Proposals due January 30th, 2009 March 5th-6th, 2009 - Pewaukee, WI (Waukesha County Technical College) Milwaukee Area Technical College, Waukesha County Technical College, and Wisconsin Campus Compact will host a series of workshops, round table discussions and a panel focused on transformative learning through service-learning, community engagement, and civic engagement. Faculty, staff, and administration from Wisconsin and surrounding area 2-year and technical colleges are invited to partici

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HighlightsNEW: Arrivals at Newark airport delayed 5½ hoursNEW: Buffalo’s Skyway closed by wind and snowWatches, warnings extend from central Plains to mid- and north Atlantic coastUp to a foot of snow expected in parts from Illinois to New York Next Article in U.S. » Read VIDEO (CNN) — Milwaukee’s airport was shut down and travel treacherous across the upper Midwest as a major winter storm plowed eastward Friday, the National Weather Service said.A worker shovels snow as the storm hits Chicago

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 153 PM CST WED DEC 17 2008 …MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO IMPACT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN… A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO HAMMER THE AREA THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL GATHER STRENGTH OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON THURSDAY…THEN TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI… REACHING NORTHERN INDIANA BY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS IS A CLASSIC STORM TRACK FOR HEAVY SNOW ACROSS S

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Nearly 600 Cities File Infrastructure Proposals With U. S. Conference of Mayors Milwaukee Not Among Them Special to the Readers of Milwaukeeworld By Michael Horne And The Milwaukee World Hound Dog Team On Monday, December 8th, 2008 the United States Conference of Mayors issued the second installment [pdf] of its “MainStreet Economic Recovery Report,” covering 427 cities and their “Ready-to-Go” infrastructure projects costing $73 billion, and creating 847,641 jobs. Survey cities includ

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Special to the Readers of Milwaukeeworld By Michael Horne And the Milwaukee World Hound Dog Team Former state Sen. Gary R. George, [U Michigan '79] whose license to practice law was suspended for four years and three months retroactive to April 1, 2004 following his guilty plea to federal corruption charges, wants to become a lawyer again. A Hearing on Petition for Reinstatement was held yesterday, Monday, December 8th, 2008 at the Milwaukee State Office Building before Referee James Win

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CROW FAVORITE! Lil’ REVA Midwestern Traveling Musician and Storyteller!Voted Best Folk Singer in Wisconsin — WAMI 2004 Inducted into The Traditional Old-Time Country Music Hall of Fame - 2003 Voted Best Instrumentalist Harmonica — WAMI 2000 Voted Best Acoustic Act in Milwaukee 1996-1997 Shepherd Express Reader’s Choice Hohner’s 1996 National Blues Harmonica ChampionLil’ Rev, Purveyor of Good-Time Music “A Ukulele & Harmonica Wizard” — Elderly Instruments “Lil’ Rev is an immensely talented

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Snowy Owls are already being reported across Wisconsin; Ashland, Appleton, Horicon, Milwaukee, and Oshkosh. It looks like a veritable irruption is underway. This phenomenon is often correlated to a crash in northern rodent populations, driving these supremely beautiful Arctic visitors further south in pursuit of better hunting prospects. Be mindful that some of the owls that make it this far south can be in poor shape, so in the spirit of good birding ethics, give them plenty of room when view

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Special to the Readers of Milwaukeeworld.com By Michael Horne and the Milwaukee World Hound Dog Team Two studies released this week focus on freeway ramps as another example of highway planners’ mindless assaults on Wisconsin’s largest city. The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Wisconsin issued a position paper and press release Thursday, October 30th, 2008, decrying WisDOT plans to eliminate the S. 27th Street exit ramp at I-794 as part of the department’s unfunded $1.9 billion plan to recon

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W­O­RK B­EGINS O­N I-94 CO­RRIDO­R W­ITH­ $191 M­ILLIO­N O­F­ M­O­STLY­ STATE F­U­NDS – J­U­ST $1.7 B­ILLIO­N SH­O­RT O­F­ PRO­J­ECT B­U­DGET Special to­ th­e Readers o­f­ M­ilw­au­keew­o­rld.co­m­ B­y­ M­ich­ael H­o­rne And th­e M­ilw­au­kee W­o­rld H­o­u­nd Do­g Team­ In a gu­tsy­ m­o­ve, th­e Do­y­le adm­inistratio­n is f­ast-tracking its I-94 No­rth­ / So­u­th­ reco­nstru­ctio­n and expansio­n b­y­ b­eginning w­o­rk in 2008 o­n th­e pro­j­ect sch­edu­led to­ o­f­f­icially­ b­egin in 2009 and ru­n th­ro­u­gh­ 2016. Since th­e $1.9 b­illio­n b­u­dget anticipates a 50

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