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Hockey Badgers picked to finish 7th in WCHA

September 29, 2010 By

A preseason vote of the WCHA‘s coaches pegs North Dakota as the overwhelming choice to win the McNaughton Cup as regular season champions in 2011.

St. Cloud State is second, followed by Minnesota-Duluth, Denver, Minnesota

Mike Eaves

and Colorado College.

Wisconsin was picked to finish 7th, while the coaches predict new league members Nebraska-Omaha and Bemidji State will finish eighth and ninth, respectively.

Mike Eaves Badgers had a lot of turnover after reaching the NCAA Title game last season.  They lost 75% of their point scoring.  Also gone are assistant coaches Mark Osiecki and Kevin Patrick.

Eaves was asked today where he thought the Badgers should finish.

AUDIO: Mike Eaves on where the Badgers should be picked in the WCHA :13

The Badgers open the season a week from Friday against Boston University at the Icebreaker in St. Louis.

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Wednesday news from 1265 Lombardi

September 29, 2010 By

The Green Bay Packers returned to the practice field today, their first day of work since falling 20-17 to the Chicago Bears in Monday night football action. 

Brad Jones returned to the practice field after missing time with a knee injury.  But the Packers went without pads on the first day back.

Mike McCarthy said that Frank Zombo is his starter at left outside linebacker right now. 

AUDIO: Mike McCarthy says Frank Zombo is his starter :19

McCarthy went on to explain that he’s changing his approach to injured players with regards to their involvement in the practice week and eventual game on the weekend.

AUDIO: Mike McCarthy is changing his approach to injured players :20

After Monday’s game, cornerback Charles Woodson took liberties with some of the calls made by officials and to an extent, the way the NFL in general penalizes defensive players.  Mike McCarthy said he didn’t have a problem with Woodson giving his opinion.

AUDIO: McCarthy on Charles Woodson venting about an officials call :26

The Packers will workout in full pads on Thursday.  The coach said rookie Mike Neal is getting closer to returning to active duty, but he wants to see Neal make it through an entire practice and then come back and be ready to go again the next day.

Linebacker Clay Matthews said after practice that the defense played well against the Bears but have to clean up the penalties as they get ready to face the Detroit Lions on Sunday.

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Obama visit also meant big money for Democrats

September 29, 2010 By

There was more to President Obama’s visit to Madison than Tuesday night’s “get out the vote” rally on campus. He also appeared at a Democratic fundraiser at the Concourse Hotel downtown.

Jay Heck of Wisconsin Common Cause says that’s part of the process for Democrats and Republicans when a political celebrity comes in to the state. He says it certainly gets people to come out and donate, who may normally avoid making contributions. [Read more...]

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Two face charges for Wisconsin Shares fraud

September 29, 2010 By

A pair of Milwaukee day care operators are facing fraud charges. 40-year-old Kimberly Brown of Glendale and 24-year-old Marcus Glass of Milwaukee are accused of defrauding the Wisconsin Shares subsidy program out of over 260-thousand-dollars.

The charges are the result of a Department of Justice investigation into fraud surrounding the program, which pays day care centers to watch children from poor families. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Crime & Courts

Scammers target flood victims

September 29, 2010 By

Federal officials are out with another scam warning.

A Wisconsin resident who had applied for federal assistance is very familiar with this scam, after receiving a text message that appeared to come from FEMA. That’s according to Michael Raphael (ruh-FEHL’) with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. “The text message says it was sent out on behalf of FEMA. Well the main point we want to make is, FEMA doesn’t send out text messages to anybody. And if you get a text message delete it. Don’t open it. Don’t react to it.” [Read more...]

Filed Under: Crime & Courts
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