Mueller returns to Milwaukee
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Wisconsin companies stocks reflect strong first quarter
The 2013 stock market got off to a roaring start in the first quarter, with many Wisconsin companies along for the ride. While the Dow rose 11% and the S&P 500 gained 10% from January through March, lots of state-based companies outpaced the indexes. MGIC Investment Corp. saw its share price jump 86%. Twin Disc Inc. shares increased 44.5%. Oshkosh Corp. was up 43%. Magnetek Inc. rose 33%. ...
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DNR names new wolf bear manager
MADISON -- The state Department of Natural Resources has named a new carnivore manager. David MacFarland has worked as a wolf, bear and furbearer scientist for the agency since 2010. He helped design the regulatory framework for the state's first organized wolf hunt last fall. He began an assignment as the DNR's carnivore staff specialist, a new position within the agency's ...
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Why one side keeps winning the political war over gun laws
When I asked NRA president Dave Keene three months ago to handicap the post-Newtown gun debate, he said, "We’ll lose a battle here or there, but we won’t lose the war." It turns out he was too pessimistic. Keene’s side won the "battle" last week ...
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Wisconsin monk charged in attempted Illinois abduction
ANTIOCH, Ill.-Authorities say a Benedictine monk from Wisconsin has been charged with trying to abduct an Illinois teenager. The Chicago Sun-Times reports ...
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Riedl a Marquette grad was among first 150 female pioneers in law
Mary B. Riedl not only lived a life filled with history over her 99 years, she also made history. One of two women to graduate from the Marquette University Law School's class of 1936, she was honored in 1998 by the State Bar of Wisconsin as one of the first 150 female pioneers in law. During World War II when her future husband, Charles, was drafted, she tried to enlist in the U.S. Army, ...
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Plans to export U.S. natural gas stir debate over fracking
Washington - A domestic natural gas boom already has lowered U.S. energy prices while stoking fears of environmental disaster. Now U.S. producers are poised to ship vast quantities of gas overseas as energy companies seek permits for proposed export projects that could set off a renewed frenzy of fracking. Expanded drilling is unlocking enormous reserves of crude oil and natural gas, offering ...
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Wisconsin bill would eliminate workplace flu-shot requirement
Madison - Wisconsin employers, including hospitals, nursing homes and other health care agencies, could no longer require workers to get flu shots under a bill pending in the Legislature. Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt (R-Fond du Lac) said he began drafting the legislation after several hospital workers and health care contractors in his district complained they were fired after refusing to be ...
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