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  1. Slow down in Madison: It may save you money Slow down in Madison: It may save you money
    Madison police issued almost 8,000 speeding tickets in the first nine months of this year as part of an increased emphasis on traffic enforcement.
    Updated: Nov 29, 2009 | 9:06 am | Loading…
  2. Clash over the past: Dispute over historic church has become personal Clash over the past: Dispute over historic church has become personal
    Supporters hope to save a historic church in the town of Pulaski but an adjacent landowner says part of the property is his.
    Updated: Nov 29, 2009 | 9:28 am | Loading…
  3. Two children, two adults injured in Southwest Side shooting Two children, two adults injured in Southwest Side shooting
    No threat to community, police say. All four who were shot are hospitalized.
    Nov 28, 2009 | 12:15 pm
Planned Parenthood to open new Madison location
Planned Parenthood will open its newest Madison location Tuesday at a site one official said will give it a much-higher profile.The center, on the city's South Side at 2222 S. Park St., will be housed in the new Urban League of Greater Madison building that is part of the redevelopment of Vi…
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.
Doyle to speak at UW-Milwaukee commencement
Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle will speak at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's commencement next month. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported the event will be Dec. 20 at U.S. Cellular Arena. Doyle has decided not to seek a third term in office. A retired rear admiral who served as the U.S…

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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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