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Milwaukee Brewer catcher Gregg Zaun’s career could be in jeopardy. An MRI on his right shoulder shows an anterior tear of the labrum. Zaun faces surgery if he wants to play beyond this season and will undergo a therapy program to see if he can play again this season.
If Zaun has surgery, the recovery time is 4 to 6 months.
Without Zaun, the Brewers will go with George Kottaras and rookie Jonathan Lucroy will serve as his backup. The Brewers could also look to make a deal to add some help.
What’s in a word? Well, if the word is “inaccessible” and it’s used in media reports about Wisconsin lakes just before Memorial Day weekend, quite a lot. Dave Neuswanger, DNR Fisheries Supervisor for a six county area in northwestern Wisconsin, says the popular Chippewa Flowage is down about a foot and a half. “Not as low as it has been at times past. It was lower than that last August . . . when it was still quite usable,” said Neuswanger. “The Turtle Flambeau Flowage is down a little bit more than that, but again still quite accessible. We’ve always advised people to be careful on those lakes, and we’re advising that they be particularly careful now with the water down. But anybody who has fished these lakes midsummer the past couple of years has fished them at even lower levels than they’re at currently.” [Read more...]
A national advocacy group is raising concerns about the relationship between doctors and pharmaceutical companies in Wisconsin.
Pens and notepads with pharmaceutical company logos on them can be a common sight in doctors’ offices. Peter Wyckoff of Community Catalyst says they may seem harmless, but they could actually be increasing the cost of prescription drugs. [Read more...]
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