Wisconsin News and Sports
Growers of potatoes and tomatoes beware…late blight appears to be back in Wisconsin this year.
The first case this season of the fungus affecting tomato and potato crops was found this week in Marquette County. Amanda Gevens, a plant pathologist with UW-Extension, says a commercial potato grower discovered the blight on a small portion of his crop. [Read more...]
Residents in the 715 area code region, which covers half the state, are now required to dial all 10-digits.
Gary Evenson with the state Public Service Commission explains area code relief is being implemented in the region by means of an ‘overlay.’ That means two area codes will coexist: 715 and 534. Evenson says the PSC explored two methods. The other option would have been through a geographic split. “And with a geographic split the area would be divided into two parts, and on one side of the line all the customers would have had to change from the 715 area code to the 534 area code.” And, he says, nobody wanted to do that. [Read more...]
High winds have caused play to be suspended during the second round of the British Open at St. Andrews.
Louis Oosthuizen fired a 5-under par 67 to go to 12-under at the midway point of the tournament. Oosthuizen has a 3-shot lead over Rory McIlroy, who just started his second round.
Madison’s Steve Stricker finished is opening round at 2-over par for the day and 1-over for the tournament. The projected cut right now is at even par, but with the wind blowing, scores are expected to be high, which could move the cut line to +1 or even higher. That would allow Stricker to play on the weekend.
Madison native Jerry Kelly won’t be as fortunate. His 2-round total is 10-over par and will be going home early.
It was anything but sunny and warm in part of Kenosha for a time Thursday. A noon hour thunderstorm made an abrupt but forceful visit thru the west part of Kenosha and the neighboring Town of Somers.
The storm tore at cable, phone and electrical wires and put trees onto a few garages and cars. Part of the roof of the building was torn off at the Business Park of Kenosha, while a small plane was moved from its parking spot at the Kenosha Regional Airport.
Wisconsin’s unemployment rate is down for the third month in a row. State Labor Secretary Roberta Gassman says compared to the national level and similar states, the news is encouraging, “We are doing consistently better than Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, the other big manufacturing states of the Midwest.”
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