove her headscarf in order to visit her ex-husband at the Columbia Correctional Institution claims the prison's policy violates her right to practice her religion, according to a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday."
"An Amish woman in Wisconsin may not deny visitation rights to the non-Amish father of her 14-month-old child, despite her interest in raising her daughter solely within her religion, a judge has ruled."
"Legislative leaders voted Monday to not provide health insurance coverage to domestic partners, despite being told that the University of Wisconsin System has lost talented faculty members because of the current policy."
"The Hurley School Board heard a presentation about the successful program from consumer family education instructor Donelle Bugarsky."
"Everything we received through the grant will also go to help out the surrounding communities through our mutual aid agreements,"
"Dozens of other Wisconsin police agencies have so far balked at implementing the law, which allows qualified retired police officers and sheriff's deputies to carry firearms even in states such as Wisconsin that have concealed carry bans."
WMTVMadison
"Wisconsin had a record 24 boating deaths last year -- while the number of such deaths continues to drop nationwide. Five people have already died in Wisconsin this season."
"If residents want a ban on smoking in Wausau restaurants and taverns, they should push for a statewide ban such as the one that California passed years ago,"
"The law requires local communities to work with counties to develop and adopt long-range growth plans by 2010. Those plans would then govern future zoning decisions."
"Other witnesses said the truck driver collided with many law enforcement vehicles and ignored detour signs regarding construction on Highway 13 from Abbotsford south to Marshfield during the chase."
"It was just this kind of mean-spirited, punitive attitude that descended over them late at night in which they started attacking" W-2's poor clients.
"Some of the strongest sales increases were in northern Wisconsin, where many people apparently were buying second homes. Sales volume more that tripled in Forest County and nearly doubled in Vilas, Langlade and Oneida counties."
"Items such as oil-based paints, solvents, pesticides, household cleaners, high-density light bulbs and oil filters will be accepted at collections on Saturday, June 18."
"If over the winter season the system had deficiencies such as a cracked or broken well cap, this may have caused insects or other pests to contaminate the water system"
A recently leaked Bu$h administration memo shows the cynicism of the continuing Social Security scare tactics.
Sen Feingold"The Senate should not begin its consideration of the PATRIOT Act with a secret review, of a secret bill, concerning a law that often operates in secret."
"... a vast majority of Wisconsinites aren't buying the President's privatization plan for Social Security."
"According to the criminal complaint, police received a report from a confidential informant that Campbell had arrived in Hurley to transact a drug deal involving the sale of marijuana."
"Lawmakers who supported the decision said they weren't confident in the state Department of Justice's ability to represent Wisconsin's interest and protect state dollars that could ultimately be directed to cover benefits"
"Instead, Republicans on the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee approved spending $770,000 more to hire five domestic abuse specialists who would train caseworkers how to deal with family violence threats, including finding temporary shelter."
WMTVMadison
Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wisconsin) isn't convinced the President's plan will solve the problem. "The Presidents program of social security reform really ends the program as we know it. If would cause guaranteed benefits to be cut hugely."
"He charged them $1 for memberships, gave them a card that lists their name and membership number and continued to allow smoking even after the city's ban in restaurants went into effect on Monday."
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"Wisconsin Attorney General Peggy A. Lautenschlager says the St. Paul man accused of fatally shooting six deer hunters and wounding two others in the town of Meteor last Nov. 21 can get a fair trial in Sawyer County."
Sen Feingold"Stem cell research could very well be the gateway to finding treatments or cures for diabetes, heart disease, ALS, spinal cord injuries and other medical conditions that millions of Americans currently suffer from,"
Rep
Obey"Working to protect the Duluth–Superior Harbor, Congressmen Dave Obey (D-WI) and Jim Oberstar (D-MN) have asked the Army Corps of Engineers to conduct an in-depth investigation into the cause of accelerated corrosion of sheet pile and other steel structures in the harbor,"
"A Hurley man waived his right to a preliminary examination Tuesday on 17 gambling-related counts relating to a July 22 raid on his businesses."
