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Wisconsinites welcome spring through chattering teeth; More state homes ‘underwater’; Survey says over half of residents favor assault weapon ban; more briefs
Wisconsin News
Today is the first day of spring. But Wisconsinites are still chattering their teeth and shivering in their coats as wind chills plunged into the minus-teens overnight. About one of every six homes with active mortgages in Wisconsin is underwater – and that number is rising.
Wednesday, March, 20, 2013 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Today is the first day of spring. But Wisconsinites are still chattering their teeth and shivering in their coats as wind chills plunged into the minus-teens overnight. About one of every six homes with active mortgages in Wisconsin is underwater – and that number is rising.
Wednesday, March, 20, 2013 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Bill limiting junk-food purchases with food stamps passes Assembly; Heroin use spikes in mid-Wisconsin; more state news
Wisconsin News
The state Assembly has voted to make Wisconsin the first state to force food stamp recipients to spend most of their benefits on healthy food. Marathon County sheriff’s official Gary Schneck said heroin use in the Wausau area has jumped rapidly in the last three years, and it started when drug-makers added time-release coatings to painkillers like OxyContin to cut down on their abuse.
Wednesday, May, 08, 2013 - Rivertowns.net - None
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The state Assembly has voted to make Wisconsin the first state to force food stamp recipients to spend most of their benefits on healthy food. Marathon County sheriff’s official Gary Schneck said heroin use in the Wausau area has jumped rapidly in the last three years, and it started when drug-makers added time-release coatings to painkillers like OxyContin to cut down on their abuse.
Wednesday, May, 08, 2013 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Cougar photographed in Buffalo County on Saturday
A fresh image of a wild cougar has been captured on a trail camera in Buffulo County and a DNR biologist has confirmed that the picture is legitimate.
Wednesday, July, 18, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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A fresh image of a wild cougar has been captured on a trail camera in Buffulo County and a DNR biologist has confirmed that the picture is legitimate.
Wednesday, July, 18, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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He felt like an angel, says man who scaled Capitol dome; Apartment fire claims lives of two UW-Eau Claire students; more briefs
Wisconsin News
Prosecutors said a Roseville, Minn., man was drunk when he climbed five stories to break into the Wisconsin State Capitol last weekend.
Wednesday, October, 10, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Prosecutors said a Roseville, Minn., man was drunk when he climbed five stories to break into the Wisconsin State Capitol last weekend.
Wednesday, October, 10, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Man accused of killing ex-girlfriend’s finance; Canine tornado survivors arrive in Green Bay; more state news
Wisconsin News
An Arizona man was charged Friday with killing the fiancée of his ex-girlfriend in Superior – the death was first reported as a suicide. More than two dozen dogs that survived the Oklahoma tornado have been brought to Green Bay in the hopes that they’ll find new homes.
Saturday, May, 25, 2013 - Rivertowns.net - None
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An Arizona man was charged Friday with killing the fiancée of his ex-girlfriend in Superior – the death was first reported as a suicide. More than two dozen dogs that survived the Oklahoma tornado have been brought to Green Bay in the hopes that they’ll find new homes.
Saturday, May, 25, 2013 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Judge tosses state's contested law limiting public unions, AG pledges appeal; pre-paid funeral fund put in receivership; more state news
Wisconsin News
J.B.Van Hollen says he’ll seek to delay any action to restore public union rights as a result of Friday's ruling by a Dane County judge that Wisconsin's sweeping law limiting collective bargaining rights violated unions’ rights to free speech and association and it violates constitutional clauses for equal protection. Also, a receiver has taken over a pre-paid funeral fund which had been sold by 500 funeral homes statewide. Plus more state briefs.
Monday, September, 17, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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J.B.Van Hollen says he’ll seek to delay any action to restore public union rights as a result of Friday's ruling by a Dane County judge that Wisconsin's sweeping law limiting collective bargaining rights violated unions’ rights to free speech and association and it violates constitutional clauses for equal protection. Also, a receiver has taken over a pre-paid funeral fund which had been sold by 500 funeral homes statewide. Plus more state briefs.
Monday, September, 17, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Tax reciprocity agreement runs into more snags; Eau Claire Co. offers ‘John School’ for panderers; Man dies in Burnett Co. ‘car-surfing’ incident; more briefs
Wisconsin News
There’s a new disagreement over an agreement to bring back income tax reciprocity between Wisconsin and neighboring Minnesota. The two states don’t agree on the amount of money Wisconsin should pay Minnesota to equalize the arrangement.
Friday, August, 17, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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There’s a new disagreement over an agreement to bring back income tax reciprocity between Wisconsin and neighboring Minnesota. The two states don’t agree on the amount of money Wisconsin should pay Minnesota to equalize the arrangement.
Friday, August, 17, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Thompson: Sexual orientation ‘not an issue’ in race; Polk Co. man charged in death of son injured in 2007; A $24,696 tip on a $304 tab? Not what he intended; More briefs
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Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson said it was a mistake for one of his top aides to send disparaging messages about his opponent Tammy Baldwin. Thompson said his political director should not have sent critical emails and tweets that showed Baldwin dancing at a gay pride event.
Wednesday, September, 12, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson said it was a mistake for one of his top aides to send disparaging messages about his opponent Tammy Baldwin. Thompson said his political director should not have sent critical emails and tweets that showed Baldwin dancing at a gay pride event.
Wednesday, September, 12, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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A day after debate, Obama takes jabs at Romney during Madison visit; Federal funding hold slows rural Internet progress; more briefs
Wisconsin News
President Obama used his Madison visit Thursday to encourage his supporters to vote early and to shake off criticisms from his debate with Mitt Romney the night before.
Friday, October, 05, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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President Obama used his Madison visit Thursday to encourage his supporters to vote early and to shake off criticisms from his debate with Mitt Romney the night before.
Friday, October, 05, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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A rarity: Pond scum on Lake Superior; Judge orders man who made threats to stay away from Kind; more briefs
Wisconsin News
Normally Lake Superior is so cold that it rarely gets algae, but that’s apparently not the case this summer. A La Crosse man was given a conditional release yesterday after he was found to be not guilty by reason of insanity to making threats at a federal building which houses the La Crosse Post Office.
Tuesday, July, 31, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Normally Lake Superior is so cold that it rarely gets algae, but that’s apparently not the case this summer. A La Crosse man was given a conditional release yesterday after he was found to be not guilty by reason of insanity to making threats at a federal building which houses the La Crosse Post Office.
Tuesday, July, 31, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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