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Snow and cold blew in again cathcing this group of dairy heifers in Dane County wide-eyed and snow-covered. The volatile January weather included brutal sub-zero temperatures followed by a brief warm-up and then back to blizzard-like conditions on Tuesday afternoon as snow fell and was driven by wind gusts up to 35 miles per hour.

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Jody Riley said there are probably friends she made while exhibiting cattle and going to the fair that are closer to her than her friends at school. “The fair is the highlight of her summer,” he said.

Kaitlyn, 21, is no stranger to the tiara and sash, having served as Wisconsin State Jersey queen as well as serving as Crawford County Fair’s Fairest last year.

She said the week leading up to the contest finale was a whirlwind of activities during the Wisconsin Fairs Association annual convention. “By the end of the week I felt such a bond with the other girls.

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Numerous events get people out for seasonal fun

By Keith Uhlig For Stevens Point Journal Media kuhlig@wdhmedia.com

WAUSAU — After energy-sapping and soul-sucking cold weather and snowstorms earlier this month, Wausau burst to life Friday through Sunday as a winter playland.

And boy did it seem like people were ready for it.

The Midwest Freeze Leinenkugel’s Classic Adult Pond Hockey tournament at Sunny Vale Park attracted 50 teams and 350 players from all over the Midwest. The Badger State Winter Games served up youth archery and bowling events, and fea-

tured the first-ever Fat Bike Races in which nearly 50 people competed at Sunny Vale. Nearly 100 curlers participated in the women’s Highlanders Bonspeil, a tourney sponsored by the Wausau Curling Club.

Granite Peak Ski Area also offered pricing specials for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and the Friends of Rib Mountain held its candlelight snowshoe hike at Rib Mountain State Park.

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hen significant snow falls in the Chippewa Valley, it tends to take a few traffic signs with it.

Shorter signs get bent and broken when snowbanks press against them, and drivers will sometimes hit a stop sign when their vehicle skids at a slippery intersection, Eau Claire County highway commissioner Marcus Evans said.

“As with every storm there’s a potential to lose some signs,” he said.

County and city workers reported that Tuesday’s winter storm in the Eau Claire area took out a few road signs — about average for what they experience during a 9-inch snowfall.

Signs at two roundabouts off U.S. 53 — at the North Crossing and the Interstate 94 off-ramp — needed repair after being damaged “If at all possible, we try in Tuesday’s storm, Evans to go after the said. party that’s Two signs responsible or were clipped their insurance on Eau Claire company for city streets — reimbursement.” a street name sign and stop MARCUS EVANS, sign — during Eau Claire County highway commissioner Tuesday’s storm and cleanup, according to Harley Fuerstenau, a city street supervisor.

Both were knocked down by snowplow drivers, he said, and it’s typical to break a couple of signs in a snowstorm like Tuesday’s.

When a privately owned vehicle breaks a sign by sliding into it during a crash, the county or city try to recover replacement costs from the driver.

“If at all possible, we try to go after the party that’s responsible or their insurance company for reimbursement,” Evans said.

The replacement cost for materials and labor varies for each sign that needs to be replaced, he said.

“It depends on what sign it is and where it’s located,” Evans said.

Sometimes the most costly job will be for a regular stop sign in a remote part of the county, Evans said, because county crews will need to fix it immediately, which can mean driving a long distance and taking them away from the job Staff photo by Steve Kinderman they were assigned to.

Donna Drazkowski, an Eau Claire County Highway Department worker, places a temporary yield City stop signs are immediately sign Wednesday at the Black Avenue roundabout on the North Crossing, just east of the Eau See FIXED, Page 3B Claire city limits. View more photos at LeaderTelegramPhotos.com.

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warned against ID thefts Tax identity theft is on the rise, but state officials are hoping education can protect Wisconsin residents from becoming victims.

“It can happen to anybody,” said Joe Libowsky, coordinator of the Wisconsin Crime Alert Network, a “Your best statewide program that links law enforcement protection agencies with the busiagainst tax ness community and the fraud is to public in a partnership to safeguard fight crime. your private Its latest effort was a information webinar — “Protecting year-round” Yourself Against Tax Identity Theft” — offered SANDY to network members CHALMERS, administrator for Wednesday. During the Trade and 25-minute session, Shawn the Consumer Diaz of the state Office of Protection division Privacy Protection taught of the state DATCP participants about identity theft, including tax identity theft, and the importance of safeguarding their personal information.

About 15 percent of all identity theft complaints reported to the Federal Trade Commission dealt with tax returns in 2010, she said. That jumped to 43 percent in 2013.

“Your best protection against tax fraud is to safeguard your private information year-round,” said Sandy Chalmers, administrator for the Trade and Consumer Protection division of the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.

While there is no sure-fire way to prevent tax-related identity theft, Diaz recommended people file their returns as soon as they can, allowing state and federal officials to process their returns before identity thieves can send in fraudulent ones.

For people who file electronically, use a secure computer on a secure network — not some public WiFi hot spot, she said.

For those who file by mail, use secure blue postal mailboxes — not the unlocked mailbox in front of their houses — or mail tax forms at the post office.

Tax-related identity theft can happen several ways — all of them involving your Social Security number, according to the state’s Office of Privacy Protection.

Most victims don’t find out there is a problem until they get a letter from the Internal Revenue Service saying they didn’t report income that employers had reported to the agency using the victims’ Social Security number or saying more than one return was filed for them.

In Rusk County, employees at Weather Shield in Ladysmith — for the second consecutive year — learned their personal information had been stolen in 2013.

When they went to do their taxes, they found out returns already had been filed

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The suicide bombings in Russia serve as a chilling reminder of what the Winter Olympics represent to terrorists: A high-profile target with more than 2,500 athletes, some of them worldfamous, waving the flags of nearly 90 nations.

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Meanwhile, a number of Olympic leaders and federations signaled their confidence in the host country.

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COUNTRY JOHN ONCKEN “The Wisconsin Junior Holstein Association strives to increase knowledge and provide opportunities to youth by involvement through the Registered Holstein Project. The Association also recognizes their achievements and accomplishments in the industry at the annual Wisconsin Junior Holstein Convention.”

Those two sentences are the heart of the Wisconsin Junior Holstein Association mission statement that is under the direction of an eight member elected Junior Activities Committee (JAC). The JAC is responsible for coordinating and overseeing all junior events within the Wisconsin Junior Holstein Association.

