From the daily archives:

Monday, October 5, 2009

Educators, professionals launch a statewide curriculum to help address bullying in Wisconsin schools.

Several groups join forces to support anti-bullying efforts. The coalition includes law enforcement, mental health, and various school groups.

“The DPI put together a fantastic curriculum to address anti-bullying. It’s received national attention. And so this coalition was formed to help promote it and to help offer their support and to get it in the schools.”

Steve Lyons, with WEA Trust acknowledges that bullying has been around forever, but says it’s time to prioritize it.

“Well, it’s really a call to action. It’s to put it on the front burner rather than the back burner.”

Lyons says too many times kids bring weapons to schools as a result of bullying. [click to continue…]

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Gamblers Makowski is CCM Defensive Player of the Week

by Bill Scott 10/5/09 6:12 PM

Green Bay Gamblers defenseman David Makowski was selected as the CCM Defensive Player of the Week.
Makowski scored three points (2g, 1a) in the season opener last Saturday night at Green Bay, a 5-4 Gamblers loss to the rival Waterloo Blackhawks in USHL action.  Makowski’s performance came on the same night that the team raised the 2008-09 [...]

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Brewers reportedly reach a deal with Hoffman

by Bill Scott 10/5/09 5:40 PM

The Milwaukee Brewers haven’t confirmed a deal yet, but a couple of media organizations are reporting that the teams closer, Trevor Hoffman, has reached agreement on a contract that will pay him $8-million next season with a mutual option for 2011.  The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says the deal has escalators in it. 
Hoffman finished 46 games [...]

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Three Brewers headed for minor surgery

by Bill Scott 10/5/09 5:33 PM

The Milwaukee Brewers announced today that three players will undergo minor surgical procedures.
LHP Manny Parra will undergo minor surgery on the AC joint in his left shoulder tomorrow (Tuesday).
Infielder Casey McGehee will undergo an arthroscopic cleanup of his right knee tomorrow.
RHP Braden Looper will undergo minor surgery on the meniscus in his right knee at some [...]

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First doses of H1N1 vaccine arrive

by Andrew Beckett 10/5/09 4:36 PM

Wisconsin’s first doses of the H1N1 vaccine are starting to show up.
Local health departments and medical facilities across Wisconsin began receiving their first shipments of the vaccine on Monday. The early doses are being used to vaccinate health care professionals and those who care for sick individuals at high risk for the H1N1 flu virus.
Currently, [...]

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