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  1. Wrong journey, right end point Wrong journey, right end point
    A confused Iowa woman got hopelessly lost and found herself relying on the kindness of strangers at a Cambridge cafe.
    Nov 26, 2009 | 4:45 am | Loading…
  2. Toy charity drive under way Toy charity drive under way
    Since the fall of 1918, the annual Wisconsin State Journal Empty Stocking Club fund drive marks today, Thanksgiving Day, as its symbolic beginning.
    Nov 26, 2009 | 4:30 am | Loading…
  3. Some viewers still struggle with digital TV Some viewers still struggle with digital TV
    It’s been more than four months since the federal government required television stations to broadcast using a digital signal, and though most viewers have successfully navigated the transition, officials at the Madison stations say they get a few complaints each week.
    Nov 25, 2009 | 2:20 pm | Loading…
DeForest School District gets funding for instructional programs
The DeForest School District was among 13 school districts in the state that received funding for science, technology, engineering and mathematics instructional programs this year through the state Department of Public Instruction. DeForest received $4,054 for a career workshop with an empha…
Air quality up, but water quality down, report says
Air quality up, but water quality down, report says
Dane County and Madison residents are breathing easier, but muddying the waters, according to a new report from the local public health department.
Mich Tech student seeks secret of warbler decline
As many as half a million tiny golden-winged warblers used to make the annual round trip flight from Latin America to the Midwest. Now, the number is down to 200,000, and an international consortium is trying to find out why. Michigan Technological University forestry and environmental scien…

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Odd Wisconsin: Profanities considered worse than artillery in Appleton's past
Odd Wisconsin: Profanities considered worse than artillery in Appleton's past
Many communities once had laws that strike us today as odd. In Appleton's case, it isn't the city ordinances that seem strange so much as the relative consequences of breaking them. Every 10 years the common council revised the town's laws. They paid special attention to morality in the 1877…

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