Wisconsin joins 12 others states across the country tonight in the Mega Millions lottery drawing. Tickets went on sale in the Badger State Sunday, but lottery players have their first crack at the jackpot tonight. State Lottery director Mike Edmonds talked up the game at Ma & Pa’s on the “Miracle Mile” in Fond du Lac, which had a $208 million Powerball winner in 2006. He says it’s another game and another opportunity for lottery players. [Read more...]
UW student dies of bacterial meningitis
February 2, 2010 By
A University of Wisconsin-Madison student who contracted bacterial meningitis has died. Neha Suri died Tuesday with family and friends at her side. The Universitiy is remembering the journalism and political science major as a writer for the Daily Cardinal newspaper who was active in the campus arts scene, worked at a campus recreational facility and interned at the state Capitol. Suri was a senior. She had been at UW Hospital since last week. UW health officials said they believe her case was an isolated one and were not concerned about an outbreak. Suri lived off-campus and those who had been close to her are being treated with antibiotics.
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Krazy Glue case concludes
February 2, 2010 By
A sticky case has been resolved in Calumet County court, where four women accused of gluing a man’s genitals to his stomach each recieved one year of probation. The women, 48-year-old Therese Ziemann of Menasha, 44-year-old Wendy Sewell of Kaukauna, 43-year-old Michelle Belliveau of Neenah, and 31-year-old Tracy Hood-Davis of Fond du Lac were all sentenced in Calumet County by Circuit Judge Donald Poppy. They must also perform community service. [Read more...]
Jimmy predicts early Spring
February 2, 2010 By
Sick of Winter yet? Wisconsin’s rodent prognosticator says we’ll all be able to put away the snow shovels soon. Sun Prairie Jimmy failed to see his shadow this morning, not surprising on a cloudy day with snow falling across southern Wisconsin. Nevertheless, Sun Prairie Mayor Joe Chase interpreted that to mean an early Spring, according to an old German tradition.
Chase announced his ruling to a crowd of several hundred in downtown Sun Prairie, where the Groundhog Day tradition dates back to 1948. The current Jimmy is the tenth furry weather prognosticator to make the call.
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Uncertainty for district attorneys
February 2, 2010 By
There’s a lot of uncertainty facing the state’s district attorneys. Layoffs are said to be “imminent,” even though, as Association of State Prosecutors President Catherine White notes, a contract was ratified and signed by the governor back in November. “The state budget didn’t fund the contract,” says White. “So now they’re laying people off to pay the costs of the contract.” [Read more...]
