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Children & Families

As classes get back in session over the next several weeks, the Bureau of Transportation Safety’s Pedestrian Safety Coordinator Larry Corsi reminds motorists to add a little extra time to the morning commute if driving near schools and playgrounds. “Well, all summer long, the motorists have been able to just breeze through school zones, but with schools opening, when you see children: slow down.” [click to continue…]

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Rock County boy dies in farm accident

by WRN Contributor 08/30/10 7:52 AM

An 8-year-old Brodhead boy died after a utility vehicle accident in Spring Valley Township, according to a news release from the Rock County Sheriff’s Department. At 8:02 p.m. Saturday, the Rock County Sheriff’s Office, along with Orfordville Police, Fire and EMS, responded to a report of a utility vehicle accident in a farm field at [...]

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School kids ride on solar powered buses

by Jackie Johnson 08/25/10 9:51 AM

The Badger State is now home to the nation’s largest fleet of plug-in hybrid electric school buses. Eva Robelia with the state Office of Energy Independence says the buses in southeast Wisconsin run on sunshine. “These vehicles are fuel-efficient, they have lower emissions, they can go twice as far on a tank (of fuel) compared [...]

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State plans to expand family planning waiver

by Bob Hague 08/24/10 12:10 PM

The state plans to expand a program that uses federal Medicaid funds to provide contraception to low-income women. Some see it as controversial, but Jason Helgerson, the state’s Medicaid director, credits the family planning waiver with preventing unplanned pregnancies. “I don’t think that the family planning program has really been all that controversial,” said Helgerson. “I [...]

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Federal funds to feed hungry students

by Brian Moon 08/19/10 11:05 AM

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers has announced 48 public and private schools will get more than $750,000 in federal funds over the next two years for school breakfast programs. Grants will range from $1,400 to $41,000 per school or district. Jon Janowski, Director of Advocacy for the Hunger Task Force, says the money [...]

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