Over 500 Junior Holstein members, chaperones, and volunteers attended the 2014 convention recently held in Wisconsin Dells and hosted by the Fond du Lac County juniors.

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Knapp, 64, retired Jan. 3 after serving Chippewa County for a record 37 years.

Knapp Through the past few decades, Knapp made a name for himself in dairy and farm management but also fielded questions on everything from pesticides to emu diets.

“One of the things I’ve learned is you can read it out of a book, but until you’re out in the field, things are different,” he said.

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Rise and shine Flames of color lit the morning sky over a Chippewa County barn at sunrise Jan. 9 along County Highway D north of Boyd.

National FFA officers complete whirlwind tour of Wisconsin

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MENOMONIE — None of the national FFA officers packed their long johns for their weeklong visit to Wisconsin last Holstein members, and both week.

Fortunately, they probhad dreamed of winning ably didn’t have time to the award since they were stand still long enough youngsters. to let the bitter cold seep The Outstanding Boy and Girl award winners are through their blue-and-gold selected from finalists in the corduroy jackets.

After flying into MadiHolstein Association’s Disson Jan. 5, the six national tinguished Junior Member officers made a fast-paced, competition. Eligible applifull-circle tour through cants are any youth who have successfully completed Wisconsin, with stops to project work with registered visit with FFA members Holsteins and are a Wiscon- in Marshfield, Wrightsin Holstein junior member stown, Waupun, Waterford, Verona, Sauk Prairie, in good standing.

Mauston and Menomonie.

The winners were The six national officers announced Jan. 4 at the Junior Holstein Association departed Madison Jan. 12 after assisting Wisconsin awards banquet. state FFA officers with Holstein Girl leadership-building activiHendrickson, 21, the ties and keynote speeches daughter of Jeff and Kate during the annual HalfHendrickson of Belleville, Time Conference in Stesaid the Holstein Girl Award vens Point. was a goal of hers for as While the team’s Jan. 6 long as she can remember. events were canceled due

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National FFA Southern Region Vice President Jackson Harris led an hour-long workshop on gratitude during the national FFA officers’ stop at Menomonie High School.

During a stop Jan. 9 at Menomonie High School, the national officers — most from the southern U.S. — extolled the virtues of cheese curds, Culver’s and the Green Bay Packers.

But try as they might, they couldn’t find anything nice to say about Wisconsin winters.

“It’s freezing,” said National FFA President Brian Walsh, 21, of Virginia, a sophomore major-

The subzero temperatures were especially hard to handle for 19-year-old Jackson Harris, national FFA vice president from Alabama, where it was about 60 degrees warmer last week.

“I’ve just been kind of thawing out as many times as possible throughout the day,” Harris said.

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center line and struck her van, according to police.

“She’s my everything,” Troy Schluechtermann said of his wife during Hess’ sentencing. “Our world has fallen apart. My family has hit the bottom here because of this.”

Hess, 39, cried through much of the 48-minute hearing in the packed, basement-level courtroom. Repeatedly biting his lower lip when it came time to speak, Hess apologized

RACINE — A Racine man we monitoring device for a bu allegedly burglarized ano while out on bond — and surveillance.

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Anderson is accused of bre home in the 1000 block of We enue with another man just a.m. Sept. 26, according to hi and stealing electronic devic a PlayStation 3, a GameCub flatscreen TV and a tablet, water jug of coins and cash.

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In addition to advancing resolutions related to the creation of a dedicated Highway Equipment Fund, members of the Price County Executive Committee heard updates on the Books-by-Mail program and weighed the benefits of establishing a county administrator versus an administrative coordinator position at their meeting January 13.

Budget and Accounting Manager Nick Trimner discussed the history of the Books-by-Mail program and a potential policy change that’s being pursued.

Currently, Books-by-Mail duties are handled by a 15-hour a week staff member who’s considered an employee of Price County and works under the direction of the Park Falls Public Library.

Concerns about maintaining a Price County employee with no oversight at the county level arose in talks of the Personnel Committee, prompting county reps to pursue a change in how the position is staffed.

The thought was that the county could contract with the library to keep running the program, handing over the level of funding needed to carry out Books-by-Mail functions each year. It would then be up to the library to provide program services in whatever way they saw fit, whether supported by volunteers or members of the library staff, as explained by Trimner.

The Price County Library Board discussed the topic at a recent meeting.

“They’re willing to work with us in what we want to do in the future of this program,” Trimner said.

However, more work needs to be done to ensure that the agreed upon solution fits in the bounds of statute and guidelines steering the operation of local library boards. The plan is to discuss potential impacts of the policy change on the Price County Library Board’s continued operation at a January 23 meeting.

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Trimner wanted to emphasize that the county is not considering the possibility of eliminating the program, only a way to cover the county’s liability in providing Books-by-Mail services.

Stephanie Daniels In one other key business item, Executive Comsdaniels@theparkfallsherald.com mittee members were asked to decide whether they would recommend the board introduce a county Regional ballots for the Spring 2014 Election April administrator or an administrative coordinator posi1 will see a mix of incumbents running unopposed to tion. keep their seats and races between longtime officeCounty Board Chairman Bob Kopisch explained holders and new challengers. the primary difference between the two positions, A February 18 primary will decide which two noting that job duties of the county administrator prospective candidates for the supervisor seat are outlined by state statute whereas in the case of representing the Town of Hill and Town of Ogema the administrative coordinator, the process of spell(District 4) will make it onto the ballot April 1. Three ing out such details is left to the county. candidates, Incumbent Ron Kardas and challengers McLaughlin said she felt the county administrator Jeff Hallstrand and James Tauschek, filed nominaposition would be a better direction to go given its tion papers for the seat. statutory basis.

One other contested supervisor race will peg Kopisch agreed with McLaughlin, saying that if Incumbent Jay Janssen against Alan Haskins in the duties are statutorily defined, there’s no room to race for the seat representing Wards 1 and 3 in the mess with the descriptions for political reasons. He felt that if the county board had to sit down and spell Town of Worcester (District 9).

Supervisor candidates in the rest of Price County’s out the job duties, it could turn into a controversial 13 districts will be running unopposed: process.

• District 1 (Park Falls Wards 5 and 6): Incumbent Executive Committee Member Ron Heikkinen said Larry Palecek; that he wasn’t totally sold on either position, but • District 2 (Town of Kennan, Village of Kennan, that he was “in favor of getting somebody at the top.”

