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  • WRITERS WRITE: Memories of the big deer hunt

    Portage Daily Register – Sat Nov 14, 12:58 am ET  

    Back in the mid-1940s, I was really excited planning my first big deer hunt up north. I purchased my first deer rifle, a Remington pump, .35-caliber that shot a 200-grain bullet. Full Story »

  • Fire Calls for Nov. 14, 2009

    Portage Daily Register – Sat Nov 14, 12:57 am ET  

    Information is taken from the records of the Portage Fire Department. The Portage Fire Department has responded to 322 calls since Jan. 1. W10000 block of Highway 16: Firefighters at 11:39 a.m. Sunday were called to assist in lifting a patient. Full Story »

  • Get holiday parade entries ready

    Portage Daily Register – Sat Nov 14, 12:57 am ET  

    The annual Portage Area Holiday Parade is scheduled for Nov. 27, but it will be a short parade without entries. Gil Meisgeier, one of the organizers, said churches, schools, families and individuals can take part. Entries don't necessarily have to be floats or cars. Full Story »

  • 193 animals found on property; 2 charged; children removed

    Portage Daily Register – Sat Nov 14, 12:57 am ET  

    Two town of Springville residents were arrested Wednesday afternoon, accused of animal and child neglect when the Adams County Sheriff's Department found 193 animals on their property. Full Story »

  • 10-year-old Portage boy makes 911 call for ill mom

    Portage Daily Register – Sat Nov 14, 12:27 am ET  

    The first time 10-year-old Ryan McWilliams called 911, it was to save his mother's life. About 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 29, his mother, Kathy McWilliams, became ill at their family home along Sanborn Street in Portage. Full Story »

The Sauk Prairie Eagle

Isthmus

  • University Theatre head David Furumoto mixes and matches global influences

    Isthmus – Sun Nov 15, 1:09 am ET  

    "The theater is our laboratory. It's where our students do their work, where they learn. Our audiences are doubly important in that regard." So says David Furumoto, the new head of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's University Theatre, and a tenured associate professor of acting in the department of theater and drama. Full Story »

  • Will the mural survive?

    Isthmus – Sun Nov 15, 1:09 am ET  

    Murals by two internationally famous artists-in-residence at the University of Wisconsin have recently been threatened. One, by John Steuart Curry, is being preserved by heroic measures. The fate of the other, by Aaron Bohrod, is unknown. Full Story »

  • Hank Williams III brings a metal album to Madison

    Isthmus – Sun Nov 15, 1:08 am ET  

    Like his granddad, Hank III has struggled with alcoholism and marital strife, as well as the suits who call the shots in the recording industry. He's also made a name for himself as a honky-tonk artist, just as Hank Sr. did, but his up-yours attitude isn't just genetic. He got his start banging drums and bucking authority in punk bands, and he never exchanged his hardcore roots for cowboy boots ... Full Story »

  • Whitney Mann's rural roots inspire country songs

    Isthmus – Sun Nov 15, 1:08 am ET  

    Whitney Mann grew up the daughter of a grain farmer in tiny Camden, Mich., a town with a population of 500 lodged between the Saint Joseph River and the Indiana state line. In Camden, one school building houses all students, kindergarten through high school. The post office and the community park are the sum of all local landmarks. Full Story »

  • Julian Casablancas: Phrazes for the Young

    Isthmus – Sun Nov 15, 1:08 am ET  

    Here's the best thing about mp3s: They've reestablished the song as the preeminent musical form. Pop music began its slow decline soon after CDs killed the 45. There was no way to buy a song, no way for three minutes of music to stand on their own anymore. And it took the implosion of the recording industry to change all that. Full Story »

Baraboo News Republic

Reedsburg Times-Press

  • Honor Society to the rescue

    Reedsburg Times-Press – Wed Nov 11, 1:42 pm ET  

    REEDSBURG — Remember how downtown Reedsburg sparkles with holiday lights, wreaths and garland during those cold, winter months? Thanks to generous donations from local area businesses — and the Reedsburg chapter of National Honor Society — that picture will stay for years to come. Full Story »

