Recently added articles from The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI):
CORN, SOYBEAN CROPS EASE WORRIES.(BUSINESS)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Associated Press Farmers planted an unexpectedly large crop of corn and soybeans this year, easing some fears of rising food costs. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday a record 77.5 million acres of soybeans were planted through June, up 1.8 ...
AUTO DEALER PLANS TO EXPAND 'MARKET IS COMING BACK,' STARK SAYS.(BUSINESS)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: KAREN RIVEDAL krivedal@madison.com 608-252-6106 Stark Automotive Group is nearly doubling the size of its General Motors dealership building in Stoughton and will add a used car lot in Sun Prairie soon. The group's Chevrolet dealership in Sun Prairie also ...
CAFE MONTMARTRE CLOSES THE 17-YEAR-OLD CAFE WAS A HUB FOR BOTH LOCAL BANDS AND WINE ENTHUSIASTS.(BUSINESS)
Jul 01, 2009; ... Byline: ROB THOMAS The Capital Times rthomas@madison.com Cafe Montmartre, the wine bar and music club that has been at 127 E. Mifflin St. since 1992, has closed, according to the club's owners. "After nearly 17 years of operation, Cafe Montmartre closed its doors ...
TODAY'S OBITUARIES.(LOCAL)(Obituary)
Jul 01, 2009 ... AMBERG, Dorothy A. "Dotti," 74 Lake Delton BERG, Wallace "Wally," 77 Madison/McFarland BERG, Lloyd, 86 Stoughton BLOOM, Harold F. "Mickey," 78 Madison DROZDOWSKI, Betty, 79 Lake Mills FANGMEYER, Beth, 35 Madison/Waunakee ...
DID DOYLE FOLLOW THROUGH? THE BUDGET PASSED ONTIME, BUT DID LAWMAKERS KEEP THEIR OTHER PROMISES?(LOCAL)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: SCOTT BAUER Associated Press Many promises were made and broken during the nearly five-month process of passing Wisconsin's new two-year budget. Gov. Jim Doyle said the middle class would be protected while he and fellow Democrats in charge of the Legislature ...
AS A POW, HE FELL IN LOVE WITH STATE PECHMANN, WHO DIED SUNDAY, IS REMEMBERED FOR HIS ENDLESS WORK FOR FELLOW VETERANS.(LOCAL)(Obituary)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: GEORGE HESSELBERG ghesselberg@madison.com 608-252-6140 Kurt G. Pechmann was captured twice during World War II. First, as a German soldier who had already served on the Russian front, he was captured on the rainy night of Nov. 6, 1943, east of Casino, Italy, ...
FIVE SCIENTISTS PICKED FOR RESEARCH CENTER THE WISCONSIN INSTITUTE FOR DISCOVERY WILL OPEN ITS PUBLIC FACILITY IN DECEMBER 2010.(LOCAL)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: DAVID WAHLBERG dwahlberg@madison.com 608-252-6125 Computer models to outsmart viruses and scaffolds on which stem cells can grow are among five topics picked for the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, the public part of a public-private research building going up on the ...
CIESLEWICZ GETS A HOLLER FROM OBAMA.(LOCAL)
Jul 01, 2009 ... WASHINGTON -- Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz drew a shout-out from President Barack Obama while attending a speech the president delivered to non-profit group leaders Tuesday afternoon in the East Room of the White House. "I also want to thank Dave Cieslewicz - I want to make ...
TEEN SENTENCED AS YOUTH - AND ADULT.(LOCAL)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: ED TRELEVEN etreleven@madison.com 608-252-6134 An uncommon plea agreement reached Tuesday will send a 16-year-old boy, who admitted supplying the stolen gun that killed another boy in June, to a state juvenile correctional center. But Shaquille Curtis, of ...
BOY SENT TO JUVENILE CENTER HE WAS DRIVING DURING A FATAL CRASH.(LOCAL)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: ED TRELEVEN etreleven@madison.com 608-252-6134 The traffic death in May of a 14-year-old girl will send a 16-year-old boy to a juvenile correctional center for up to a year. But Dane County Circuit Judge William Hanrahan made it clear to the boy that what he ...
