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  1. Students help spruce up forest trail in Evansville Students help spruce up forest trail in Evansville
    By PAMELA COTANT | For the State Journal | wsjcity@madison.com
    A fledgling school forest got a little thicker when science clubs in the Evansville School District planted trees and shrubs.
    Nov 22, 2009 | 6:15 pm | Loading…
  2. SOS: Condo association tells resident to take flag down SOS: Condo association tells resident to take flag down
    Chris Rickert | crickert@madison.com
    Some might consider it less than neighborly to order your patriotic neighbor to take down her American flag — especially if she has a son in the Air Force. But that, among other things, is what the board at Janet Pond’s North Side condominium development is telling her.
    Updated: Nov 22, 2009 | 5:55 pm | Loading…
  3. ‘The gospel of policing according to Madison’ ‘The gospel of policing according to Madison’
    By SANDY CULLEN | scullen@madison.com | 608-252-6137

    In his quest to find the best officers for the progressive, community policing Madison strives for, Sgt. Mike Koval will go where few law enforcement recruiters tread.

    Like Fargo, N.D.

    Why Fargo?

    "Because no one else will go, and there has to be some untapped talent,"…

    Nov 22, 2009 | 9:30 am

Politics and Government

At Issue: Should bartenders be allowed to drink on the job?
In a nutshell In a city flush with bars, including a lot of Downtown establishments serving college students, Ald. Michael Schumacher and Mayor Dave Cieslewicz are proposing to ban owners or employees from drinking alcohol while at work. The proposal would make it illegal for an owner, immed…
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Crime and courts

‘The gospel of policing according to Madison’
‘The gospel of policing according to Madison’
In his quest to find the best officers for the progressive, community policing Madison strives for, Sgt. Mike Koval will go where few law enforcement recruiters tread. Like Fargo, N.D. Why Fargo? "Because no one else will go, and there has to be some untapped talent," said Koval, who has bee…

Health and Medicine

DNR issues air quality watch in 59 counties for this weekend
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has issued an air quality watch in 59 counties for this weekend because of predicted increased levels of fine particles in the air. The particles primarily come from combustion sources such as power plants and factories, according to the advisory…

Science and Nature

‘Wolf or wolf hybrid’ captured on Madison's West Side
Animal control officers captured an animal that looked like a "wolf or wolf hybrid" on Madison's West Side this morning. "Did it look like a wolf or wolf mix? Yes," Patrick Comfert, lead animal control officer for the Madison Dane County Health Department, said of the animal picked up in the…

Around the region

28 kids adopted in Milwaukee County
A 3-year-old boy _ his name is Dante _ sits at a desk in a grown-up's chair, a chair about as tall as he is. Beside the little boy in the big chair sits his very soon-to-be mom, Paulette Drankiewicz, and beside her sits his very soon-to-be dad, Scott Drankiewicz. Paulette's eyes are tearful.…

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SOS: Condo association tells resident to take flag down
SOS: Condo association tells resident to take flag down
Some might consider it less than neighborly to order your patriotic neighbor to take down her American flag — especially if she has a son in the Air Force. But that, among other things, is what the board at Janet Pond’s North Side condominium development is telling her.

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