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Middleton won the WIAA Division 1 girls state golf title, ending Green Bay Notre Dame’s 3-year reign at the top. Middleton earned a 1-shot victory over Oregon with Notre Dame third and Neenah fourth.
Madison Edgewood ran away with the Division 2 title, beating second place Edgerton by 90-strokes. Hayward finished 3rd and Appleton Xavier fourth.
The 2-day tournament took place at University Ridge near Madison.
The November 1 kickoff times for the New York Giants at Philadelphia Eagles and Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers have been flipped due to logistical issues in Philadelphia should the Philadelphia Phillies be in the World Series.
To accommodate fans and city and stadium personnel in Philadelphia, the Nov. 1st Giants/Eagles game will go from 3:15 to noon. The Phillies are in the National League Championship series. If they win that series, the Phillies will host Game 4 of the World Series at 7pm on Nov. 1.
With that time change, the Packers-Vikings game can move into the 3:15 time slot.
The NFLsaid even if the Phillies don’t play in the World Series, the football time changes are final.
Supporters of an increase in the beer tax are frustrated by some high-level opposition. Paul Jenkins of Mequon recalled a meeting with state Senate Majority Leader Russ Decker, during which Decker said there was “no way in hell” he’d increase the tax on beer.
Jenkins, whose pregnant stepdaughter and HER ten year old child were killed by a drunk driver a year-and-a-half ago, believes “any tax that hasn’t been raised in forty years needs to be looked at.”
A coalition led by UW Health is pushing for the tax increase, which Kathy Poi of the Wisconsin Nurses Association maintains will target problem drinkers.
An Assembly committee on Tuesday held a public hearing on the legislation from Madison Democrat, state Representative Terese Berceau. The state’s tax on beer has not been increased since 1969.
WIBA’s John Colbert submitted this report
“It would kill us,” says Wisconsin Tavern League President Rob Swearingen. He’s talking about an increase in the beer tax. Supporters of a beer tax increase say it would only amount to about two-and-a-half cents a bottle, but Swearingen says, by the barrel, it’s actually a 400 percent jump.
AUDIO: Rob Swearingen (:15 MP3)
Swearingen, who runs a supper club in Rhinelander, says the beer tax should be CUT, not raised. Owners of bars, restaurants, and grocery stores from around the state were at a legislative hearing yesterday to oppose the tax hike.
John Beil, who owns John’s in Beaver Dam, was among those at the Capitol on Tuesday to speak out against the proposal.
Tuesday’s hearing, the first on a beer tax hike in decades, was before the Assembly Public Safety Committee.
WIBA’s John Colbert submitted this report
A west central Wisconsin man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his ex-wife, and claiming she was missing while hundreds of people spent a week searching for her. A Jackson County circuit judge agreed to let 40-year-old Doug Sidie of Hatfield be eligible for supervised release when he’s 75. That’s five years later than what District Attorney Gerald Fox had recommended.
Defense lawyer John Brinckman says he’ll appeal the sentence. Sidie pleaded guilty to first-degree intentional homicide. Ten other charges were dropped in a plea deal.
Sidie shot his 27-year-old ex-wife Alicia last November outside the house they shared with their twin sons, and then hid her body in a wooded area. He told investigators she was missing, and joined in a massive search before admitting eight days later that he killed her.
Sidie wept as he spoke to the family in court yesterday. Several of Alicia’s relatives left the courtroom as Doug Sidie’s relatives spoke. And the judge had to tell both families to keep their emotions in check.
AUDIO: Brian B reports (MP3 :82)
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