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Coalition aims to kick bullying

October 5, 2009 By

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. [Read more...]

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Gamblers Makowski is CCM Defensive Player of the Week

October 5, 2009 By

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 Anderson Cup banner. 

The Gamblers defenseman fired a game high seven shots on goal and scored all three of his points on the power play. 

The 20 year old native of Wildwood, Missouri, Makowski is playing in his second season with the Gamblers.  He is committed to Denver University for next season.

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Brewers reportedly reach a deal with Hoffman

October 5, 2009 By

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 this season, appearing in 55 and converting 37 of 41 save chances with a 3-2 record and a 1.83 ERA.

The Brewers told the Journal Sentinel  that the team will likely announce the deal at a season ending press conference on Wednesday.

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Three Brewers headed for minor surgery

October 5, 2009 By

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 point next week.

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First doses of H1N1 vaccine arrive

October 5, 2009 By

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, the nasal-spray version of the vaccine is what’s being shipped to Wisconsin. The flu shot is expected to arrive at a later date.

State health officials say it’s hard to track exactly where the doses are going right now, because more than two-thousand providers have requested the vaccine from the CDC.

AUDIO: Andrew Beckett reports (MP3 :33)

Filed Under: Health & Medicine
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