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Human Interest

How well do you sing Badger fight song? (AUDIO)

by Bob Hague 02/24/10 3:41 PM

The UW is looking to hear you sing On Wisconsin! And they’re willing to make it worth your while Kiera Wiatrak with UW Communications says if your YouTube rendition is good enough, you could be headed to Las Vegas to watch the Badgers play UNLV in September. That’s the grand prize in a contest top [...]

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Lawmaker calls for DNR split

by Andrew Beckett 02/23/10 12:46 AM

A state lawmaker says he’s worried about the “behemoth” size of the Department of Natural Resources.
State Representative Mike Huebsch (R-West Salem) is sponsoring a bill that would split up the agency, creating two new departments. The Department of Natural Resources would be charged with regulating hunting, trapping, and other outdoor activities. The Department of Environmental [...]

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Brother that’s a big banner (VIDEO)

by WRN Contributor 02/19/10 12:26 PM

No UW Music School. Mobilize at BrothersBar.com. The words are hard to miss on a building-sized banner hung from the side of a downtown Madison tavern. The University of Wisconsin wants to take the land the bar sits on, at the corner of University Avenue and Lake Street, for a new music school.

The UW is [...]

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Say cheese for Wisconsin’s state snack

by Jackie Johnson 02/10/10 11:58 PM

Wisconsin cheese is the topic of discussion at the state Capitol.
It’s “nacho” average legislation. State Senator Jim Sullivan (D-Wauwatosa) is sponsoring a bill (SB-327) to designate Wisconsin cheese as the official state snack, further hammering home Wisconsin’s claim as America’s Dairy State. The Wauwatosa Democrat says students at a middle school in his district came [...]

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Ambulance taken for brief joyride

by WRN Contributor 02/9/10 2:31 PM

Drunken skiers from Illinois do the darndest things. Dane County deputies were called to Tyrol Basin ski area near Mount Horeb Monday night after a 24 year old intoxicated Illinois man jumped into an ambulance and took it for a spin. Sheriffs spokeswoman Elise Schaefer says a patient and Fitch-Rona EMS crew, inside the ambulance [...]

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