Town of Catawba, Village of Catawba, and Town of County Clerk Jean Gottwald said that she wasn’t Georgetown): James Adolph; sure how they were going to begin to establish a job • District 3 (Town of Flambeau, City of Park Falls description when they don’t yet know whether the Ward 3 and Town of Lake Ward 1): Incumbent Carol emphasis will be fiscal or in human resources.

McLaughlin; Gottwald wondered whether other counties that • District 5 (Town of Fifield Wards 1 and 2, Town have instituted the position were working within a of Eisenstein Ward 2): Incumbent James Hintz; more defined job description or if they left it up to • District 6 (Town of Spirit, Town of Knox, Town of the new hire to hone in on their chosen area of focus, Hackett, Town of Emery): Incumbent Ronald Heika direction it looks like Price County is going with kinen; the position at this time.

• District 7 (Park Falls Wards 1, 2, 4 and 7): InCommittee members motioned to further pursue cumbent Dennis Wartgow; the county administrator option. Kopisch said that he’d have a resolution related to the position ready See Spring elections, page 4 for representatives to review at the next meeting.

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rily evacuate after finding vices’ the blast spread through the neighborhood. She looked out the window and “all you saw was flames,” she told a Gannett Wisconsin Media reporter.

When the flames subsided, all that remained of the small, one-story home was a shell of blasted-out walls. The roof and most contents of them home were gone.

Parks said emergency crews almost immediately took note of “suspicious devices” on the property; he declined to be more specific about the nature of the devices but said they “concerned everyone.” Nearby residents were told shortly after noon to leave their homes; most congregated at the nearby Homestead Inn until they were given the all-clear to return mid-afternoon, Parks said.

Jehn’s sister, Lorrie Jehn of Mercer, took issue with the description “suspicious devices.”

“They’re making it seem like he was doing something malicious, and that’s not him,” Jehn said in a phone interview Thursday evening.

“There were no suspicious devices. That is just ridiculous.”

Lorrie and Jesse Jehn’s father, who lived in the home before he died, was a member of a pyrotechnics guild and stored fireworks paraphernalia in the basement.

Smoke rises from the remains of a town of Wausau home Thursday. DAN YOUNG/FOR DAILY TRIBUNE MEDIA

LOCAL FIREFIGHTERS RECOMMEND EMERGENCY PLANS Fire officials recommend using these guidelines to create a personalized home emergency plan for you and your family — before disaster strikes. » Discuss the types of disasters, such as tornadoes, blizzards, floods, wildfires, home fires or extreme temperatures, that are most likely to occur and the best ways to respond. » Establish meeting places inside and outside your home as well as outside the neighborhood. » Make sure everyone knows when and how to contact each other if you become separated. » Decide on the best escape routes from your home and identify two ways out of each room. » Teach your children how and when to call 911 for help. » Install smoke detectors on each level of your home, especially near bedrooms. » Put together a disaster supply kit with food, water and medications — enough to last for at least 72 hours — and store the kit in a cool, dry place. Be sure to include flashlights, batteries and a radio. » Learn basic first aid. At the very least, each family member should know CPR, how to help someone who is choking and first aid for severe bleeding and shock. The American Red Cross offers basic training. » Conduct a home hazard hunt. In a disaster, ordinary items in the house can cause injury and damage. Anything that can move, fall, break or cause a fire is a potential hazard. Take time to look around your home for potential hazards and take steps to correct any potentially dangerous situations.

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“Those would have been stored safely,” Lorrie Jehn said.

Lorrie Jehn said her brother was also a tinker-

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At about 3 p.m., emergency crews still had not begun combing through the debris, though they

had called in a backhoe to help in the process.

Parks said nearby homes were deemed safe but that firefighters, the state fire marshal and others are proceeding cautiously because they still regard the site as dangerous.

Parks said bomb squad members recovered and seized some of the suspicious devices after the devices were rendered safe, and others might have been destroyed in the blast.

Several fire departments, police and The Salvation Army Emergency Response were called to the fire and most remained on the scene throughout the day.

“When I arrived on the scene, it was totally engulfed,” Yolitz said.

“There was no roof. All the walls were blown out.

And there was a big column of smoke and flames in the sky.”

Yolitz said firefighters had several problems trying to fight a fire in temperatures of minus 20 degrees early Thursday morning. Hoses were freezing up, though none of the firefighters suffered cold-related injuries. The Salvation Army was on the scene to provide a warming place for firefighters.

Because the roof collapsed into the home, Yolitz said firefighters also found it hard to douse the flames in the basement, and they weren’t able to see into that lower level.

Keith Uhlig can be reached at 715-845-0651. Find him on Twitter as @UhligK.

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Making exercise a part of your regular routine and having a workCOMING SATURDAY out partner can help provide accountability and Read how central Wisconsin residents were successful in meetmake workouts more ing their weight loss goals in a 13 for13 special edition. fun, Opsahl said. Finding January 13, 2014 9:50 pm / ed to staying fit.

Another college stu- what works for each indi“I like to be able to do dent, Max Ayres, 20, of vidual — whether it’s a For a video, visit www.wisconsinrapidstribune.com. While there, be sure to click “Activate,” in the upper right corner of the page to gain access to all of Daily Tribune Media’s digital products, which are included with your print subscription.

the thrust of the county health tribute to the obesity problem.”

The weight competition was department’s third annual Open to anyone 18 and older, tight last year, the first-place

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WINONA, Minn. For La Crescent biologist George Howe, the only way to share the beauty of the unique Driftless Area was put it on video.

In order to do that, Howe teamed up with Tim Jacobson to produce “Mysteries of the Driftless,” a 26-minute documentary on the Driftless Area. The film has been shown at film festivals across the country, on PBS and will be shown Saturday afternoon at the Frozen River Film Festival in Winona.

Howe said the goal of the film is educate

reached limited audiences.

“As far we knew, nothing comprehensive had been done on the Driftless Area,” Howe WHAT: “Mysteries of the Driftless” said. “We wanted to reach people with the WHERE: Harriet Johnson Auditorium in film. That’s our main goal.”

Winona State University’s Somsen Hall.

The Driftless Area is located in the Midwest along the Upper Mississippi River, and WHEN: 3:30 p.m. Saturday with a includes portions of Minnesota, Wisconsin Q&A with producers to follow and Iowa that were surrounded by glaciers during the last ice age, but left untouched by COST: Individual tickets start at $8 and the massive sheets of ice. Along with unique can purchased online. More information geography and geology, the Driftless area is on tickets and the Frozen River Film also home to a wide variety of plant and aniFestival showings can be found online mal species. at http://frff.org/wpsite/.