"Wisconsin law protects the right of health professionals to refuse on moral grounds to participate in certain procedures, such as abortion or euthanasia. Lawmakers are now considering a measure that could extend those protections to pharmacists."
"Hulsey and Pomeroy acknowledged that their anti-big box retail slide show, which touched on potential traffic, air pollution and storm water problems and questionable Wal-Mart business practices, was one-sided."
"But a stream of critics, from doctors to abortion rights advocates, told a Senate subcommittee the bill would deny women access to several forms of contraception recommended by their doctors."
"About 31.1 million motorists are expected to kick off the summer travel season with a trip on Memorial Day weekend,"
Sen Feingold"The President is flat out wrong in cutting funds or eliminating altogether these highly successful education programs."
"I have heard from numerous individuals and groups across Wisconsin who are opposed to another temporary extension and eager to have the certainty for planning purposes that comes with a full reauthorization."
"The rules of the Senate will be changed by fiat, by breaking the rules. Not principle, power -- the power of majority rule."
"On Monday evening, the school board rejected a plan for the group to raise $20,000 to restore some sports programs when Paul Hagemann of Hurley, a leader of the group, said he couldn't guarantee that amount would be raised."
"Instrumental students from the fifth grade through senior high school level will perform ensembles and solos which they have practiced throughout the school year."
"The school board accepted a bid from HyTech Solutions of the North to handle computer network maintenance for the 2005-06 school year for from $12,125 to $23,350."
"Fifty schools from the Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin field teams for Public TV 13's High School Bowl tournament, with single-elimination play continuing until the championship game."
"As legislators begin to decide how much they can spend on schools and health care, a report Monday said the state's rebounding economy will net an additional $349 million in taxes by mid-2007."
WMTVMadison
"Will hunters in Wisconsin, will landowners in Wisconsin, will politicians in Wisconsin, will administrators in Wisconsin, will they be able to have the patience that we think is necessary for us to really say, 'Are we being successful or not?'"
Sen Feingold"I continue to hear about the negative impact that the lack of dental care is having on the health of families in Wisconsin, particularly in Milwaukee and our rural communities,"
"We'll be sending out news releases with more information when the schedule is set,"
"After two years of decline, tourism spending in Iron County increased by more than 9 percent in 2004 to nearly $62 million."
"At Covenant Healthcare System, an uninsured family of four with an income of $43,000 a year now can get an 80% discount on its hospital bills."
"The Republican proposal calls for all voters to show a state-issued driver's license, identification card or military ID."
"Members on the Republican-controlled budget committee have vowed to make a wide swath of cuts to wipe out a $1.6 billion deficit, with some saying they are willing to eliminate the Chapter 220 school integration program and suspend for two years state funding for 4-year-old kindergarten."
"About 5,500 soldiers, or more than 57 percent of the Guard's total force in the state, will have served on active duty since Sept. 11, 2001."
"What follows is a look at the risks inherent in the main types of retirement-savings plans, how you can protect yourself and the safety nets that are in place in case of problems."
"What do Wisconsin duck hunters want?
Are they in favor of longer seasons, higher bag limits, a ban on electronic decoys, less hunting pressure, greater efforts to attract new hunters, a quality hunting experience, an earlier start or a later ending to the hunting season?"
"If as a top federal official forecast, the military's restructuring would hit like a tsunami, Wisconsin - while bruised - escaped the worst of the damage."
WMTVMadison
"I have always said feral cats are a problem on the landscape, but this isn't the right way to try and deal with it,"
"Governor Doyle says by closing the 440th, the state's economy would lose 90 million dollars along with the majority of Mitchell airport's fire response capability to the community."
"I think the phone companies made a mistake about five years ago when they didn't really push DSL very hard and they didn't run fiber to homes when they could," Orton said. "They were happy getting all those profits from the second (phone) lines people got with dial-up (Internet access). And I think that's going to come back and bite them hard."
"Having examined the DOD's criteria in selecting military installations for closure and realignment, we feel that all Wisconsin installations fulfill, and in many circumstances exceed, the standards of the criteria"
Sen Feingold"The facts demonstrating the 440th's continued value are on our side."
