Recall elections begin amid Wisconsin union law fallout

07/19/11 MILWAUKEE (AP) A Wisconsin state senator will try to defend his seat today during a recall election that is giving voters the most direct opportunity yet to react to Republican Gov. Scott Walkers plan that stripped most public workers of their collective bargaining rights.

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Quinn says he will fulfill Packers bet with Walker

07/19/11 Democratic Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn says he will make good on a bet he made with Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker over the Packers-Bears NFC championship game six months ago.

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Fatal OWI appeal denied

07/19/11 A Winnebago County man's effort to get a new trial in a fatal drunk driving was rejected Tuesday by the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

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Semi overturns on I-43 in Rock County, blocking highway for hours

07/19/11 Northbound motorists on Interstate 43 in Rock County had to detour off the highway for several hours on Monday night after a semi-trailer overturned and spilled its cargo.

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Big First Inning Propels Bucks Past Mallards

07/13/11 MADISON, WI - The Madison Mallards fell to the Waterloo Bucks 5-2 Tuesday night in front of 5,482 fans at the "Duck Pond," as they could not overcome a four-run first inning by the Bucks.

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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Wisconsin Recall Elections

07/12/11 The voting prompted by Gov. Scott Walker's anti-collective bargaining bill begins today. But the recall movement's spread to other states, too.

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Paramedics who served in 9/11 visited La Crosse today

07/12/11 Three paramedics from the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) who served in 9/11 visited La Crosse today to show their support for local firefighters.

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'Frogs Lose on Walk-Off Again

07/12/11 Wausau, WI - July 12th, 2011 - For the second straight night the Bullfrogs lost in walk-off fashion. A night after they gave up a walk-off home run, they allowed a bloop single in the bottom of the ninth to Garret Yrigoyen in a 4-3 loss to the Wisconsin Woodchucks on the road Tuesday night.

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Promega Protocols & Applications App Now Available for Android Devices

07/06/11 Promega announces its popular Protocols & Applications App is now available for Android devices.Madison, WI (PRWEB) July 06, 2011 The Promega App, containing protocols, reference information and molecular biology calculators, is now available for Android. With this release, the popular Promega App is now available on both Apple and Android devices.The App provides reference information and tools ...

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Mallards Go for Win, First Half Championship Tuesday

07/05/11 MADISON, WI - July 5, 2011. The Madison Mallards will take on the Eau Claire Express Tuesday at 6:35 p.m. at Carson Park in one of the Mallards' biggest games since 2008. The Mallards sit two games ahead of the three second place teams in the South Division and have a magic number of one to clinch a title with two games left to play.

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Community welcomes new Salvation Army leaders

07/05/11 Today, people in La Crosse got to meet the new leaders of the Salvation Army: Majors Paul and Sue Moore.

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Little Feat Adds Dates

07/05/11 Little Feat will resume its steady summer tour schedule this coming Saturday at the Winnipeg Folk Festival.

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'Frogs Hit Three Homers and Win 13-5

07/05/11 Wisconsin Rapids, WI - July 5th, 2011 - Green Bay hit three home runs in a 13-5 win over the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters on Tuesday night on the road. The win keeps the Bullfrogs in the hunt for the first half South Division championship with one game left.

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Mallards Lose Lead Late, Fall in Extras to Express

07/05/11 EAU CLAIRE, WI - July 5, 2011. The Madison Mallards fell to the Eau Claire Express 8-7 Tuesday in a thrilling extra-inning affair at Carson Park. Despite the loss, the Mallards still hold a one-game lead over the Express in the South Division standings and can clinch the first half title with a victory over Eau Claire on Wednesday.

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College Sports: 185 UW-Platteville Student-Athletes Named to the Gabe Miller Academic Honor Roll

07/05/11 For the 11th consecutive year, the University of Wisconsin-Platteville student-athletes had a higher grade-point average than the student body as a whole. The Pioneer student-athletes compiled an 2.98 grade-point average for the 2010-11 academic year, above the general student body overall grade-point average of 2.862. 185 student-athletes made the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ...

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Union law takes effect this week

06/28/11 MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- After months of heated debate, ear-splitting protests and legal maneuvering, Gov. Scott Walker's polarizing collective bargaining changes are finally set to become law.

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County official places O'Donnell Park blame on contractors

06/28/11 The 2010 collapse of a 13-ton concrete panel from an outer wall of the O'Donnell Park garage on the lakefront was due to the negligence of two contractors on the original construction, a top county official said Tuesday.

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Campus Connection: UW-Madison picks new Division of Continuing Studies dean

06/28/11 The University of Wisconsin-Madison is turning to a familiar face to become its next vice provost for lifelong learning and dean of the university's Division of Continuing Studies.

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Putting it together: University Theatre presents [title of show]

06/28/11 How do you write a musical in three weeks? Spend an evening at the Mitchell Theatre this summer to find out, as University Theatre presents the area premiere of the surprise 2009 Tony-nominated hit [title of show].

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Great Wolf Lodge Debuts Social Media First For Waterpark Industry

06/28/11 Great Wolf Resorts?® , North America's largest family of indoor waterpark resorts, is debuting a new technology that's a social media first for the industry. Great Wolf Connect, launching first at Great Wolf Lodge?® ? Grand Mound, allows guests to link the radio-frequency identification technology in their waterpark wristbands with their Facebook accounts to automatically share photos from photo ...

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