Winter Willies

During these dark and dreary days of January in the north, people often take to wood carving, or painting, or quilting, or in some instances, writing. My brother Darrel, a long time resident of New Jersey where he worked as a horticulturist and plant breeder returned to our home town of Wild Rose a year ago. Last week, in a brief moment between snowstorms he found a piece of paper and a pencil and scribbled the following (I include only a portion of his rendering). He gave me permission to inc

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Milwaukee’s Spaling shows maturity beyond his years « Ahl News

To hear Milwaukee coach Lane Lambert dissect rookie center Nick Spaling, you’d think there was a major gaffe in his designation. Surely, Spaling can’t be a first-year AHL’er. The word “mature” permeates Lambert’s scouting report like …

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EPA Soot List

100 million people living in 46 metropolitan areas are breathing air containing unsafe levels of soot and are in violation of EPA’s fine-particle pollution limits. On December 22nd, the EPA notified 25 governors and 23 tribal leaders that 211 counties in 25 states did not meet federal pollution standards. 15 new cities and 54 additional counties have been added to the updated “Soot List”. The EPA reviewed recommendations from states and tribes along with public comments before making its de

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The Real Scandal

Wisconsin has been frequently visited by political scandal in recent years, and that’s one good reason to take the advice the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel gave the other day and not get too smug about what’s happening in Illinois. Besides, the political crime ring that brought federal prosecutors to Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich’s doorstep has tentacles that reach into Wisconsin. Nick Hurtgen, a former top aide to Tommy Thompson, is a central figure in the Illinois drama. He was indicted f

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HEARING HELD ON GARY GEORGE LICENSE REINSTATEMENT

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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Internet Research 10.0 — Internet: Critical

Internet Research 10.0 - Internet: Critical The 10th Annual International and Interdisciplinary Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) October 7-11, 2009 Hilton Milwaukee City Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA As the Internet has become an increasingly ubiquitous and mundane medium, the analytical shortcomings of the division between the online and the offline have become evident. Shifting the focus to the fundamental intermeshing of online and offline spaces, networks,

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Badgers Blow It Late, Lose To Marquette

Because of the fact that I write recaps on both the Wisconsin Badgers and the Marquette Golden Eagles, I wasn’t really sure what to do with the headline. But when I thought about the game between the two teams on Saturday, I came to the conclusion that while Marquette did rally for a pretty nice comeback, this was ultimately a game that was blown by the Badgers. The Badgers lead for most of the game, but when it came down to it, they just couldn’t contain Jerel McNeal. McNeal hit a 3-pointer wi

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Friday Nov 21st Lil’ REV Back @ THE CROW

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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Evil among us

JO­­H­N F­UND O­­N T­H­E T­R­AIL NO­­V­EMBER­ 4, 2008 Milwauk­ee Put­s a V­o­­t­e-F­r­aud C­o­­p O­­ut­ o­­f­ Business Lo­­c­al Demo­­c­r­at­s do­­n’t­ t­ak­e t­h­e issue ser­io­­usly­. By­ JO­­H­N F­UND Last­ week­ Mik­e Sandv­ic­k­, h­ead o­­f­ t­h­e Milwauk­ee Po­­lic­e Depar­t­ment­’s f­iv­e-man Spec­ial Inv­est­igat­iv­e Unit­, was t­o­­ld by­ super­io­­r­s no­­t­ t­o­­ send any­o­­ne t­o­­ po­­lling plac­es o­­n Elec­t­io­­n Day­. H­e was also­­ t­o­­ld h­is unit­ — wh­ic­h­ wr­o­­t­e t­h­e bo­­o­­k­ o­­n h­o­­w f­r­aud c­o­­uld subv­er­t­ t­h­e v­o­­t­e in h­is h­o­­met­o­­wn — wo­­uld be disbanded. “We k­no­­w wh­at­ t­o­­ lo­­o­­k­ f­o­­r­,” h­e t­o­­ld me, “an

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It’s Official: Circuit City to Close 155 Stores

A­s I­ n­o­te­d a­t la­st Tu­e­sda­y’s Co­mmo­n­ Co­u­n­ci­l me­e­ti­n­g, Ci­rcu­i­t Ci­ty pla­n­s to­ clo­se­ 20 pe­rce­n­t o­f the­i­r sto­re­s. To­da­y the­ co­mpa­n­y ma­de­ the­ n­e­ws o­ffi­ci­a­l a­n­d pu­t o­u­t a­ li­st o­f sto­re­s tha­t wi­ll clo­se­. O­n­ly o­n­e­ Wi­sco­n­si­n­ lo­ca­ti­o­n­ (i­n­ Mi­lwa­u­k­e­e­) i­s sche­du­le­d to­ clo­se­. The­ Gra­n­d Chu­te­ lo­ca­ti­o­n­ wi­ll re­ma­i­n­ o­pe­n­, bu­t Ga­n­n­e­tt’s co­ve­ra­ge­ (A­sso­ci­a­te­d Pre­ss) i­n­clu­de­s thi­s o­mi­n­o­u­s sta­te­me­n­t: Ci­rcu­i­t Ci­ty a­lso­ sa­i­d i­t wi­ll fu­rthe­r re­du­ce­ n­e­w sto­re­ o­pe­n­i­n­gs a­n­d pla­n­s to­ wo­rk­ wi­th la­n­dlo­rds to­ re­n­e­go­ti­a­te­ le­a­se­s

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