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County, town gird for fight over Saukville quarry land

Legal conflict looms despite what county official calls generous peace offering

In an effort to defuse a looming legal battle with the Town of Saukville, County Board Chairman Robert Brooks has offered to discuss concessions that include donating land to the town and paving its roads in exchange for the ability to expand the county’s gravel mining operation in the town without a fight, he said Tuesday... Read More

Gov. Walker touts new, more accurate jobs numbers

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker is touting new positive jobs numbers he says is a more accurate reflection of how the state’s economy is turning around. Democratic challenger Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett says Walker is cooking the books by releasing the figures before they have been reviewed by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The figures based on a census of businesses released Wednesday, May 16th show Wisconsin gained 23,300 public and private jobs in 2011. Previous totals based on a smaller survey of businesses showed the state lost 33,900 jobs over the year.

Fact or Myth: Lake Michigan a Tornado Deterrent

Fact or Myth: Lake Michigan a Tornado Deterrent

Dark clouds hang over the horizon, tumbling closer as a moist, warm air settles in and lightning strikes in the distance.

Then, the sirens sound.

The wind is picking up and it seems like conditions are getting very dangerous — but with Lake Michigan right next door, there's no way it's a tornado, right?

Wrong.

"That is one of those wives tales that’s been out there for a long time," said Emergency Preparedness Coordinator Tod Pritchard of the Wisconsin Emergency Management department.

Cool lake breezes are not thunderstorms' ideal..... Read More

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Concordia to offer physician assistant program

Concordia to offer physician assistant program

Concordia University Wisconsin will begin offering a physician assistant program in May 2013. The 26-month, full-time, year-round program is designed to prepare students to become physician assistants with an emphasis on primary care and preventative medicine. The program is applying for provisional accreditation from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant Inc. (ARC-PA) and anticipates being accredited in March 2013. Accreditation is required prior to starting... ... Read More

Learn to turn family stories to historical fiction

Learn to turn family stories to historical fiction

Paul Salsini is a veteran Milwaukee journalist, having been a Reporter, State Editor, and Staff Development Director at the Milwaukee Journal. He now teaches writing courses at Marquette University. He was the Wisconsin correspondent for the New York Times for twenty years, and his travel essays have appeared in the Times and elsewhere. Paul Salsini is the author of three historical novels that make up “A Tuscan Trilogy.” He has received a first place in fiction from the Council for Wisconsin writers and from the Midwest Independent Publishers Association.

GAB says weapons can be banned at polling sites

MADISON (AP) — Local governments can ban concealed weapons at all manner of polling sites, from city halls to assisted living facilities, state election officials have concluded.

Wisconsin’s concealed carry law went into effect in November. The state has held three elections since then with no concealed carry-related problems at the polls reported.

Gerald Nichol, a member of the Government Accountability Board, the entity that oversees elections, and local clerks have been asking about how the law applies at the polls for several months.

The board has been too busy preparing for this spring’s recall elections to develop answers until now, board spokesman Reid Magney said. He wasn’t sure when the first requests were made.