CHARGES FILED IN 3 SHOOTINGS STEVEN TRIPLETT FACES CHARGES, INCLUDING ATTEMPTED MURDER, IN THE MADISON INCIDENTS.(LOCAL)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: ED TRELEVEN etreleven@madison.com 608-252-6134 An attempted murder charge was among several felonies filed Tuesday against a man police believe was involved in three shooting incidents this year around Madison. Steven L. Triplett, 21, was charged in two ...
NUMBER OF ABORTIONS IN STATE DROPPED IN '08.(LOCAL)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Associated Press, State Journal staff The number of abortions performed in Wisconsin dropped slightly last year to its lowest level since the state began keeping records three decades ago, according to a state report released Tuesday. The state Department of ...
HOW OUR COLLEGES PLAY THE MATCH GAME SOME HANDPICK DORM ROOMMATES OTHERS LEAVE FATE TO COMPUTERS.(FRONT)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: DEBORAH ZIFF dziff@madison.com 608-252-6234 She could be your best friend. Or she could make your freshman year miserable. This summer, incoming college freshmen will learn the name of the person with whom they will spend nine months living in a roughly ...
FAMILY-FRIENDLY SUN PRAIRIE TOP 10 HONORS.(FRONT)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Sun Prairie has been chosen as one of Family Circle magazine's 10 best cities for families among 1,700 communities with populations between 15,000 and 150,000. The cities were ranked using the magazine's "family-friendly criteria," ...
DOYLE, LAWMAKERS SCRAMBLE OVER 'FRANKENSTEIN' VETO FLUB.(FRONT)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: MARK PITSCH mpitsch@madison.com 608-252-6145 So, voters, you thought you banned the "Frankenstein" veto last year? Not so fast. In what his office acknowledged was a mistake, Gov. Jim Doyle used the veto method on a minor policy item in the 2009-11 ...
HARDY STARTS TO HIT STRIDE AT PLATE.(SPORTS)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: TOM ZIEMER tziemer@madison.com 608-252-6174 MILWAUKEE -- It's no great secret J.J. Hardy is a streaky hitter. The good news for the Milwaukee Brewers is their shortstop is in the midst of a hot streak. Hardy, whose batting average has yet to crack ...
STRANG NETS HIS GOAL WINS JUNIOR EVENT BY FOUR SHOTS.(SPORTS)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: KEVIN FREYMILLER kfreymiller@madison.com 608-252-6170 As a hockey player, Cody Strang knows all about hat tricks. The University of Wisconsin recruit netted himself a different sort of hat trick Tuesday. After capturing his second consecutive WIAA ...
ERRORS COSTLY FOR MALLARDS MADISON ALLOWS FIVE UNEARNED RUNS IN THE LOSS.(SPORTS)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: State Journal staff The Madison Mallards got plenty of offense on Tuesday night. Defense, well, that was another story. Six errors led to five unearned runs, and the Wisconsin Woodchucks scored seven runs in the sixth inning en route to a 9-6 victory over the ...
THE RIGHT TO UNIONIZE MAY TURN INTO EDICT SOME ACADEMIC STAFF MEMBERS ARE WORRIED THEY MAY BE FOLDED INTO UNIONS WITHOUT A VOTE.(FRONT)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: DEBORAH ZIFF dziff@madison.com 608-252-6234 The new right to unionize for University of Wisconsin System faculty and staff has set the stage for a fight at the state level, as thousands of System employees could get assigned into specific unions without getting a chance ...
SEVERAL OLYMPIC HOPEFULS HAVE LOCAL TIES HOCKEY NOTES.(SPORTS)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: AP, State Journal staff Madison natives Phil Kessel and Ryan Suter, along with former University of Wisconsin athletes Brian Rafalski, Tom Gilbert and Joe Pavelski are among the 34 players invited to next month's U.S. Olympic hockey camp in advance of the 2010 Vancouver ...