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Something special from Wisconsin

November 24, 2009 By

For the holidays — or any time of year — you can support your local economy.

Cheryl O’Brien is the 62nd Alice in Dairyland. She says when you spend money on “Something Special from Wisconsin” products, you’ll help the state economy.

“If everyone here in Wisconsin would spend just ten cents out of every dollar on Wisconsin food products, that would help keep nearly $2-billion here in the state’s economy.”

O’Brien says consumers spend about $19-billion on food annually in the Badger State.

In addition to helping local communities, and the convenience of shopping online, “Something Special” also helps bring awareness to the variety of Wisconsin-made products. O’Brien says you can’t miss the trademark red logo on products that go beyond just cheese and butter. Over 300 different Wisconsin companies are part of “Something Special.”

Every dollar spent on such products and services supports local farmers, food processors, entrepreneurs, and local communities. O’Brien says when you see the trademark logo, at least 50% of a product’s ingredients, production, or processing activities are from Wisconsin.

“Something Special from Wisconsin” is a marketing program run by the state Agriculture Department since 1983.

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Reports say former Packer Chmura headed for teams HOF

November 24, 2009 By

Nothing from the Green Bay Packers yet, but former Packers tight end Mark Chmura, appearing on Steve the Homer True’s radio show on ESPN 540 in Milwaukee, said he will be inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame next summer.

Chmura didn’t say who else would make up the 2010 Packers Hall of Fame class.

Chmura played his entire NFL career in Green Bay (1993-1999) and was voted to three Pro Bowl teams. [Read more...]

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State Veterans Secretary fired, will pursue legal action

November 24, 2009 By

John Scocos, secretary of the state Department of Veterans Affairs, has been fired by the state Board of Veterans Affairs. In a contentious session with the board, Scocos defended his record as head of the state’s veterans’ agency. “I’m responsible for everything that happens in this departent, if that’s what you want to hear,” Scocos told board members. “I believe that ultimatley whether I was here or not, I’m the secretary of this department. I take responsibility for what happens in this department.”

But members of seven member board voiced concerns over operations of the Veterans Home at King, which was the subject of an investigation by the state Department of Justice. “I guess my biggest problem with the DOJ report overall, has nothing to do with criminality, because there isn’t any. There’s no illegality at all in the report,” said board member David Boetcher of Waunakee. “But illegality doesn’t mean that things are being run properly. It doesn’t mean that things are being run well.” [Read more...]

Filed Under: Military, Politics & Government

Columbia Co. mom charged with child abuse

November 24, 2009 By

Prosecutors have charged a 30 year-old Columbus woman who allegedly tied up her 5-year-old daughter and locked her in a closet. Heidi Duesing-Christensen faces felony counts of child enticement, physical abuse of a child, child neglect, second-degree reckless endangerment and one count of bail jumping.

Investigators allege Duesing-Christensen also struck the girl, and locked her in a bedroom all day without food or use of a bathroom. She’s also accused of giving the girl an overdose of cold and allergy medicine to try to get her to sleep. Duesing-Christensen was in court Monday and was released on $2,000 bail. She could serve up to 29 years in prison if convicted. Most of the abuse was noted when Duesing-Christensen sent her 5-year-old to live with her estranged husband in Arizona.

 

Filed Under: Children & Families, Crime & Courts

Obey: tax hike could pay for Afghan escalation

November 24, 2009 By

First, he criticized the Obama White House over reporting errors in the economic stimulus package. Now, Congressman Dave Obey has new warnings, on funding additional troops in Afghanistan.

“If the war is important enough to fight, then we ought to impose a war surtax on people who can afford it,” said the Wausau Democrat. “Because if we don’t, that $900 billion cost is going to eat into everything that we want to do to rebuild the economy here at home.” To pay for more troops in Afghanistan, Obey wants a graduated surtax on income. Tax increases would range from one percent for the lowest wage earners, to five percent for the most wealthy.

Obey, who chairs the House Appropriations Committee, also doesn’t think additional troops in Afghanistan will solve the problems there. “It’s not that I think the policy is flawed, the policy may be perfectly appropriate,” Obey said. “The problem is, do you have the tools on the ground in the region to actually make any policy work? And I doubt very much that the government of Afghanistan is a tool that we can use at all, and I certainly think that the government of Pakistan has been less than useful.” President Obama is expected to announce a decision on Afghanistan next week.

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WDLB’s Mike Warren submitted this report

Filed Under: Business, Military, Politics & Government
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