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Friday, February 5, 2010

Hot Air Affair to benefit Haiti

by WRN Contributor on February 5, 2010

in Human Interest, Recreation & Entertainment

This year’s Hudson Hot Air Affair balloon festival is also a fundraiser for Haitian orphans. The event is Wisconsin’s largest wintertime balloon festival. Mass launches are planned for Saturday and Sunday nearly forty balloons hoping the weather is nice enough for flying. Balloon pilot Steve Jacobs of Stillwater, Minnesota took a media group on a half-hour flight. He’s been a licensed pilot for 20 years. His most difficult job is controlling the propane heater that keeps the balloon in the air. [click to continue…]

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Governor backs MPS plan

by Andrew Beckett 02/5/10 3:39 PM

Governor Jim Doyle supports a plan to keep millions of dollars worth of federal funding from Milwaukee Public Schools.
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers wants to withhold up to $175 million in funding from MPS, citing the district’s failure to improve academically. Governor Jim Doyle says it’s within the Superintendent’s powers, and it should [...]

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Plan to regulate market may stamp out the “little guy”

by Brian Moon 02/5/10 1:17 PM

A financial giant says a plan to regulate the market could hurt smaller investors. Edward Jones is sending representatives from all 50 states to the nation’s capitol to voice concerns about the Restoring American Financial Stability Act. The firm’s Wisconsin rep, Jeff Prebisch of Madison, calls it a “complex bill” but says a certain provision [...]

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Booze buy led to fatal OWI

by WRN Contributor 02/5/10 11:28 AM

A western Wisconsin man faces up to five years in prison because he bought a bottle of vodka for his girlfriend, who then got behind the wheel and faces criminal charges in the death of a passenger.
Washingonton County, Minnesota, prosecutor Doug Johnson says survelliance video from a Stillwater liquor store shows 21 year-old Brandon Hedland [...]

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Wisconsin’s Hughes is among Cousy Award finalists

by Bill Scott 02/5/10 11:25 AM

Wisconsin senior guard Trevon Hughes is still in the running to win the Cousy Award, given annually to the top male point guard in the country.  Hughes was named one of 11 finalists after the pool was trimmed from 20.
Hughes leads the Badgers in scoring (15.5) and steals (1.6).  He also ranks second in assists [...]

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