Milk prices have plummeted in the last year, and state Senator Kathleen Vinehout (D-Alma) says Wisconsin dairy farmers are being hit hard. She says the average consumer just isn’t eating as much cheese, and the drop in consumption has lead to dramatic changes in the price farmers are receiving for milk. [Read more...]
SAD during the holidays
December 25, 2009 By
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, yet some folks get depressed, anxiety-ridden, and gosh darn tired.
Sounds a lot like a case of the “winter blues,” but Kristina Finnel, Director of Programs with Mental Health America, says seasonal affective disorder — or SAD — is more serious than just the blues. And it affects a lot of people.
SAD is more prevalent in the winter months because of the shorter days. Finnel says the lack of sunlight disrupts our inner clock, and triggers many symptoms for an estimated 1/2 million people every winter.
“A lot of depression, guilt, loss of self-esteem, hopelessness, despair, anxiety, tension, [Read more...]
Red Arrow Christmas
December 25, 2009 By
The Wisconsin National Guard’s Red Arrow 32nd Brigade Combat Team is marking Christmas in Iraq. Writing from Iraq, Lieutenant Colonel Tim Donovan, the brigade’s public affairs officer, says the Wisconsin soldiers are upbeat about spending the holidays on deployment in Iraq, in part because everyone knows what the new year will bring – a return home.
Donovan says the 32nd is in the midst of handing of its missions all over Iraq to the 72nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the Texas National Guard. Following a formal transfer of authority ceremony, the Red Arrow Brigade is cleared to go home. The brigade will move south into Kuwait and fly into Wisconsin sometime in January. [Read more...]
Some optimism on job front
December 25, 2009 By
A union leader has some optimism for job growth next year but the question is “how quickly,” says David Newby, President of the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO. He believes the key to jump starting the economy is investing in the work force with certain policies that won’t “break the bank” such as extending unemployment loss benefits and offering job training. [Read more...]