Film company Untamed Science produced the film, which featured many locapeople on the Driftless Area, in a way that tions and people from the La Crosse and would be exciting and fun to watch for gen- Winona regions. Howe said he helped to eral audiences. Howe said that one of the script the documentary, which he said he big issues he’d seen with previous attempts to highlight the region was the fact that they See SECRETS, B4

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LOYAL — A town of Loyal family barely escaped a fire Tuesday morning that rapidly engulfed their home, killing five pets.

“I got the girls out, and it was only 45 seconds later that the house flashed, and it was completely on fire. I tried to get the dogs and cats out. They’re family, too,” said Pat Weinfurter on Wednesday morning while at the site of his destroyed home, W2718 26th Road.

He had smelled smoke at about 5:45 a.m. Tuesday, Weinfurter said. He began to investigate the source of the smell by checking a wood burning furnace in the basement, followed by opening the door to the mudroom adjacent to the attached garage.

“When I opened the door, the garage was on fire,” Weinfurter said. He was at the scene of the fire Wednesday morning to meet

The aftermath of a home destroyed by a fire in the town of Loyal on 26th Road, Wednesday. The fire occurred Tuesday morning. MEGAN MCCORMICK/NEWS-HERALD MEDIA

The cause of the fire is undetermined, but it might have been electrical, said Dave Esselman, a volunteer firefighter with the Loyal Fire Department. The department was dispatched to the scene at 5:58 a.m. along with

Greenwood fire departments.

The strong wind from the north fanned the flames, causing the fire to rapidly engulf the garage and home, Esselman said.

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Thegamestartedwithapairof form; however, her bad ankle around winner in the JV meet at runs, as both teams enjoyed some prevented her from completing 31.35. good minutes. Thanks to hoops from Lindsey Weber, Tompkins and Achtenhagen, KM jumped out to a 10-3 lead just 3 minutes into the game.

From there, Arrowhead took charge. Led by points from Peterson, Douglas, Vento, Smith, May and Auguste Jepsen, the Warhawks went on a 22-2 run in a span of 6:34 to take a 25-12 lead with 6:01 left in the second quarter.

KM rallied back with their third quarter surge but never regained the lead despite cutting the deficit to two at the end of the period.

“We expected a tough game tonight from Kettle Moraine and they gave us a good one,” Smith said. “Nothing ever comes easy in this conference. I think our defense was good, especially in the fourth quarter. We work hard on 1370 Pabst Farms Circle, Suite 310 | Oconomowoc, WI January 23, 2014 8:19 pm / defenseeverydayinpractice.That 262.200.2535 barnesjewelerspf.com showed at the end.”

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Thiel also had a personal best 8.45 on vault.

“We had a number of girls that competed for the first time toOconomowoc Focus 01/23/2014 night and they all looked good,” Oconomowoc coach Jon Kopps said. “We also had two seniors out tonight and are looking forward to them both returning which will increase our score.”

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The Junior Five O’s D Palmyra fisheree to take League baseball program, deplace this weekend signed for boys and girls in kindergarten and first grades (durThe Palmyra Lions Club will ing the 2013-14 school year) hold its 29th annual Fisheree on who live in the Oconomowoc Saturday, Jan. 25, on Lower district, has made plans for an- Spring Lake from 7 a.m. to 3 other season. p.m.

All practices and games will Tickets can be purchased be held at Summit Village Park from any Lions Club member in the Village of Summit, and or at Lakeside BP Bait Shop in games will be played against Palmyra. other teams in the league.

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Arrowhead senior Rachel Bartelson competes on the beam during the Arrowhead gymnastics triangular on Thursday, Jan. 16. Arrowhead won the meet.

Losing is one thing: Dropping a triple overtime thriller to your arch-rivals is another. Just ask Kettle Moraine senior Paul Miller about it.

“We definitely had this game circled. We thought we blew that one. We thought we had it,” Miller said. “So it made this one even bigger. We had to have it tonight, especially if we want to win conference. This is one that we needed.”

Miller and host Kettle Moraine got what it wanted, a critical 67-57 victory over Arrowhead on Jan. 17.

The Warhawks trailed with six minutes remaining, 53-47, in the fourth quarter after a layup from senior Charlie Reuteman. However, that was as close as Arrowhead would get.

Senior Mitchell Oleson connected on two free throws in a bonus situation with 4:19 remaining for a 56-47 advantage.

Senior Sam Huskisson scored on a layup, as the Warhawks started gambling defensively with 3:49 left, giving the Lasers a three-possession cushion, 5849. Huskisson sank two free throws for a 62-53 lead at the 2:15 mark.

Miller was issued his fifth foul with one minute remaining, but the Lasers were safe and sound, up 65-55.

“Obviously, we run a great deal through Paul, but all these guys work hard day in and day out, and when Paul was out, we didn’t have to change anything,” KM coach Brad Bestor said. “They showed composure and took care of the ball. It’s a credit to all of them.”

The game was tied 12-12 in the first quarter after a putback basket from sophomore Bryce Nze, and minutes later he made good on a 3-pointer, putting Arrowhead in front, 18-14, with 7:10 to play in the first half. Yet most of the night, Arrowhead

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MADISON There were some twe but no major surprises in final crop yield report for that was issued on Fri Jan. 10, by the U.S. Dep ment of Agriculture's Nat al Agricultural Statistics vice and its Wisconsin fiel fice.

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2013 average yield was rep ed to be 38 bushels per a compared to 41.5 bushel 2012.

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The project will give Barbara Agnew, president of Wauwatosa-based Friends of the Monarch Trail, an opportunity.

She said she wants to use the roadside planting near the Milwaukee County Grounds to show the public and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation that there is a benefit to investing extra in seeds and maintenance.

“I don’t know how to connect that dot yet,” Agnew said, “but I’m looking.”

WisDOT will use a butterfly mix of seeds for the 33 acres next to the interchange project.

The mix, which is estimated to cost three times more than typical seeds, will include

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The Zoo Interchange’s use of the butterfly mix will be the first time WisDOT has used species-specific seeds on a roadside and one of only a few times the agency has used a seed mix of plants native to Wisconsin, said Leif Hubbard, WisDOT’s state transportation landscape architect.

