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Scandinavia News

Local news for Scandinavia, WI continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

Tuesday | WisInfo

Local schools focus on efficiency

Local school districts are installing solar panels, switching to energy-efficient lighting and setting energy reduction goals this year to help conserve energy in a time of unexpected spikes in fuel and heating ...

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Related Topix: Amherst, WI, University of Massachusetts System, Amherst (University of Massachusetts System), Education Etc.

Mon Jul 21, 2008

Racine Journal Times

World Santa Claus Congress meets in Copenhagen

It's July _ and the Christmas tree is lit, bells are jingling and jolly elves are doing "yula-hoops" on stage.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas, Offbeat

The Journal Times

Worldwide Santa Clauses meet in Denmark

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in a Danish amusement park where Santa Clauses from around the world are gathering for their annual three-day congress.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas, Offbeat

Sun Jul 20, 2008

WisInfo

Senior menus

July 21-25 Wood County Congregate and home-delivered meals Monday: Meatballs, brussels sprouts, mashed potatoes, white bread, pineapple.

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Related Topix: Wood County, WI, Wisconsin Rapids, WI, Nekoosa, WI, Pittsville, WI

Fri Jul 18, 2008

The Journal Times

Spears granted additional visitation with boys

Britney Spears and Kevin Federline have reached an agreement that grants the pop singer more visits with her children and averts a custody trial that was scheduled for next month, attorneys said Friday.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Britney Spears, Entertainment

Airport Business

Qantas to cut 1,500 workers

Qantas Airways, Australia's largest airline, will cut 1,500 jobs worldwide to cope with an almost doubling of fuel prices in the last year.

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Mon Jul 14, 2008

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

PHOTOS: Lodi wife-carrying contest

Based on Scandinavian contests that commemorate the tradition of bandits raiding villages to steal women, the event featured men carrying women over a 240-meter obstacle-laden course.

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Fri Jul 11, 2008

WisInfo

'Dancing Queen' hasn't lost a step

You happen to hear that disco ditty "Dancing Queen" while in the car or at the mall.

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Related Topix: Abba, Pop/Rock

Wed Jul 09, 2008

WisInfo

Lakeshore update

TWO RIVERS - The Two Rivers Senior Center, 1520 17th St., will offer the following: n Sign-up for the Scandinavian Delights Bus Tour starts at 1 p.m. Monday.

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Related Topix: Mount Horeb, WI, Two Rivers, WI, Winter, WI

Mon Jul 07, 2008

WisInfo

Rosholt celebrates 100 years

ROSHOLT -- The all-volunteer fire department has always been at the core of the small community of Rosholt, so it was fitting that the department had such a large role in the festivities marking the village's ...

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Related Topix: Rosholt, WI, Custer, WI

Sat Jul 05, 2008

WisInfo

Winners named at Black and White Show

Wood County entrants chosen to compete at State Fair For the Marshfield News-Herald The Wood County Holstein Breeders held their annual Black and White Show on June 21 at Marshfield Fairgrounds.

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Related Topix: Marshfield, WI, West Allis, WI, Wood County, WI, Wisconsin, Winter, WI

Fri Jul 04, 2008

Hotel News Resource

STR Global adds 13 new markets to its market-leading monthly surveys

The STR Global HotelBenchmark Survey, issued monthly, now tracks 525 markets outside North America The new markets added include 9 markets in Scandinavia, 3 markets in Europe and Fukuoka in Japan.

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Thu Jun 19, 2008

WisInfo

St. Nazianz woman celebrates 50th anniversary with law firm

ST. NAZIANZ - When Diana Schroeder, 67, of Manitowoc began working at a St. Nazianz law office, it cost her about $3 to fill up the gas tank in her car.

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Related Topix: Manitowoc, WI, St. Nazianz, WI

Wed Jun 18, 2008

WisInfo

Campus news

Aaron Van Dreel graduated cum laude from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh with a bachelor's degree in biology.

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Related Topix: Appleton Metro, Oshkosh, WI, Platteville, WI, Wisconsin, Plover, WI

Mon Jun 16, 2008

Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter

Ask A Doctor: Better to be safe than sorry with eyelid cancer

Question: I have developed an unusual-looking spot on my eyelid. Could this be cancerous? Answer: Lesions or tumors on the eyelid can be cancerous, but they may also be benign .

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Related Topix: Skin Cancer, Health

Sun Jun 15, 2008

East Valley Tribune

Outings put a special spin on Father's Day

Craig Outhier , Tribune With the notable exception of those swinging Scandinavians and the churlish Chinese , citizens around the world will honor their fathers and husbands on Sunday.

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Fri Jun 13, 2008

Der Spiegel

DNA Shows Genetic Diversity: Find Refutes Scandinavian Racial Purity Myth

New research has revealed that Scandinavians are much more genetically diverse than previously thought.

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Related Topix: Travel, Denmark Travel

Wed Jun 11, 2008

WisInfo

Column: Local group set to launch Tomorrow River Chautauqua

The longtime dream of a small group of Amherst-area residents will be fulfilled this year with the formation of Tomorrow River Chautauqua.

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Related Topix: Amherst, WI

Mon Jun 09, 2008

WISN.com

Drinkers Get Arthritis Less Often

Alcohol can cut the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis in half, according to new research.

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Related Topix: Rheumatoid Arthritis, Medicine, Health

Sat Jun 07, 2008

Transworld Skateboarding

DVS Scandinavia Tour

Scandinavians are stoked this month: the dudes, dudes, dudes from DVS will be rolling through town.

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Related Topix: Denmark, World News

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Scandinavia, Wisconsin is located in Waupaca County. Zip codes in Scandinavia, WI include 54977.

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