  • For veterans

    Reedsburg Times-Press – Wed Nov 11, 1:42 pm ET  

    SSG Jason McDonough boils water for a chicken parmesan MRE for birthday boy Benjamin Kellner, 11. Full Story »

  • Knudsen gets aldermanic nod

    Reedsburg Times-Press – Wed Nov 11, 1:41 pm ET  

    REEDSBURG — Although the Reedsburg Common Council was short one alderperson at their Nov. 9 meeting due to the resignation of Russ Ziegler, there could be a replacement for the fourth district seat by their Nov. 23 meeting. Full Story »

  • Be a 'Lucky $tiff'

    Reedsburg Times-Press – Wed Nov 11, 1:27 pm ET  

    Harry Witherspoon attempts to pass off his dead uncle as alive while en route to Monte Carlo. Full Story »

  • 2010 Webb Fund dollars spent

    Reedsburg Times-Press – Wed Nov 11, 1:27 pm ET  

    REEDSBURG — The Reedsburg Finance Committee has determined new tennis courts and the Veterans Memorial will be the major benefactors to come from the Webb Fund's 2010 interest revenue. Full Story »

Wisconsin Dells Events

  • Couple face charges for child neglect, animal abuse

    Wisconsin Dells Events – Fri Nov 13, 4:21 pm ET  

    Two Springville residents were arrested Wednesday afternoon for animal and child neglect when the Adams County Sheriff's Department found 193 animals on their property. Jesse Kolb, 33, and Tina Kolb 30, were charged with 10 counts of animal mistreatment and three counts of child neglect each, according to an Adams County Sheriff's Department press release. Full Story »

  • Riverview may close

    Wisconsin Dells Events – Fri Nov 13, 4:21 pm ET  

    The sign on Wisconsin Dells Parkway reads, "Thank you for a great season," and the Web site says "See you next summer," but after a lackluster year, it is unclear if Riverview Park and Waterworld will actually re-open next summer. Full Story »

  • Christmas Mountain to add new wastewater discharge

    Wisconsin Dells Events – Fri Nov 13, 4:20 pm ET  

    Residents in the Christmas Mountain Sanitary District in Dellona questioned an engineer's proposal to disburse the discharge from its wastewater treatment plant into a wetland that would eventually funnel water into Spring Brook to the east. Full Story »

  • Newport raises tax levy

    Wisconsin Dells Events – Fri Nov 13, 4:20 pm ET  

    A year after reducing its budget by $4,500, the town of Newport board is proposing a budget increase of $4,200 for 2010. Full Story »

  • Dells says no to more retail beer, wine sales

    Wisconsin Dells Events – Tue Nov 10, 5:51 pm ET  

    The Wisconsin Dells Legislative Committee denied Walgreen’s a license to sell beer and wine. Cameron Birch, district manager of Walgreen’s, said the drugstore chain had sold liquor, beer and wine until the 1990s. Now customers were asking for it and the store wants to carry beer and wine. Full Story »

Juneau County Star-Times

  • County board adopts budget

    Juneau County Star-Times – Tue Nov 10, 6:53 pm ET  

    The Juneau County Board of Supervisors adopted a 2010 budget Tuesday without making cuts needed to bring the levy in line with state limits. Full Story »

  • Necedah purchases land

    Juneau County Star-Times – Tue Nov 10, 7:08 pm ET  

    The village of Necedah got one step closer to breaking ground on the new library at Monday's Village Board meeting. The Village Board approved a contract with Hoffman, an architecture and construction management firm out of Appleton, to the library project. Full Story »

  • New Lisbon reviews budget

    Juneau County Star-Times – Tue Nov 10, 7:08 pm ET  

    With shifting property valuations and state support falling, administrators of municipalities around the county have a difficult task before them. Full Story »

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