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Supervisor Dave Fox likened it to being told not to go by the water until you know how to swim.

That seems to be the challenge before the Lincoln County Public Property Committee that has been charged with coming up with a cost study of the entire Lincoln County Fairgrounds infrastructure and new seating within 90 days. The group has until mid-February to determine not only the future of the demolished grandstand, but the financial sinkholes that are now the outdated bathrooms, other structures, parking and, realistically, the very viability of the fairgrounds itself.

And, all this without any money to spend.

For example, do you recommend a berm structure or rebuild a grandstand to replace the one damaged and later removed after a June 2012

they added the unanticipated cost to the grandstand mired in the controversial topic for two-and-a-half years. Hers, she admitted, “isn’t always the voice of decision dilemma.

Spinning their wheels like the demolition cars public popularity,” but, she said, continuing without that sometimes serve as fairground entertainment, a feasibility study is “like building a house before committee members and fairground supporters you know what the zoning is.

“Before you talk about seats and bathrooms, honestly don’t seem to know what to do next. And, getting solid numbers for anything is virtually what’s the long-range plan?” she asked. “It’s not a impossible without some change in your pocket, case of, ‘If we build it, they will come,’” she added.

Acknowledging the time crunch, Ryman said it’s they are realizing.

With not much more than a month remaining her experience, “You’re putting the cart before on the 90-day assignment, committee members the horse.” The economic impact isn’t just on the initially sighed in despair when new Lincoln County fairgrounds proper, Ryman continued, the regional Economic Development Corp. Executive Director impact involves hotels, restaurants and other Susan Ryman offered her recommendation at a businesses. meeting Jan. 13.

Ryman plans to submit the rural grant application Ryman suggested the committee allow her by Jan. 31, seeking $200,000 for a feasibility study.

Committee at first. Committee to pursue a federal United States Department of January 22, 2014members 3:58 pm balked / Agriculture (USDA) Rural Business Enterprise chair Bill Zeitz echoed other’s thoughts that the Grant for a feasibility study that would not only help fairground’s feasibility has already been established

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The leadership of Juneau County’s three cities will see little change following the spring election April 1, barring one or more successful write-in candidates.

According to election filings, the mayors of Elroy, Mauston and New Lisbon are all seeking re-election unopposed. Just one seat on the Common Council of any of the three cities will be contested.

Mayors Mark Stanek of Elroy, Brian McGuire of Mauston and Lloyd Chase of New Lisbon were the only candidates to file before

the Jan. 7 deadline the necessary paperwork to place names onto ballots.

In Elroy, incumbent Alderperson Jill Mendum Chase will face a challenge from Joe Huber for a seat on the Common Council. None of the other incumbents in the three cities’ Common Council races will face a challenge.

Here are the candidates whose names will appear on ballots in the spring election in Juneau County’s three cities.

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New endowment fund created

By Shelly Birkelo sbirkelo@gazettextra.com JANESVILLE

The Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin has established a new charitable endowment fund that will serve as a financial resource to nonprofit organizations in Janesville.

The Janesville Community Fund will work like a venture capital fund for nonprofits, said Bryan Steil, chairman of the new fund’s founding advisory board that includes 14 current or former Janesville area residents.

“It is specific to Janesville and for the purpose of things that will benefit Janesville,” Steil said.

Jim Cripe, retired attorney and former chairman of the Community Foundation board, advises the group.

Donations will be invested by the Community Foundation for long-term growth, and a portion of the earnings will be used to make grants.

The remaining earnings will be reinvested to grow the endowment.

HOW TO CONTRIBUTE Tax-deductible donations to the Janesville Community Fund can be mailed to the Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin, 26 S. Jackson St., Janesville, WI 53548, or made online at www.cfsw.org by clicking on Give Now. The fund’s advisory board is looking for charitable projects that will have a long-term benefit in Janesville.

For details, contact Bryan Steil at 608-352-0381 or Community Foundation Executive Director Sue Conley at 608-758-0883.

ing months, Steil said.

“We started with donations through word of mouth.

There is no (official) fundraising campaign at this time,” he said.

Gifts to the Janesville Community Fund can be made in any amount and pledges may be made over three years.

In addition to the new fund, the Janesville Community Fund advisory board will oversee donations from five

existing private charitable funds of more than $600,000 held by the Community Foundation that serve Janesville.

“The group overseeing distributing those funds has not been specifically from Janesville. So setting up this advisory board that oversees the new fund will allow the board (members) to use their skills to oversee the distribution of grants from these other existing funds,” Steil said.

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By Frank Schultz fschultz@gazettextra.com JANESVILLE

Two incumbents, two newcomers and one former school board member are running for three seats on the Janesville School Board.

The incumbents are Kevin Murray and Bill Sodemann, the longest serving of the current board members. Both joined the board in 2005.

A third incumbent, Scott Feldt, is not running for reelection.

Eyers Jackson Murray D a l e Thompson, who served on the board for several terms in the 1990s, is running again.

The newcomers are not totally new. Diane Eyers and Fred Jackson both lost their bids to join the board last year.

Wednesday was the deadline to file papers to be placed on the April 1 ballot. The deadline had been

in the parent-teacher organization at her child’s school, Kennedy Elementary.

“I really think I have good perspective, and I’m willing to make the hard decisions and work for the people who are involved in the whole district. I’m willing to do the work,” Eyers said.

“My perspective is for all the children, not just my child,” she said.

“We need to direct as much money as we can into the education of our kids and into the classroom, w h i c h means if it’s going to affect the education of Sodemann Thompson the kids then I’m for it,” Eyers said Eyers said she has seen classrooms suffer in recent years, with less help in the classroom at Kennedy than at schools that get extra funding because of their highpoverty populations.

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Big chill takes toll on Stateline Beloit Daily News 01/23/2014

By BDN and AP Staff Bitter cold has closed many chools in northern Illinois today s wind chill readings are expected o drop to as low as 26 below zero.

A wind chill advisory is in effect ntil noon today in the Stateline Area. High temperatures only will each 2 degrees today with wind hill readings between 16 below ero and 26 below zero.

Illinois schools in the Stateline Area decided to wait out the cold oday. Schools that canceled classes nd activities today included Honnegah High School, Kinnikinnick School District, Rockton School Disrict, South Beloit School District, Harlem School District, among othrs. No Wisconsin schools in the Stateline Area reported cancellaion of classes.

