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  1. Air quality up, but water quality down, report says Air quality up, but water quality down, report says
    Matthew DeFour | 608-252-6144 | mdefour@madison.com
    Dane County and Madison residents are breathing easier, but muddying the waters, according to a new report from the local public health department.
    Updated: Nov 24, 2009 | 8:34 pm | Loading…
  2. Scocos on firing: 'That’s what I get for serving my country' Scocos on firing: 'That’s what I get for serving my country'
    By MARY SPICUZZA and JASON STEIN Wisconsin State Journal
    State Veterans Affairs Secretary John Scocos has been fired just two months after returning from a tour in Iraq and replaced with an agency official he had recently demoted.
    Nov 24, 2009 | 3:10 pm | Loading…
  3. Christmas tree growers, retailers are optimistic about sales Christmas tree growers, retailers are optimistic about sales
    By BARRY ADAMS | badams@madison.com | 608-252-6148
    The Christmas tree industry may prove its resiliency in the wake of a North Woods drought, national recession and a reduction in the number of trees harvested.
    Nov 24, 2009 | 2:25 pm | Loading…

Crime and courts

Judge dismisses lawsuit against Madison School District over student transfer policy
A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a class-action lawsuit against the Madison School District over a student transfer policy the district has since re-written. U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb wrote in a 36-page decision that the district was following state law - a law that was later det…

Education

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…
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Science and Nature

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.

Around the region

Packers counting on backups for playoff push
Aaron Kampman has been there for Green Bay Packers rookie Brad Jones all year, sharing the subtle tricks and techniques he has learned on the field and in the film room through seven-plus NFL seasons. The Packers can't count on Kampman anymore, but Jones still will. Jones credits Kampman for…

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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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