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Thursday, August 6, 2009

Is the recession winding down?

by Andrew Beckett on August 6, 2009

in Economy

Wisconsin Workforce Development Secretary Robert Gassman agrees with Obama Administration officials that’s it’s going to take quite a while for unemployment numbers to drop.

Gassman says there are some encouraging economic signs, but it may be the end of 2010 before the unemployment numbers start coming down.

The latest figures put Wisconsin’s unemployment rate at 9.2-percent, the highest it’s been in more than 25 years.

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Tagged as: Department of Workforce Development, Economy

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Traffic deaths dropped in July

by Andrew Beckett 08/6/09 4:40 PM

A record low for traffic fatalities in Wisconsin. Last month was the safest July on record in Wisconsin since World War II, according to Dennis Hughes with the state Department of Transportation. Overall, 44 people were killed in traffic crashes last month, 18 fewer than July of 2008. It’s also 34 fewer than the state’s [...]

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The other side of the battlefield

by Bob Hague 08/6/09 3:50 PM

While Tom Kingsbury rides across Wisconsin to raise funds for a Gulf War memorial at the The High Ground, Iraq War vet Tyler Boudreau’s cross country bike ride is not what you might expect, with a goal a little less concrete but every bit as worthwhile. From Boudreau’s website:
In its most fundamental sense, this project [...]

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Talking Xs and Os with Bielema

by WRN Contributor 08/6/09 2:48 PM

It’s a ladies’ only event at Camp Randall tonight. Football 101 is a breast cancer fundraiser for the Susan G. Komen Foundation, hosted by Badger Football Coach Brett Bielema.
“We’ll go through a tour of the facility, see every aspect of our program, the weight room, the training room, academic seminar, everything that touches our players’ [...]

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Talking X's and O's with Bielema

by WRN Contributor 08/6/09 2:30 PM

It's a ladies' only event at Camp Randall tonight. Football 101 is a breast cancer fundraiser for the Susan G. Komen Foundation, hosted by Badger Football Coach Brett Bielema.
"We'll go through a tour of the facility, see every aspect of our program, the weight room, the training room, academic seminar, everything that touches [...]

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