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Ron Horton (IMAGE: Bob Nelson)
Ron Horton of Fond du Lac says nobody at first believed he’d become the state lottery’s newest millionaire at first. Horton, who works as a supervisor at Sadoff Iron & Metal in Fond du Lac, says he has a reputation for joshing others.
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A heavily traveled bridge has been shut down by the state. “We’ve taken this action because of concern for the safety of the public,” says Department of Transportation spokeswoman Beth Cannestra on the agency’s decision to close the Highway 45 bridge in the Milwaukee Zoo Interchange. [Read more...]
A $100-million loan fund would help to create jobs and grow the green economy.
It’s being called the Green to Gold bill. It would combine existing state resources with federal dollars to create a low-interest revolving loan fund for Wisconsin manufacturers. The fund would ensure that small and medium-sized manufacturers have the capital needed to achieve their goals for supporting a green economy.
“So this is really a win-win-win for Wisconsin. [Read more...]
The Vatican is defending its refusal to defrock a late Wisconsin priest who molested up to 200 deaf boys for 20 years ending in the mid 1970’s. Court records revealed that two Wisconsin bishops had asked the Vatican for permission to hold a church trial against Father Lawrence Murphy. But Murphy appealed to a cardinal, who’s now Pope Benedict, and his top assistant called off the trial, saying Murphy was too old and frail.
A European Bank has seized $5.5 million from five Wisconsin school districts. The Kimberly, Kenosha, Whitefish Bay, Waukesha, and West Allis-West Milwaukee school districts borrowed $165 million from Depfa Bank, along with another 35 million in tax dollars, to buy shaky investments to prop up retirement accounts. The investments eventually dried up.
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