Wisconsin News and Sports
The legislature’s budget committee OKs $10 million for a dental school in Marshfield.
Caledonia Republican Robin Vos says there’s no money or any demonstrated need for the Joint Finance Committee to authorize up to $10 million in borrowing to the Marshfield Clinic for a rural dental education outreach facility, when the state’s only dental school, at Marquette University, is currently underfunded. [Read more...]
Bail has been set at $100,000 for a former Kiel High School teacher facing several felony sex charges. Probable cause was found by a Manitowoc County Court Commissioner Wednesday to hold 32-year-old Ryan Zellner. The former Social Studies teacher and head girls basketball coach is being charged with sexual assault of a child, child enticement, use of a computer to facilitate a child sex crime, and sexual assault of a child by a school staff person. [Read more...]
An author of Wisconsin’s new sex education curriculum is reacting strongly to a prosector’s warning that teachers who use it may face charges. State Representative Tamara Grigsby, calls a memo which Juneau County D.A. Scott Southworth sent to school districts in the county “completely irresponsible.” The Milwaukee Democrat calls Southworth’s assertion that teachers could be criminally charged if they teach sex ed “almost criminal.” [Read more...]
With the Badgers getting ready for the NCAA Frozen Four semifinals tomorrow against R.I.T., Inside College Hockey has selected Badger forward Blake Geoffrion as its College Hockey Player of the Year.
As a member of the Hobey Baker Hat Trick, Geoffrion leads the WCHA in goals with 27 and is second nationally in the same category. His 14 power-play goals top any other player in the country, and his 48 total points lands him at third on one of the nation’s top-scoring teams.
Inside College Hockey has already named Geoffrion’s teammate Brendan Smith the Defenseman of theYear. The two represent the Cardinal and White on Inside College Hockey’s All-American First Team.
Geoffrion looks to lead the Badgers to the team’s seventh national title this week in Detroit. Wisconsin (27-10-4) battles the RIT Tigers (28-11-1) in the national semifinal game, set for 4pm on Thursday.
Milwaukee Brewers veteran right hander Jeff Suppan will make a rehab start for the class (A) Wisconsin Timber Rattlers in Appleton on Friday night.
If all goes well on Friday for Suppan, he’ll return to the Brewers 5-man rotation and will make a start next Wednesday in Chicago against the Cubs.
Suppan was one of three candidates for the 5thspot in the rotation, along with lefties Chris Narveson and Manny Parra.
Brewers manager Ken Macha told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that Suppan wasn’t locked into the No. 5 spot permanently, that performance would dictate whether Chris Narveson or Manny Parra would get a shot.
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