"... the bridge was built with money bequeathed to the golf course by the late Tim Prospero, a Hurley barber who served on the board of directors at Eagle Bluff for many years."
"Johns' presentation to the students was part of a drug and alcohol program presented to all students in grades 9-12."
"The Joint Finance Committee voted 10-6 to ask the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands to sell the land to the state's environmental protection agency, which would have to use Stewardship Fund bonds to pay for the land at appraised values."
"Despite a recommendation to close the Air Reserve Station housing the 440th Airlift Wing at Milwaukee's Mitchell Field, most of the military bases in Wisconsin escaped a list of proposed base closings and realignments."
"Hurley Police Chief Dan Erspamer said this week an effort will be made to hit the record book for the longest ATV parade on record."
"Come out and see the budding pop stars that we hope to see on American Idol some day,"
"If (legislators) are not for Smart Growth, are they for 'dumb' growth?"
"Permits are necessary when brush is cut down on a site, and then burned in the same area," Otto explained. When brush is transferred from one area to a larger burning site, a license is necessary."
"The city sold the 50- by 75-foot lot for $2,500 with the stipulation that a 16-foot easement be included to accommodate an adjacent city parking lot and other businesses."
"The council recently reviewed studies detailing $8 million in needed repairs."
"The business is located approximately 8 miles south of Hurley on U.S. 51. AFS ... offers a wide variety of construction, hardware and building tools and supplies. The Hurley location has been in full operation since August 2004."
"Wisconsin's elk count is now estimated at 101, with most of the stock in a 288-square-mile area surrounding Clam Lake."
"The state is investigating a claim by a Milwaukee mother of six who said she had to resort to an abortion after a former Walgreen pharmacist refused to fill her prescription for emergency contraceptive, and then berated her as a murderer."
"But now that he has been suspended from school for three days, is being forced to miss his last track meet (and a chance for the school's pole vaulting record) and has to pay a $249 ticket for disorderly conduct, Lofy's not so sure he picked the right battle to fight."
WMTVMadison
"Randy petitioned the town for a referendum. So on June 14 he and only he will vote on whether the village can annex the land."
"Club members said a turkey was also observed in southern Iron County near the Mercer home of Bruce Bacon, a DNR wildlife biologist who works at the Mercer office."
"The hearings are conducted to determine if there is enough evidence to order a defendant to stand trial."
"Iron County Judge Patrick Madden continued Pliskie's $10,000 signature bond, which contains provisions that he not consume any alcohol or use drugs."
"But any vote to raise salaries of state officials comes amid Capitol controversies on two related subjects: Deadlocks in labor negotiations with unions that represent most state employees; and negotiations that have so far failed to raise the state's minimum wage, which has been $5.15 an hour since 1997."
"The changes mean less protection for the snake in some parts of southeastern Wisconsin. But more significantly, the new policy is an example of the DNR and the Doyle administration trying to balance environmental protection and economic development."
"We're seeing a lot more of small-type institutions, small- type banks," Manning said. "Phishers are getting a lot smarter in targeting people who aren't expecting that their small bank is being targeted."
"Wisconsin is one of 10 states that does not require proof of legal immigration status to receive a driver's license, though state legislation has also been proposed that would add the requirement."
It was done in error," Nowak said. "They were very apologetic. ... The group was just too young to be handing out condoms."
Sen Feingold"Feingold has been named a "Treasury Guardian" several times by the non-partisan budget watchdog group Taxpayers for Common Sense and has been named to the "Honor Roll" by the Concord Coalition, a non-partisan, grass roots organization dedicated to achieving a balanced budget."
"Some older boys who were able to get out into the water up to their knees produced a stringer of about eight trout, but otherwise the fish catching was slow, although more than 100 bobbers dotted the shallows of the lake."
"A bill that would have required voters to provide photo identification was shot down, but legislation requiring uniform voting hours throughout the state passed the Senate."
"F. James Sensenbrenner Jr., the state's senior Republican in Congress, visited New Orleans, Las Vegas and 11 foreign countries - some overseas destinations twice - in the 14 months ending in February."
