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Peninsula Players Theatre , in conjunction with its production of Charles Ludlam 's frighteningly funny farce "The Mystery of Irma Vep - A Penny Dreadful," will host speaker Dr. Gary Jones Friday, August 8 at 6:30 p.m. Tickets to the performance are available; admission to the pre-show seminar is free.

A parent's objections to sexual content in the John Green Novel "Looking for Alaska" will go to a public hearing this afternoon in the Waukesha School District.

To share is human. And the means to share personal news - good and bad - have exploded over the last decade, particularly social media and texting.

JENTZ JOINS FILAMENT MARKETING AS MEDIA RELATIONS EXECUTIVE Jul. 25, 2014 Source:Filament Marketing news release Filament Marketing, LLC announces the hiring of Kayla Jentz as a media relations executive.

Data from Amazon Kindles suggests that that honor may go to Thomas Piketty's "Capital in the Twenty-First Century," which reached No.

Wisconsin received two big commitments as Presley Norby and Kyleigh Hanzlik recently gave verbal pledges to Mark Johnson and the Badgers.

According to previous research , women with more education than their husbands were more likely to divorce .

Lakeland Performing Arts Association officers are Deane Galloway, president; Sally Kunkel, secretary; and phil Strand, treasurer.

Here's something the well-educated woman can stop worrying about: That she will somehow increase her risk of divorce by marrying a less-educated man.

Mark Lefebvre and Jennifer Kidon DeKrey each spent about two decades raising money for UW-Madison through the foundation.

For decades, couples in which a wife had more education than her husband faced a higher risk of divorce than those in which a husband had more education, but a new study finds this is no longer the case.

UNIV OF WISCONSIN SCIENTIST RECEIVES DAIRY NUTRITION RESEARCH AWARD Jul. 24, 2014 Source: American Feed Industry Assn news release Randy Shaver, Ph.D., an expert on dairy cattle nutrition, was awarded the American Dairy Science Association Nutrition Research Award Tuesday for his professional achievements.

Abused or neglected children are affected as deep down as their own DNA, which becomes altered, thus leading to behavioral and psychological changes.

Children who have been abused or neglected early in life are at risk for developing both emotional and physical health problems.

Professor Paul Kimmel during the Rutgers University intro to chemistry class at Rutgers University.

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse a Olivia Allen of Roseville a Kyle Marmesh of Roseville a Anthony Mottaz of Roseville a Kate Norgon of Roseville University of Wisconsin-Madison a Megan Howell of Falcon Heights a Charlotte Kazlauskas of Falcon Heights a Benjamin Meyer of Falcon Heights a Connor Polydoroff of Falcon Heights a Megan Donovan of ... (more)

Wisconsin may not have a climate made for producing the best wine grapes, but its fertile soil has produced a plethora of top notch winemakers.

"I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody." So said then-candidate Barack Obama famously to Samuel "Joe the Plumber" Wurzelburger in Toledo as televisions cameras rolled in October 2012.

A new policy at the University of Wisconsin - Madison states that good grades should be distributed equally among students of different races.

Blackshades, we're not talking about sunglasses. In fact, the total opposite. It's a type of malware that has made national headlines, and is making some people think twice about what they do in front of their computer.