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Walker rides a Harley with Chinese, meets President Xi while on trade trip
Four days into a trade mission to China, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, wife Tonnette and an entourage of Wisconsin business executives and state officials have met the Chinese president, cemented a couple of business deals and posed with thumbs up at the opening of a new Harley-Davidson dealership in Tianjin.
Tuesday, April, 16, 2013 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Four days into a trade mission to China, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, wife Tonnette and an entourage of Wisconsin business executives and state officials have met the Chinese president, cemented a couple of business deals and posed with thumbs up at the opening of a new Harley-Davidson dealership in Tianjin.
Tuesday, April, 16, 2013 - Rivertowns.net - None
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No room in Milwaukee for Chinese bikers?; Polk County man pleads guilty to killing fiancé; more briefs
Wisconsin News
Gov. Scott Walker has invited Harley-Davidson riders from China to attend the company’s 110th anniversary in Milwaukee during the Labor Day weekend. But the question is whether they could find a place to stay.
Wednesday, April, 17, 2013 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Gov. Scott Walker has invited Harley-Davidson riders from China to attend the company’s 110th anniversary in Milwaukee during the Labor Day weekend. But the question is whether they could find a place to stay.
Wednesday, April, 17, 2013 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Man due in court for murder of 13-year-old; search still on at Lake Pepin for overboard man; Walker calls for brat and burger summit; more state briefs
Wisconsin News
MILWAUKEE -- A judge will decide if there’s enough evidence to put John Spooner, 75, of Milwaukee, on trial. He’s charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the May 31 slaying of Darius Simmons.
Monday, June, 11, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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MILWAUKEE -- A judge will decide if there’s enough evidence to put John Spooner, 75, of Milwaukee, on trial. He’s charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the May 31 slaying of Darius Simmons.
Monday, June, 11, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Three die after crashing into road wash-out; MPS per-pupil cost near nation's highest; more state briefs
Wisconsin News
A woman from Thorp and a couple from Milwaukee were all killed early Thursday after they unknowingly drove into a wide chasm in a Clark County road created minutes earlier by heavy flooding. Also, state officials announce a new pact with a Chinese trading group that may result in more dairy exports. Plus more state briefs.
Friday, June, 22, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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A woman from Thorp and a couple from Milwaukee were all killed early Thursday after they unknowingly drove into a wide chasm in a Clark County road created minutes earlier by heavy flooding. Also, state officials announce a new pact with a Chinese trading group that may result in more dairy exports. Plus more state briefs.
Friday, June, 22, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Over 14 inches of snow falls in some places; Utility overbills school district by $310,000; more briefs
Wisconsin News
Hawthorn, near Superior in Douglas County, had the largest snow total by early this morning. That region was expecting 2-4 more inches. Storm warnings continue for much of the far northern part of the state. A school district in southern Wisconsin is getting a $310,000 refund from a utility which accidentally overcharged the schools for five years or more.
Friday, April, 19, 2013 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Hawthorn, near Superior in Douglas County, had the largest snow total by early this morning. That region was expecting 2-4 more inches. Storm warnings continue for much of the far northern part of the state. A school district in southern Wisconsin is getting a $310,000 refund from a utility which accidentally overcharged the schools for five years or more.
Friday, April, 19, 2013 - Rivertowns.net - None
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GAB pulls in $400,000 selling voters’ names; Farmland values still climbing; Rowboat used to rescue downed pilot; more briefs
Wisconsin News
Wisconsin’s elections agency made almost $400,000 in the last two years by selling information about the state’s registered voters -- including names, addresses and voting participation records. The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago says farmland values in the Wisconsin jumped by 11% last year with some land selling for over $10,000 an acre.
Tuesday, April, 02, 2013 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Wisconsin’s elections agency made almost $400,000 in the last two years by selling information about the state’s registered voters -- including names, addresses and voting participation records. The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago says farmland values in the Wisconsin jumped by 11% last year with some land selling for over $10,000 an acre.
Tuesday, April, 02, 2013 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Hail, wind, heavy rains hit state; Burnett Co. sheriff investigates death of 3-year-old; more briefs
Wisconsin News
The southern half of Wisconsin is cleaning up from yet another band of heavy thunderstorms overnight. The storms started just after midnight when trees and power lines fell north of La Crosse, and Perrot State Park in Trempealeau County had quarter-sized hail for 15 minutes straight.
Thursday, August, 16, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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The southern half of Wisconsin is cleaning up from yet another band of heavy thunderstorms overnight. The storms started just after midnight when trees and power lines fell north of La Crosse, and Perrot State Park in Trempealeau County had quarter-sized hail for 15 minutes straight.
Thursday, August, 16, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Disabled woman denied right to secret ballot; Recount expected in one-vote-win contest; more briefs
Wisconsin News
MILWAUKEE -- State officials say it’s the most serious election problem they’ve seen in years. A disabled woman was deprived of a secret ballot Tuesday after she could not use a broken wheelchair lift at her polling place at Milwaukee Juneau High School.
Wednesday, August, 15, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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MILWAUKEE -- State officials say it’s the most serious election problem they’ve seen in years. A disabled woman was deprived of a secret ballot Tuesday after she could not use a broken wheelchair lift at her polling place at Milwaukee Juneau High School.
Wednesday, August, 15, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Now it’s Isaac; then it was Katrina
MENOMONIE -- A UW-Stout student knows what it’s like to be in the shoes of thousands of Gulf Coast residents who are nervously watching the approach of tropical storm Isaac.
Monday, August, 27, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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MENOMONIE -- A UW-Stout student knows what it’s like to be in the shoes of thousands of Gulf Coast residents who are nervously watching the approach of tropical storm Isaac.
Monday, August, 27, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Wasted Places: Recession worsens brownfields backlog in Wisconsin
OAK CREEK -- Sarah Preciado, a lifelong resident of the Carrollville neighborhood, remembers how it was once a bustling place. Her great-grandfather was the first Mexican worker at the glue factory that was across Fifth Avenue. Her grandfather, who planted the pear and peach trees at her house, worked there too.
Sunday, September, 23, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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OAK CREEK -- Sarah Preciado, a lifelong resident of the Carrollville neighborhood, remembers how it was once a bustling place. Her great-grandfather was the first Mexican worker at the glue factory that was across Fifth Avenue. Her grandfather, who planted the pear and peach trees at her house, worked there too.
Sunday, September, 23, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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