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  1. Record number of new Dane County judges took bench this year Record number of new Dane County judges took bench this year
    Since 2007, eight of Dane County's 17 judicial branches have changed hands as a generation of judges has retired. The five who took the bench this year were the highest number in a single year in Dane County history.
    Nov 26, 2009 | 3:20 pm
  2. City studying ways to save mural City studying ways to save mural
    The big mural has been enchanting children of all ages at the Madison Central Library for 45 years. Now, the city is exploring if, and how, it can preserve the 75-foot-long painting by noted artist Aaron Bohrod when the library is demolished and replaced with a new $37 million facility.
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  3. 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…
City studying ways to save mural
City studying ways to save mural
The big mural has been enchanting children of all ages at the Madison Central Library for 45 years. Now, the city is exploring if, and how, it can preserve the 75-foot-long painting by noted artist Aaron Bohrod when the library is demolished and replaced with a new $37 million facility.
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…
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.
Wis. soldier hurt at Fort Hood home for holiday
A Wisconsin soldier injured in the Fort Hood shootings spent Thanksgiving with his family, reminding all of everything they have to be thankful for. Army Reserve Specialist Grant Moxon was shot in the leg when Maj. Nidal Hasan opened fire Nov. 5, and three of Moxon's friends died. Moxon told…

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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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