"With this mobilization, about 5,500 National Guard soldiers and airmen from Wisconsin - more than 57% of the state's total force - will have served on active duty since Sept. 11, 2001."
"Districts don't come near being reimbursed for their special education costs,"
WMTV
Madison
"32 of them were maximum security inmates. So the majority were maximum security. And 9 of those were maximum security inmates with a history of institutional violence,"
"The progressive biweekly newspaper The Madison Observer accused its conservative counterpart The Mendota Beacon Wednesday of “cybersquatting,” or anonymously buying two web domains similar to The Madison Observer’s and redirecting those sites to The Mendota Beacon’s website."
"In essence, people should avoid eating farmed salmon," said Foran of the Midwest Center for Environmental Science and Public Policy in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in an interview.
"If there are no other reductions in expenses or significant increases in revenues, the per-capita payment to Nation members will have to be reduced substantially in order for the Nation to have a balanced budget,"
"With the primary not scheduled until Sept. 12, 2006, many delegates were hedging their bets and wearing stickers for five or six candidates."
WMTV
Madison
"They accumulate and they really don't get flushed or cleaned out. So the bigger the fish the more potential for contamination."
"In 2000, according to the U.S. Census, there were 18 million unmarried Americans ages 18 to 34 living with their families for a variety of reasons."
"Since then, Skurka has taken 20 consecutive days of vacation, moved out of his Longfellow Administration Center office and missed the regular March and April meetings of the School Board."
"Ironically, the unidentified landowner had used the fire to clear his land to make it less susceptible to fire damage, DNR officials said."
"Lasee said he hoped the bill would stop school districts from "sneaking" a referendum past voters when turnout is low."
"A wind-whipped fire, described as the largest wild fire in Wisconsin in 25 years, swept across nearly 3,900 acres in Adams County May 5, destroying 30 permanent and seasonal homes, at least 30 camper trailers and about 60 sheds or similar structures."
"It is hoped that those of you who have not visited the museum will do so, to be enlightened by the wealth of history recorded in words and photographs,"
"To help stress the importance wearing bicycle helmets, the sheriff's department will be issuing free sundae tickets to children seen wearing helmets, Bruneau said."
"Area residents, farmers, small businesses, governmental units and schools will have an opportunity to properly dispose of unwanted hazardous chemicals Saturday at the Ashland National Guard Armory parking lot from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m."
"Investigations continue in Iron County concerning two separate accidents that occurred Wednesday night and early Thursday morning."
"Her lawyer, Victor Arellano, is the same lawyer representing former state Assembly candidate Barbara Linton and her treasurer, Jessica Nuutinen, in a lawsuit against Schnook that alleges that he violated the First Amendment in arguing with campaign workers at the Bay Days festival last year."
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"School districts would no longer be able to schedule special elections for spending measures, under a bill that the state Senate passed Thursday."
"A small brush fire quickly escalated into a 4,000-acre forest fire in central Wisconsin, forcing at least 96 people from their homes, officials said."
"The discovery of an ivory- billed woodpecker deep in an Arkansas swamp has bird lovers in Wisconsin talking about the possibility of finding such flying ghosts in this state's remote wooded or marshy reaches."
"Crop Paper Scissors hosts classes and workshops for beginners to experienced scrapbookers."
"A victim services unit was activated and the woman's parents were notified of the fatal accident around 3:41 a.m."
"Iron County Sheriff Robert Bruneau said this morning he had heard that it appears the boy will be OK."
"Hurley police received a 12:46 a.m. complaint of a "man down" following a fight near Horse's Corral on Silver Street."
"'The News We Need in an Age of Spin' will bring together advocates of media reform, local journalists and news consumers at Edgewood College to examine how news is presented both locally and nationally and to discuss ways consumers can help shape the news of the future."
"The whole model is driven by advertisers' need to get in front of consumers," said Alexandor. "They're not watching 30-second TV ads anymore."
"Business disciplines did especially well, grabbing a 3.9 percent increase in the average starting salary since last spring, to $43,800."
