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High School football format remains the same, for now!

January 28, 2010 By

The WIAA‘s Board of Control voted not to implement a widely deliberated football district proposal that would have revamped the landscape of football and its post-season playoffs. 

The board voted 8-2 to reject the football district proposal, but acknowledged the need to address the issues the plan was designed to resolve.

WIAA Deputy Director Wade Labecki says they’ll continue to try to find ways to realign the football playoffs.

AUDIO: Wade Labecki says they’ll continue to work towards a new plan :14 [Read more...]

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Top ranked Pointers fall

January 28, 2010 By

Number-1 falls in Division 3 men’s college basketball.  Top ranked UW-Stevens Point blew an 18-point lead and fell to UW-Whitewater 61-58. 

The Warhawks opened the second half with a 32-5 run to beat the Pointers in Stevens Point.  Whitewater moved to 8-1 in the WIAC, a half game better then the Pointers.

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Wisconsin to get $882 million for high speed rail

January 28, 2010 By

Wisconsin’s high-speed rail projects will receive $822 million in federal stimulus funds, according to an announcement from the state’s U.S. Senators, Democrats Herb Kohl and Russ Feingold. Of that total, $810 million will be directed to the Madison-Milwaukee corridor and $12 million to the Milwaukee-Chicago corridor. Last July, the state of Wisconsin signed a deal with Spanish train manufacturer Talgo, to purchase two new train sets at a cost of $47 million The 14-car passenger trains will replace Amtrak Hiawatha trains running from Milwaukee to Chicago. [Read more...]

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Child care regulation hearing

January 28, 2010 By

With support from the legislature and new management strategies at the Department of Children and Families, Secretary Reggie Bicha says they now have more tools to fight fraud and to better ensure the safety of children in the Wisconsin Shares program.

“As you know the Department of Children and Families did not create the problems in Wisconsin’s child care programs, we were created to fix them.”

Bicha testifies at the joint committee on audit that his agency has identified and imposed “sweeping reforms” in the state’s taxpayer-subsidized child-care program. [Read more...]

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Robson won’t seek reelection

January 28, 2010 By

Voters in the 15th state Senate District, principally representing Rock County, will be making a new choice this fall. Incumbent Democrat Judy Robson of Beloit says she’s not running for reelection. Robson doesn’t give a specific reason for not running, other than to say she plans to refocus her efforts in other directions. She has not ruled out running for another office, or returning to her previous profession of nursing.

As she looks back on her more than two-decades long career in the legislature, Robson says she’s particularly proud of her historic and leading role for women. Robson was first elected to the Assembly in 1987, and served as both Majority Leader and Minority Leader in the state Senate.

AUDIO: State Senator Judy Robson (:55 MP3)  AUDIO: State Senator Judy Robson (:55 MP3)

Stan Stricker, WCLO

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