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“They have a great deal of knowledge about what they're doing.”

During my visit to a journalism seminar at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh this month, there was some talk with students about a rash of armed robberies on college campuses in Milwaukee. via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

“Because (the crane) wouldn't sit still, one of us would drive the squad and we would hold the bird by the neck so it couldn't bite and by the legs so it couldn't scratch.”

MADISON - In four years with the Wisconsin State Patrol, squad car No. 2515 caught speeders, ferried prisoners and chased fugitives. via WisInfo

A 46-year-old jet boat operator who caused a fatal accident through his drunken driving was sentenced last Friday to three years of confinement in the Wisconsin Prison System. via Vilas County News-Review

“These locations fall within 100 miles of the infestations in northern Illinois”

With more than 725 million ash trees in the state, Wisconsin cannot afford to take its chances on the emerald ash borer. via Wisconsin Ag Connection

The Weston man who killed a little girl and wounded 5 others has died. The Wisconsin Prison Systems confirms that 78 year old Carl Steppert died Friday. via WYOW-TV Eagle River

The La Crosse County Sheriff's Department is investigating the discovery of two homemade explosive devices found in mailboxes, one of which blew up early Monday morning. via WKBT

The state is looking for people interested in serving as Dodge County District Attorney. via Fond du Lac Reporter

“With all the negativity of the market right now, it is exciting to see such positive change and I think it was an important move by our local MLS to bring us to the front lines of the green movement”

With the housing market facing some major headwinds, local real estate agents are looking to tap into buyers interested in "going green." The South Central Wisconsin Multiple Listing Service has just launched a ... via The Capital Times

“It's possible that the temperature will turn just cold enough late tonight before the rain ends to have the rain mix with or change over to some snow”

The month of March began with the area covered in snow, and it looks like it will end with the area covered in rain. via 620AM WTMJ

“We have posted some of the potential cuts”

Of 4,551 voters in Dodge and Fond du Lac counties, 1,981 voted for a Waupun school referendum seeking to spend an additional $10 million over four years, according to the unofficial results Tuesday, April 1. It ... via WiscNews.com

“The name itself implies benefit is to be gained from carefully planned and implemented fire.”

Beginning in early April and continuing until mid-June, fire crews and specialized equipment from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Leopold Wetland Management District in Portage will assemble at federally ... via Beaver Dam Daily Citizen

Dodge County is among eight counties in Wisconsin that have received an Emergency Disaster Declaration. via Fond du Lac Reporter

“During this time of shrinking state resources, citizen-gathered monitoring data may be the only information available for management decision making regarding many lakes”

Persons in southwest Wisconsin looking for a special reason to get out on lakes in local state parks can join over 1,000 like-minded volunteers statewide who are participating in a partnership between the state ... via Wisconsin Department of Natural Resou...

Tom and Lynne Underkofler, owners of Underkofler's Supper Club & Black Swan Pub in Fond du Lac, were honored as the Outstanding Restaurateurs of the Year at a recent Wisconsin Restaurant Association Lake to ... via WisInfo

Although Thursday is the first day of spring... The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning from 6:00 a.m. Friday until 10:00 p.m. Friday for most of southeast Wisconsin including Milwaukee. via JSOnline.com and WTMJ-TV

The National Weather Service is issuing a winter storm watch for parts of Southeastern Wisconsin. via 620AM WTMJ

Federal aid will be coming to help pay the costs from the record snowfall that hit Wisconsin at the beginning of February. via WQOW

President Bush has decided to give Wisconsin money to help pay for measures taken during record or near-record snowfall at the beginning of last month. via WYOW-TV Eagle River

Three members of the Dodge-Fond du Lac County Farmers Union recently attended the National Farmers Union annual convention held March 2-4 in Las Vegas, Nev. via Fond du Lac Reporter

“Assuming Iowa comes to fruition, this would enable us to be nicely prepared for the next step-up in 2015”

Wisconsin Public Service Corp. plans to build a wind farm in Minnesota that could help it achieve its renewable energy requirements. via WisInfo