Sen Feingold"Billions of dollars, the success of the stabilization mission, and U.S. credibility are at stake, and these reports inspire very little confidence in the competence and transparency of U.S. efforts to date."
Rep
David Obey"I don't want to take heat for a million dollar congressional seal."
"What we need is more practical, working space."
It was on CSpan on Wednesday, 04 May 2005... I'll post the transcript when available.
""Communicating Across the Generations" will be the topic for the next free business development workshop offered by Iron County UW-Extension."
"The National Finnish-American Festival Chorus under the direction of Elsie Nevala will present a Mother's Day concert on Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Kimball Community Center."
"I'm really scared right now, if I get caught without a license," said Angel Porras, 27, of Whitewater, who said he was in the country illegally.
WMTV
Madison
"They have the ability to use these to set up bank accounts, to funnel in money ... to take flight lessons, now to get onto airliners,"
"Wal-Mart needs a minimum of 16 acres of suitable land for a SuperCenter, Huss said. Wal-Mart is also considering the purchase of 14.3 acres of land to the west, adjacent to the four lots."
"The people who have been calling are aware that DOVE will not make any calls of this type and have hung up on the caller,"
DOVE calls legitimate
"Telephone calls to area residents from a person claiming to be affiliated
with Domestic Violence Escape are legitimate, according to a Tuesday
Ironwood Public Safety Department report."
"Zaleski faces charges of homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle, hit-run involving death, homicide by negligent operation of a motor vehicle and misdemeanor negligent operation of a vehicle."
"If you bake the pizzas in vans on the way to you, it would be so neat. You could probably get it there in 20 minutes,"
"The planned renovation of a hotel near Granite Peak Ski Area - designed to make it a destination for snowboarders from across the Midwest - has been pushed back to at least 2007 and may never happen after the prospective owners were unable to secure the financing they needed to buy the property."
"All residents of Iron and western Gogebic County interested in becoming a weather spotter, providing the public service to help protect the lives of family, neighbors, and those in other towns, are encouraged to attend and become a certified spotter."
"It was announced this week Michigan will be permitted to euthanize up to 20 wolves this year. Earlier, the number was set at 34 for Wisconsin."
"The slow growth stems from income tax cuts in 2000 and 2001. Since a sharp falloff in revenue between 2000 and 2001, tax and fee collections have steadily risen - but the increases have not been as high as in most other states ..."
"Right now, you have an especially big separation between baby boomers who are subordinate to younger, Generation X bosses,"
"But Moore and Dreckmann agree on this: The best solution is to use fewer bags - whether they're paper or plastic. Wolbert said one of his pet peeves is buying a single item that's already packaged, such as toilet paper, and having it packaged a second time in a bag."
"Last year, a bipartisan advisory panel made up of business and political leaders recommended increasing the state's minimum wage through an administrative rule from the current $5.15 an hour to $6.50."
"An Eau Claire jury convicted Zimmerman of first-degree murder in the case in 2001, but an appeals court overturned the conviction and ordered a retrial in 2003, deciding Zimmerman received ineffective counsel during his first trial."
"Persistent describes many opponents of Project ELF. Since 1991, 58 demonstrations occurred at the site. Police gave out 639 citations and more than 40 people went to jail for refusing to pay the fines, according to John LaForge, of the Luck-based Nukewatch."
“You want people to come into the area, but not if they are going to create more working poor, lower average wages, not if they are going to destroy local enterprise …”
"The Wisconsin Republican's bill makes it more difficult for illegal immigrants to obtain driver's licenses, but it also deals with asylum, deportation and border security matters."
"This dispersal of young "avoids crowding in certain habitats, extends the range of a species" and "promotes genetic diversity," he [Scott Craven] said."
"At issue is whether the model of self-regulation works, given recent history, prime examples being a price-fixing scandal at Nasdaq and the floor trading investigations and indictments at the New York Stock Exchange."
"... the U.S. Census Bureau recently released its 2004 annual report revealing Wisconsin to have the twelfth-highest tax burden in the nation ..."
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