Tonight, temperatures will sink o 13 below zero with wind chill eadings of 23 below to 33 below ero, according to the National Weather Service forecast for the Stateline Area.

South Beloit Fire Chief Keneth Morse said the department as responded to three incidents of roken pipes during the last cold nap a couple weeks ago.

“We haven’t had anything so far uring this one,” he said.

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Another blast of arctic air has arrived in Wisconsin, pushing temperatures down into the double digits below zero. remove the water if necessary. The department also will help residents make contact with the American Red Cross or other services to find temporary housing, Morse said.

The department hasn’t responded to very many falls or injuries due to the ice and cold this season.

“We’ve been fairly lucky this season,” he said. “There have been a couple of fires outside of our district that we responded to, but nothing in the town itself.”

Beloit Deputy Chief Joseph Murray said homeowners will often call a plumber if their pipes burst.

In commercial properties the mos common problem with frozen pipe is the sprinkler system.

“If they have a running wate system and it’s near a place tha isn’t insulated well enough it coul freeze and burst,” he said.

For commercial buildings fire fighters will shut off the sprinkle system, but for resident home the water has to be shut off at th meter, which is usually located in the basement, Murray said.

Murray also said there hav been several calls relating to fall on the ice. Depending on the inju ry, Murray said paramedics coul transport them to the hospital.

“Especially with older peopl they are more prone to hip frac tures because of their age,” he said Falls are also dangerous becaus early hypothermia can start within minutes of exposure, Murray said.

“We have to start the warmin process to prevent any further inju ries or illness,” he said.

Friday, high temperatures wil be in the mid 20s, but it will b breezy with southwest winds of 1 to 25 mph and wind chill reading of 20 below to 30 below zero. Ther is a 20 percent chance of light snow in the late afternoon and patch blowing snow.

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Wisconsin farm profits near record

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconin farmers earned an estimated 3.75 billion last year, their secnd most profitable ever, thanks in arge part to strong dairy and livetock sales, University of Wisconsin conomists reported Wednesday.

Farm profit was $550 million more than in 2012 and close to the ecord $3.8 billion earned in 2011, ccording to the Status of Wisconin Agriculture, 2014.

Much of the boost came from a ecord $5.6 billion in dairy sales, which were helped by high milk rices and an increase in producion. The report’s authors warned hat farmers were likely to see less evenue this year as milk prices rop with increased production in he U.S., Europe and New Zealand.

Still, Wisconsin’s farms are in ood shape, according to the annul report produced by UW-Madison nd UW-Extension.

“We’ve had three years in a row of very attractive net farm incomes,” Ed Jesse, a University of Wisconsin-Madison agricultural economist and co-author of the report, said in a statement.

The value of farmland and other assets has been increasing, while farm debt declined 7 percent last year.

Dairy sales totaled about $400 million more in 2013 than in 2012 and 2011, when they were roughly the same. The report did not provide an estimate of dairy profits, which are sales minus costs.

However, dairy farmers who graze their animals or grow their own feed likely did better than farmers who buy feed, as prices for forage remained high following the 2012 drought, the report said. Wisconsin dairy farmers, in general, are more likely to raise their own feed than those in western states.

Wisconsin milk production increased to 27.7 billion pounds last year, a 1.7 percent increase from 2012.

A special section of the report detailed the turnaround in Wisconsin’s dairy industry, which lost farms and cows during the late 1980s and 1990s.

The state’s dairy herd bottomed out in 2005 at about 1.2 million cows. Less than 40,000 cows have been added since then, but the report emphasized that stability in numbers was a significant improvement from the losses seen in previous decades.

It noted that profitability in the dairy industry has come from changes in animal care, feed and housing that increased productivity. Each cow in Wisconsin produces more milk than it would have five or 10 years ago.

Wisconsin’s other livestock

farmers also did well in 2013. Sale of meat animals, such as grass-fe beef, grew 2 percent to $1.45 bil lion, while poultry and egg sale increased 7 percent to $500 million Sales of other livestock, such a dairy goats, also grew 7 percent t $430 million.

The value of Wisconsin’s corn crop dropped nearly $200 million in 2013, after farmers reaped high prices on a smaller supply durin the 2012 drought. Feed crop sales which are mostly corn, totaled $2. billion last year.

Wisconsin vegetable grow ers saw a more than 25 percen increase in sales, from just ove $370 million in 2012 to $470 million last year. Potatoes, snap beans an sweet corn are among the state’ top vegetable crops. Sweet corn consumption has been increasin as processors shift from canning t freezing corn.

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DURING A FRIGID SUNDAY AFTERNOON, firefighters battled a blaze at W3934 Southview Drive, Geneva Township. The fire destroyed the home and cars inside of the garage. No one was injured.

Como home destroyed in fire A family wasn’t injured though their home at W3924 S. View St., town of Geneva, was burned down Sunday, Jan. 5.

According to a report from the Lake Geneva Fire Department, the family was home when the department responded to the fire at 6:12 p.m.

“The family evacuated safely after discovering flames in the garage,” the report states.

Woods Elementary School has started a drive for Tim and Natalie Bauman, whose two

sons attend school there.

Information about donating items for the family, including clothing and gifts cards, can be found on the Woods School website, www.

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Family Court Commissioner Kristine E. Drettwan was appointed to the position by Gov. Scott Walker on Friday.

She will fulfill the remainder of Judge John Race’s term.

The appointment makes Drettwan the first woman to serve on the bench in Walworth County.

“As a former prosecutor and a family court commissioner, Kristine Drettwan is incredibly prepared to handle the work of a circuit court judge,” Walker said through a press release. “She is an active member of her community in Elkhorn, and I know she will serve the

in fire within minutes,” Lake Geneva Fire Chief Brent Connelly said in the report.

“The area has no hydrants, so all the water had to be trucked in with tenders. Our crews took a beating, but they did a great job under brutal conditions. We are thankful the family escaped without injury.”

The cause and origin of the fire are under investigation. The report said no firefighters were injured.

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By Steve Targo steve@lakegenevanews.net “Some of my earliest childhood memories were that there was something wrong because I should have been born female,” Jody Rendall said.

She was born David Rendall, grew up in West Chicago, Ill., and became a physics teacher at Big

Rendall also has become an activist. Earlier this year, she started the LGBT of Walworth County LLC, possibly the area’s first organization to offer services and support directly to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community.

