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Fifty-eight new corrections officers now on the job for WDOC
The Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) has begun the new year with 58 new correctional officers and one correctional lieutenant.
Thursday, January, 03, 2013 - Rivertowns.net - None
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The Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) has begun the new year with 58 new correctional officers and one correctional lieutenant.
Thursday, January, 03, 2013 - Rivertowns.net - None
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CVTC plans new fire, paramedic training center
EAU CLAIRE -- Chippewa Valley Technical College announces plans for a new Fire and Paramedic Training Center this year.
Saturday, March, 16, 2013 - Rivertowns.net - None
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EAU CLAIRE -- Chippewa Valley Technical College announces plans for a new Fire and Paramedic Training Center this year.
Saturday, March, 16, 2013 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Kids invited to participate in new YMCA day camp
Children from Prescott and other Pierce County communities are invited to participate in day camps at the new YMCA Day Camp Spring Lake at the Dakota County (Minn.) Spring Lake Park Reserve.
Saturday, July, 14, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Children from Prescott and other Pierce County communities are invited to participate in day camps at the new YMCA Day Camp Spring Lake at the Dakota County (Minn.) Spring Lake Park Reserve.
Saturday, July, 14, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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UW-Stout student uses new skill to win national contest
MENOMONIE — As classes go, CAD for Apparel Images was an especially challenging one this spring for Leah Becker and her classmates at UW-Stout. First, the apparel design and development students had to learn a new professional skill: designing clothing via software or what’s known as computer-aided design. Second, Professor Jongeun Rhee had students put that skill to the test immediately and design clothing for a national contest. Third, the contest rules required students to work with aspects of design that were out of their comfort zone.
Wednesday, May, 30, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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MENOMONIE — As classes go, CAD for Apparel Images was an especially challenging one this spring for Leah Becker and her classmates at UW-Stout. First, the apparel design and development students had to learn a new professional skill: designing clothing via software or what’s known as computer-aided design. Second, Professor Jongeun Rhee had students put that skill to the test immediately and design clothing for a national contest. Third, the contest rules required students to work with aspects of design that were out of their comfort zone.
Wednesday, May, 30, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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New legislative session begins today -- Walker predicts less turbulence; Tech college teachers earn more than UW instructors; more briefs
Wisconsin News
A festive atmosphere is planned at the State Capitol today as Wisconsin legislators begin their new session. Gov. Scott Walker said none of his plans for the new session will prompt massive protests like those which rocked the Capitol when he virtually ended collective bargaining for most public union employees.
Monday, January, 07, 2013 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Wisconsin News
A festive atmosphere is planned at the State Capitol today as Wisconsin legislators begin their new session. Gov. Scott Walker said none of his plans for the new session will prompt massive protests like those which rocked the Capitol when he virtually ended collective bargaining for most public union employees.
Monday, January, 07, 2013 - Rivertowns.net - None
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OPINION: UW-Stout Chancellor Sorensen offers response to President Obama’s call for new 'college scorecard'
President Obama recently announced a new College Scorecard that he said would give students and their parents better tools to make decisions about where to attend college. How many of (our) graduates get jobs? A stunning 97.3 percent of the 2011-12 graduates were working or were continuing their education six months after leaving UW-Stout.
Tuesday, February, 26, 2013 - Rivertowns.net - None
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President Obama recently announced a new College Scorecard that he said would give students and their parents better tools to make decisions about where to attend college. How many of (our) graduates get jobs? A stunning 97.3 percent of the 2011-12 graduates were working or were continuing their education six months after leaving UW-Stout.
Tuesday, February, 26, 2013 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Three polls: Senate race still dead heat; Western Wisconsin: New gas pipeline considered to serve frac sand mines; more briefs
Wisconsin News
Three new polls released Thursday show that Wisconsin’s U.S. Senate race has returned to being a dead heat.
Friday, November, 02, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Wisconsin News
Three new polls released Thursday show that Wisconsin’s U.S. Senate race has returned to being a dead heat.
Friday, November, 02, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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'No Hungry Kids' bill would loosen belt on school lunch calorie counts; Obama leads in Wisconsin, new poll says; more state briefs
Wisconsin News
In response to a hot lunch boycott like that staged recently by Mukwonago High School students, an Iowa lawmaker has introduced legislation to relax the 850-calorie limit on school lunches imposed by new USDA guidelines. Also, more Wisconsin offenders would be forced to give DNA samples and help pay for an expanded database of what some are calling the "modern-day fingerprint". Plus more state news.
