3 July 2008, 9:53 pm
The swarms of mosquitoes spawned by warm weather and lingering floodwaters in Wisconsin are more blood-sucking nuisance than medical peril, health officials said Thursday.... read more
3 July 2008, 6:36 pm
EDINBURG - The University of Texas-Pan American men's basketball team recently signed Wisconsin prep product Andy Smith to a letter of intent, giving Broncs coach Tom Schuberth six new players for 2008-09.... read more
3 July 2008, 11:54 am
A state health-care program for the poor — already projected to be $78 million in the red — will have to put up an additional $53.3 million to help the state solve its budget crisis. The University of Wisconsin System will also be hit with $25 million in additional spending cuts, with at least s... read more
3 July 2008, 9:57 am
News-Democrat Monthly statewide rainfall has been above average every month in the first half of 2008, resulting in the wettest January through June since 1895, according to the Illinois Water Survey at the Institute of Natural Resources Sustainability at the University of Illinois.... read more
3 July 2008, 7:58 am
Here are a selection of brief news items from this week's paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn't make it in the paper.... read more
3 July 2008, 3:12 am
In recent months, prosecutors in both Oregon and Wisconsin in the USA have been confronted with a complex problem: Should parents who choose to treat their children's illnesses with prayer rather than medicine be charged with abuse, neglect, or even manslaughter when their children die?... read more
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