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because of their unique needs,” are required to provide under bill next month.

He still has family in ut for nearly 30 years Madison, Wisconsin State Journal 01/22/2014 nuson has lived in xas, where he teaches riting and serves of the James A. Center for Writers at sity of Texas. on knew Michener decade of the bestelist’s life. Michener plicated man but an prolific author. In s the opposite of J.D. ho wrote “Catcher ” and almost nothing ing a retreat from w. nuson’s ninth novel what would happen ner-like author ger-like author mselves together at restigious writing Texas. Except the que author is an — thank you, Clifford New York con man , plausible because actually seen the 5 years. on titled his novel, hed, “Famous WritKnown.” a lot of fun,” Magnuis week, of writing JOHN HART — State Journal vel, which has rong reviews, the W-Madison freshman Max Hilbert makes his way to class Tuesday during another n Post calling it “a January cold spell. Though Madison avoided conditions as severe as a “polar vortex,” tly preposterous where wind chills reach 45 to 50 degrees below zero, temperatures did dip to minus 5 f-water campus and wind chills went down to minus 22 during the morning commute. Temperatures rose it was also a lot of to around 4 degrees but were forecast to plunge back into negative figures overnight into cade in the making, Wednesday, which was expected to have a high of about 10 degrees before diving back below wn by publishers, more than once. One zero, then staying in the single digits Thursday, the National Weather Service said. mes of Magnuson’s e is persistence. speaking from his ustin. Magnuson ul, happy to speak to rom his hometown — dleton High School — even as he prepared m the new novel ght at the Bullock e History Museum in Associated Press records law applies to every Election recount fees elected official who is a records nager, Magnuson The state Assembly passed a ad “Walden” and The Assembly also backed a custodian, regardless of whether bill Tuesday that would prohibit ng practice with bosses from asking workers or bill that would increase election the official was elected to an office or appointed to fill a vacancy in ton Home Talent job applicants for access to their recount fees. seball team. He loved Currently candidates can an office. social media accounts.

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“He was a great g said Urban League p CEO Kaleem Caire, ered McKinley a frie “He didn’t screa children,” Caire said special way with the our young men.”

McKinley, 37, hel Urban League Scho at Sennett, a progra middle school stud for the rigors of high “He didn’t have t decided to help us a specialist and broug of students thing wi said.

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Above, from bottom left, Bailey LeDonne, Jordan Andrews, Monse Padilla, Trey Howes, Aleah Yanke, Mitchell Borkhuis, Jazmyn Riley, Jacob Schmidt, (from top left) Jaden Matzke, Tiffany Orin, Karina Mendoza, and Mel Jemiola show off their school spirit during the Southern Lakes Conference Cheer/Dance competition last Saturday.

Left, Aleah Yanke, Jamie Smiley, and Jazmyn Riley boost up Karina Mendoza during the meet. The team placed second out of six teams at the meet. According to Kerry Greenwald of Elkhorn Area High School Cheer it was the team’s first meet competing as a co-ed team.

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Walworth County Depart- serving Monday-Friday anyone older than 60, and rots, mandarin oranges and January 15, 2014 9:31 pm / ment of Health and Human • Lake Geneva: The Ter- their spouse. pineapple, and breadstick Services hosts a nutrition races, 725 S. Curtis St., Each senior is asked to Tuesday – Navy bean and

yup from to change anything,” KM coach Reuteman, Nze and senior Billy good enough to make our own euteman. Brad Bestor said. “They showed Hirschfeld in double figures. runs.’”

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“It was good to see my girls get tested and not fold,” Arrowhead coach Rick Witte said about his team’s rally in the final period. “It was good to see they didn’t buckle.”

On the other side of the court, first-year KM coach Mike Hamilton knew exactly what happened in the second half.

“I was proud of our thirdquarter run (21-8), but it took so much out of us that we got a little sloppy in the fourth quarter and turned the ball over,” Hamilton said. “It’s too bad, because we don’t turn the ball over like that.

There’s no question that their depth played a big role in the final Please see ARROWHEAD, Page 11

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Arrowhead junior Auguste Jepsen (left) tries for a steal from Kettle Moraine’s Chloe Tompkins (14) during the game at Arrowhead on Jan. 17.

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forced-main system would cost $3.3 million.

01/10/2014 A forced-main connection to the MSD’s South Plant would cost $5.1 million. A new treatment plant

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Pewaukee looks into a new, new tower City staff sought direction Monday night: Should they try mgraham@jrn.com harder to win approval for the City of Pewaukee — It’s Ridgeview Parkway site, or full steam ahead, at half-speed, should they invest time and for the city and its water tower. money finding another spot?

While plans for the tower Ridgeview were approved about seven years ago, the resubmitted apWhile Pewaukee is replacplication for a tower on Ridge- ing the existing tower near view Parkway between Pewau- City Hall for structural and kee Road and Redford Boule- aesthetic reasons, a new tower vard., just north of I-94, were also would introduce the caunanimously rejected in Octo- pacity needed to keep up with ber 2013 by the Waukesha demands on the water system.

County Airport Commission, The continually developing inciting safety concerns with the dustrial and office sectors in tower’s proximity to the air- the city, in particular, call for a port. new tower 160 to 170 feet tall The 750,000-gallon, $2 mil- in that area. lion water tower would have “The primary function of a stood at 158 to 160 feet tall — water tower is to maintain wa23 feet higher than recom- ter pressure in the system. mended in a flight zone.

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Public Works Director Jeff Weigel. That water pressure would be especially vital in emergency situations, should the Fire Department ever need to tap the system in that quadrant.

Appeals may be needed with the County Board of Adjustments to pursue the original plan, into which the city has already sunk more than $100,000. Waukesha County Department of Parks & Land Use Director Dale Shaver said the city may also withdraw its variance request and resubmit the application, freshly presenting the plan and answering some of the board’s safety concerns.

According to Shaver, once applications are submitted, these discussions could take

place in February or March.

“I think it makes a lot of sense to keep asking questions and go to all these (county) boards, if we’ve invested all this infrastructure,” said Alderwoman Cheri Enters.

Alternatives Two other alternatives were presented, although Weigel noted that there is no guarantee they would be approved, either. There is also a possibility that an orange/white pattern on the tower would still be required by the Federal Aviation Administration.

