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Comprehensive News Feed for Downing, WI.

Results 1 - 20 of 28 in Downing, WI

  1. Dean's List

    Thursday Jul 24 | Leader-Telegram

    ... dean's list: UW-Stout Almena: Micah Fauske. Arkansaw: Lawrence Hennemann. Bay City: Megan Nelson. Boyd: Sarah Klick. Downing: Katherine Bien. Fountain City: Kiley Pronschinske. Jim Falls: Thomas Lewis. Maiden Rock: Laura Kane. Melrose: Allie Ramos. ...

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  2. McCann, Carrie Amelia 'Bea'Read the original story

    Jul 9, 2008 | WisInfo

    ... peacefully Monday, July 7, 2008. She was born October 7, 1925, in Ontario, WI, daughter of Chancey D. and 'Belle' (Downing) Burch. She was the youngest of six brothers and six sisters who have all preceded her in death. Bea married John C. McCann in ...

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  3. Leslie 'Bud' H. King

    Jul 1, 2008 | WisInfo

    ... Bryan (Rebecca) and Kelly Nindorf, Laura (Kevin) Barclay, Jason (Amy), Shane, and Stacey Varga, Danielle (Derek) Downing, and Kristopher (Holly), Chad (Jamie), and Nicole King; eight great-grandchildren; one brother, Robert (Violet) King of Lomira; ...

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  4. Back-roads breweriesRead the original story

    Mar 23, 2008 | Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal

    ... who wanted to build their own brewery, began the business in the late 1990s in a farm building and semi-trailer in Downing. By 2004, Sand Creek had grown so much that the company decided to buy Pioneer Brewing Co., which had been operating in the ...

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  5. Tractor Transformers

    Jun 10, 2008 | Dunn County News

    ... to finish the restoration project. Prochnow took over. He contacted John Sheppard of Sheppards Two Cylinders near Downing. Sheppard helped to locate hard-to-find parts and provided much-needed advice. Eventually, the old tractor got a new block, a ...

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  6. Storm batters region

    May 25, 2008 | Leader-Telegram

    ... meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Chanhassen, Minn. "They kind of met in the middle," she said. Downing, Wheeler, Colfax and Menomonie all received 2 3/4-inch hail between 6:30 and 7 p.m., she said. The storm's power lessened ...

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  7. Thrill of the hunt extends off the fieldRead the original story

    Dec 22, 2007 | Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal

    ... in the mid-1980s when the Bears won the Super Bowl, so I know what it's like to have that shoved down your throat. Downing a little bear, I have been informed in these days before the Packer-Bear game, does not have to be an unpleasant experience, ...

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  8. St. Paul / City worker charged in workplace threatsRead the original story

    May 5, 2008 | Twincities.com

    ... the city's water and electrical infrastructure. Police confirmed with the Public Works Department that Feig, of Downing, Wis., had access to blueprints and limited computer access to the city's water and electrical system. He also had keys at the ... 10 comments

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  9. St. Paul public works employee charged with threats to destroy water, electric systemsRead the original story

    May 5, 2008 | St. Paul Pioneer Press

    ... to destroy the city's water and electrical infrastructure. Police confirmed with Public Works that Feig, of Downing, Wis., had access to blueprints and limited computer access to the city's water and electrical system. He also had keys at the Public ... 2 comments

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  10. Police: St. Paul Public Works employee threatened havocRead the original story

    May 5, 2008 | St. Paul Pioneer Press

    ... Thursday and later made threats, according to a police report. Police were called Friday and told that Feig, of Downing, Wis., had been overheard talking about bringing a .38-caliber handgun to work and shooting himself and his supervisor, the ... 11 comments

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  11. Carve or bust at annual expoRead the original story

    Mar 29, 2008 | Leader-Telegram

    ... Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy. Luepke started carving in 1990. After he retired from his cabinet-making business in Downing, Luepke saw an article in a magazine about a dentist in Colorado who carved a trout and painted it with food coloring. "I ...

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  12. Carve or bust at annual expo

    Mar 29, 2008 | Leader-Telegram

    ... Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy. Luepke started carving in 1990. After he retired from his cabinet-making business in Downing, Luepke saw an article in a magazine about a dentist in Colorado who carved a trout and painted it with food coloring. "I ...

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  13. Man convicted in '71 slayingRead the original story

    Mar 27, 2008 | Leader-Telegram

    ... He was living with his wife and wife's adult son in a house at the end of a gravel road about seven miles from Downing. They had been in the house from two to four years. Sosnoskie did not have a criminal record in Wisconsin. Sosnoskie told ...

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  14. Man On Trial For 40-Year-Old Murder

    Mar 26, 2008 | WEAU-TV Eau Claire

    ... beating a man to death nearly 40 years ago. 63-year-old Robert Sosnoskie was arrested last May at his home in Downing. He's accused of murdering 76-year-old Perry Smith near Dayton, Ohio in June 1971. In trial testimony, investigators say Sosnoskie ...

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  15. Back-roads breweries

    Mar 21, 2008 | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

    ... who wanted to build their own brewery, began the business in the late 1990s in a farm building and semi-trailer in Downing. By 2004, Sand Creek had grown so much that the company decided to buy Pioneer Brewing Co., which had been operating in the ...

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  16. Downing best for District 30

    Mar 18, 2008 | Wisconsin State Journal

    A Wisconsin State Journal endorsement As chairman of the town of Perry for 19 years, Patrick Downing has demonstrated a keen understanding of the challenges Dane County confronts as it tries to maintain a high ...

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  17. Second LifeRead the original story

    Feb 29, 2008 | Road King

    ... are stockpiled and sold to a recycler, usually a battery manufacturer. Tom Larson, of Kadinger's Truck Parts in Downing, Wis., says that when he gets a semi load of palletized batteries, he calls a number of companies that buy them and sells to the ...

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  18. Timeless classic - At the Downing Caf , the atmosphere - and the menu ...

    Feb 25, 2008 | Dunn County News

    Timeless classic - At the Downing Cafe, the atmosphere - and the menu - is family friendly and filled with old-time favorites No comments posted.

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  19. 1958: '57 highlighted by closings of Aggie and Teachers CollegeRead the original story

    Jan 2, 2008 | Dunn County News

    ... per day out of the quarry, according to Randy Valaske, chair of the Town of Tainter... Margaret L. Klatt, age 90, of Downing, who farmed with her husband, Arnold, north of Knapp for many years, died Jan. 1 at the Glenhaven Nursing Home in Glenwood ...

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  20. Thrill of the hunt extends off the fieldRead the original story

    Dec 21, 2007 | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

    ... in the mid-1980s when the Bears won the Super Bowl, so I know what it's like to have that shoved down your throat. Downing a little bear, I have been informed in these days before the Packer-Bear game, does not have to be an unpleasant experience, ...

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