Wednesday, September, 19, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Wisconsin News
In response to a hot lunch boycott like that staged recently by Mukwonago High School students, an Iowa lawmaker has introduced legislation to relax the 850-calorie limit on school lunches imposed by new USDA guidelines. Also, more Wisconsin offenders would be forced to give DNA samples and help pay for an expanded database of what some are calling the "modern-day fingerprint". Plus more state news.
Wednesday, September, 19, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Barrels with explosive devices tossed back into Lake Superior; New tax reciprocity agreement close; Mining bill clears Assembly; more briefs
Wisconsin News
Officials say there were no high levels of toxic or hazardous chemicals in 25 barrels of old military waste pulled from Lake Superior, but 22 barrels had thousands of tiny explosive devices and were thrown back into the lake. After four years of negotiations, Minnesota and Wisconsin tax officials say they are within $6 million of a new reciprocal tax agreement.
Friday, March, 08, 2013 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Wisconsin News
Officials say there were no high levels of toxic or hazardous chemicals in 25 barrels of old military waste pulled from Lake Superior, but 22 barrels had thousands of tiny explosive devices and were thrown back into the lake. After four years of negotiations, Minnesota and Wisconsin tax officials say they are within $6 million of a new reciprocal tax agreement.
Friday, March, 08, 2013 - Rivertowns.net - None
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New UW program offers flexibility on path to degree; She took his toaster -- he hacked her Facebook page; more briefs
Wisconsin News
A new flexible degree program in the University of Wisconsin System is being touted as a way to help students train for thousands of available jobs that employers cannot fill and to help adults who’ve never had the time to complete their college degrees.
Wednesday, June, 20, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Wisconsin News
A new flexible degree program in the University of Wisconsin System is being touted as a way to help students train for thousands of available jobs that employers cannot fill and to help adults who’ve never had the time to complete their college degrees.
Wednesday, June, 20, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Dunn County extends frac-sand moratorium; new standards OK'd to curb greening lakes; Walker at Harvard today; obesity study de-emphasizes exercise
Wisconsin News
Dunn County officials have extended by three months a moratorium on the opening of new sand mines and maple syrup producers in western Wisconsin who lost their "crop" to warm weather can get federal help, plus more state briefs.
Thursday, July, 26, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Wisconsin News
Dunn County officials have extended by three months a moratorium on the opening of new sand mines and maple syrup producers in western Wisconsin who lost their "crop" to warm weather can get federal help, plus more state briefs.
Thursday, July, 26, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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No plea deal for father in three killings; swimming away won’t get man out of trouble; faster safety tests for new medicines; vote on favorite farmers’ market; Batman star visits victim; more briefs…
Wisconsin News
No plea deal for father in three killings; swimming away won’t get man out of trouble; faster safety tests for new medicines; vote on favorite farmers’ market; plus more briefs.
Wednesday, July, 25, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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No plea deal for father in three killings; swimming away won’t get man out of trouble; faster safety tests for new medicines; vote on favorite farmers’ market; plus more briefs.
Wednesday, July, 25, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Absentee balloting underway in wake of final debate; new canoe trail near Nelson designated; UW med school expanding PA training in north, more briefs
Wisconsin News
Wisconsinites watched as Gov. Scott Walker and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett sparred in a final debate Thursday evening ahead of the last day absentee ballots can be cast in local clerk's offices. Also, records reveal a 12-year-old received probation for starting a damaging fire in the Durand library last January, plus more state briefs about a new canoe trail near Nelson, polluted drinking water and UW-M expanding its PA training to Wausau.
Friday, June, 01, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Wisconsin News
Wisconsinites watched as Gov. Scott Walker and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett sparred in a final debate Thursday evening ahead of the last day absentee ballots can be cast in local clerk's offices. Also, records reveal a 12-year-old received probation for starting a damaging fire in the Durand library last January, plus more state briefs about a new canoe trail near Nelson, polluted drinking water and UW-M expanding its PA training to Wausau.
Friday, June, 01, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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The recall: ‘A Wisconsin-specific moment’?; New poll says Walker still ahead – just a little; more briefs
Wisconsin News
Despite what some national pundits say, Wisconsin probably won’t be voting for next president tomorrow depending on who it chooses in the governor’s recall election. Democratic strategist John Lapp said Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s recall contest is “a Wisconsin-specific moment, not a national referendum.”
