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GAB halts release of recall petitions

January 30, 2012 By Jackie Johnson

The Government Accountability Board decides, for now, not to post recall petitions against Governor Scott Walker online. The ACLU raises privacy concerns as the GAB posts pdf files on their public website of scanned recall petitions against elected officials, including the more than one million signatures against the Republican governor. The information is a matter of public record, but Stacy Harbaugh with ACLU-Wisconsin says they want to balance transparency with privacy. "The … [Read More...]

Guilty verdict in Portage County triple stabbing

January 30, 2012 By WRN Contributor

A Portage County jury has found a Bancroft man guilty of two charges in a triple stabbing. After deliberating Friday and more than half the day Monday, the jury convicted Tyler Dahms of killing his girlfriend's aunt and stabbing her dad last spring. Dahms was acquitted though on charges he stabbed the girlfriend's uncle. AUDIO: Matt Lehman reports (:34) Dahms faces up to 60 years on the most serious charge, but prosecutor David Knaapen would not comment on what kind of sentence he will … [Read More...]

Record number of spearers expected

January 30, 2012 By Brian Moon

For the second year in a row a record number of Lake Winnebago sturgeon spearing licenses have been sold; 12,680 people bought licenses, up from the previous record of just over 12,423 set last year. It's also an increase of 50 percent since 2007. DNR Fisheries Supervisor Ron Bruch cites "public ownership" as a reason for the program's popularity. He says the agency sets policy based largely in input received through the Winnebago Citizens’ Sturgeon Advisory Committee and Sturgeons for … [Read More...]

Explosion at UW-Madison chemistry building

January 30, 2012 By WRN Contributor

A scare this morning on the UW-Madison campus. Around 9:30 am there were reports of an explosion at the chemistry building. There was, but on the damage scale, it was rather small. A staffer received non-life threatening injuries after a lab experiment ignited and broke a glass container holding the chemicals. The injury was a cut from the glass. No fire broke out and no evacuations were needed. In fact, the building remained open except for the lab where the explosion occurred. Robin … [Read More...]

Not your grandparents’ tobacco

January 30, 2012 By Jackie Johnson

The American Lung Association says their efforts to reduce or prevent tobacco use is a constant battle. Dona Wininsky with the group's Wisconsin chapter says for every success achieved, the tobacco industry is out there creating new products, and developing new ways to market those products. "In the adult population now we're seeing this proliferation around the state of roll-your-own cigarette shops. The reason that people are attracted to those is that the price is lower." Wininsky says the … [Read More...]

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