Monday, June, 04, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Wisconsin News
Despite what some national pundits say, Wisconsin probably won’t be voting for next president tomorrow depending on who it chooses in the governor’s recall election. Democratic strategist John Lapp said Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s recall contest is “a Wisconsin-specific moment, not a national referendum.”
Monday, June, 04, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Gale warnings out for eastern Wisconsin; 15% of state’s schools not meeting new standards; more briefs
Wisconsin News
Forecasters now say eastern Wisconsin will get high winds and waves as early as tonight as the effects of Hurricane Sandy stretch from the East Coast to the Great Lakes.
Monday, October, 29, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Wisconsin News
Forecasters now say eastern Wisconsin will get high winds and waves as early as tonight as the effects of Hurricane Sandy stretch from the East Coast to the Great Lakes.
Monday, October, 29, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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New Richmond no longer home of world’s heaviest pumpkin; murder in Milwaukee; cold and raw forecast; voter website; more briefs
Wisconsin News
MILWAUKEE -- If you need to do something outdoors, you might want to try-and-get it done by Wednesday. Forecasters say dry weather and normal temperatures are expected in the first three days of this week, with highs in the 60’s-and-70’s and lows generally in the 40’s.
Monday, October, 01, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Wisconsin News
MILWAUKEE -- If you need to do something outdoors, you might want to try-and-get it done by Wednesday. Forecasters say dry weather and normal temperatures are expected in the first three days of this week, with highs in the 60’s-and-70’s and lows generally in the 40’s.
Monday, October, 01, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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New Walker budget would borrow a billion; lawmaker wants food stamp recipients to shop more wisely; more state news
Wisconsin News
Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed state budget would borrow over $1 billion – almost all of it for transportation projects. Also, a Neenah area lawmaker is proposing a program to help food stamp recipients shop more wisely, state unemployment ticked upward slightly last month, plus more state news.
Friday, March, 15, 2013 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed state budget would borrow over $1 billion – almost all of it for transportation projects. Also, a Neenah area lawmaker is proposing a program to help food stamp recipients shop more wisely, state unemployment ticked upward slightly last month, plus more state news.
Friday, March, 15, 2013 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Heat may have been factor in up to 22 deaths; New formula: Less than half of state’s students proficient in math or reading; more briefs
Wisconsin News
Health officials now say up to 22 people could have died from the intense heat in Wisconsin over the past two weeks. Refigured results show that only 48% of Wisconsin’s third- through eighth-graders and high school sophomores were proficient or better in math and just 36% of those youngsters were proficient or better in reading. More briefs
Tuesday, July, 17, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Health officials now say up to 22 people could have died from the intense heat in Wisconsin over the past two weeks. Refigured results show that only 48% of Wisconsin’s third- through eighth-graders and high school sophomores were proficient or better in math and just 36% of those youngsters were proficient or better in reading. More briefs
Tuesday, July, 17, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Ft. McCoy celebrating first new barracks since WWII; Walker returns from sneak trip to Kosovo; 2 deaths linked to West Nile, more state briefs
Wisconsin News
Officials snipped a ribbon Thursday marking completion of a $6.8 million barracks -- the first of several -- which offer modern comforts like Internet and air conditioning to soldiers who train at the Sparta area base. Also, Gov. Scott Walker was expected in Madison Friday, following a quick, quiet trip to visit Guardsmen from West Bend completing a one-year mission. Read on for more state news.
Friday, September, 07, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Wisconsin News
Officials snipped a ribbon Thursday marking completion of a $6.8 million barracks -- the first of several -- which offer modern comforts like Internet and air conditioning to soldiers who train at the Sparta area base. Also, Gov. Scott Walker was expected in Madison Friday, following a quick, quiet trip to visit Guardsmen from West Bend completing a one-year mission. Read on for more state news.
Friday, September, 07, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Van Hollen will file motion today for extension of union law while appeal plays out; Mining debate begins anew in Madison today; more state news
Wisconsin News
While Madison teachers have already asked to begin talks on their new contract, Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen will petition a Dane County judge today, asking that he allow Wisconsin's new union law to remain in place while an appeal is prepared. Also, new research shows pacifiers may stunt boys emotions later in life, plus more state briefs.
Tuesday, September, 18, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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Wisconsin News
While Madison teachers have already asked to begin talks on their new contract, Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen will petition a Dane County judge today, asking that he allow Wisconsin's new union law to remain in place while an appeal is prepared. Also, new research shows pacifiers may stunt boys emotions later in life, plus more state briefs.
Tuesday, September, 18, 2012 - Rivertowns.net - None
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