Alternative locations, too, would require expensive environmental analyses, new infrastructure and potential land Please see TOWER, Page 3

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For more information about hunting adventures or speaking engagements with Alaska guide Billy Molls, call 715-205-7766 or visit www.billymolls adventures.com.

ing,” he said.

While Molls’ older photo albums mostly featured dead animals, he said his more recent albums focus more on the Alaskan countryside.

“You start realizing there are things more important in life than some animal, than some personal conquest,” he said during a Jan. 12 presentation at Christ Lutheran Church-Pipe Lake near Comstock.

More than 150 people attended the presentation, which was a youth-group fundraiser and preceded by a wild-game feed featur-

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Billy Molls, who grew up on a northwest Wisconsin dairy farm, has been a hunting guide in Alaska for 16 years, helping hunters from all over the world capture bears, caribou, moose and Dall sheep.

ing venison, pheasant, bear, goose, Dall sheep, caribou and other meats.

For each of the past 16 years, Molls has spent 100 days away from the Comstock home he shares with

wife, Stacia, and their three daughters.

Molls, who says he’s lived out of a tent for the equivalent of about six years — including one week in complete solitude — said

the beautiful part about hunting is that, even after all these years, he’s still learning.

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Supply management loses steam in most recent farm-bill talks

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The hopes of some that Congress would pass a dairy supply management provision as part of the final farm bill’s dairy title were all but extinguished last week in conference committee negotiations.

Calling it “Soviet-style” legislation, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said he wouldn’t bring the farm bill up for vote on the House floor if it includes the Dairy Market Stabilization Program.

Boehner is said to be determined to finally loosen gridlock on the

farm bill and get it passed this winter.

Turning away from the DMSP, conference committee members began hashing out a new plan that would adjust the Dairy Security Act’s proposed margin insurance plan to raise premiums if milk supplies exceed dairy demand, while sending a clear market signal to farmers by cutting their payments.

The Secretary of Agriculture also could purchase additional dairy products for food programs, if necessary.

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The sun was seen rising over rural Watertown this morning.

Thousands left without power for Christmas LITCHFIELD, Maine (AP) — Utility crews from Maine to Michigan and into Canada worked Wednesday to restore power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses left in the dark by last weekend’s ice storm, and people slowly trickled out of shelters to spend Christmas Day at their finally warm homes.

But not everyone was so lucky, including Ashley Walter, who was forced to spend Christmas at a shelter in a school in Litchfield with her husband, Jacob Walter, and their month-old daughter, Leah.

The family lost power on Saturday, got it back and then lost it again Sunday. Ashley Walter and Leah stay warm at the shelter while Jacob Walter makes frequent trips home to check on their cats and water

that cloaked a region from the was out of service because of Great Lakes to New England the ice storm and collided with meant that ice remained on a pickup truck. power lines and tree limbs.

Tens of thousands of homes were still without power on Officials worried that Wednesday in Michigan, down wind gusts of more than 20 mph could bring down more from more than 500,000 at the branches and that 2 to 6 storm’s peak; in Maine, down inches of snow in places on from more than 100,000; Thursday would hamper line and in Toronto, down from crews trying to get to remote 300,000.

In Litchfield, Trudy Lamorspots. eau was supervising the emer“We’ve had two beautiful, sunny days in Maine, and gency shelter where about 25 the ice isn’t going anyplace,” people stayed Tuesday night.

Maine Emergency Manage- Lamoreau, who’s also the town ment Agency spokeswoman manager, said they warmed the Lynette Miller said. “They’re shelter with generators until very concerned about more the school got power back late weight coming down on trees Tuesday night. that are already compromised “People are doing quite well by ice.” considering the circumstancThe ice storm last week- es,” she said. end was one of the worst to December 26, 2013 8:59the pm / Volunteers tried to make hit during a Christmas week, shelter homey, including cookand repair crews were work-

to do” because of how sales taxes would have up, Vos said.

“I don’t want Wiscon have the highest sales tax country,” Vos said. Alt Vos said he was interes the concept, he said it w anything the Legislature look at seriously until 2 the earliest.

Democrats and others out that eliminating the in tax and increasing sales will hurt the poor, who little or no income but sti chase goods and service will be subject to higher t The Wisconsin Coun Children and Families re one analysis that showed the top 20 percent of e — those who make an age of $113,000 a year or — would see taxes drop dividual and corporate in taxes were repealed. That assumed that the state sa rate would increase from cent to 13.5 percent to up the difference. All b of Wisconsin’s counties charge a half-cent sales ta “We won’t create pros and jobs for Wisconsin b ing taxes on most famili to pay for tax cuts for the said Jon Peacock, resear rector for the council th vocates for children and issues.

Talk of eliminating t come tax comes after the lature this year passed Wa $650 million income ta The average tax filer w $158 more refunded in 2 a result of that.

Instead of eliminatin income tax, if tax colle are strong enough, Vos s could support a limited tax holiday.

Rep. Chad Weininge Green Bay, and Sen. Ric dex, R-Fond du Lac, in F ary proposed waiving th sales tax for one weeke August on a variety of to-school items, inc computers and instruc materials. It would also ate a similar weekend sa holiday in November fo chases of appliances and products with the Energ designation.

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Christmas wish: Hope for a better world

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis offered Christmas wishes Wednesday for a better world, praying for protection for Christians under attack, battered women and trafficked children, peace in the Middle East and Africa, and dignity for refugees fleeing misery and conflict around the globe.

Francis delivered the traditional ‘’Urbi et Orbi” (Latin for “to the city and to the world”) speech from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica to more than 70,000 cheering tourists, pilgrims and Romans in the square below.

In his first Christmas message since being elected pontiff in March, he asked for all to share in the song of Christmas angels, ‘’for every man or woman ... who hopes for a better world, who cares for others,” humbly.

Among places ravaged by conflict, Francis singled out Syria, which saw its third Christmas during civil war; South Sudan; the Central African Republic; Nigeria; and Iraq.

In Iraq on Wednesday, militants targeted Christians in two attacks, including a bomb that exploded near a church during Christmas Mass in Baghdad. The separate bombings killed dozens of people.

The Vatican has been trying to raise concern in the world for persecution and attacks on Christians in parts of the Middle East and Africa.

“Lord of life, protect all who are per-

Santa’s sleigh delayed ■ Snags seen at UPS, FedEx

By SCOTT MAYEROWITZ AP Business Writer

NEW YORK — Santa’s sleigh didn’t make it in time for Christmas for some this year due to shipping problems at UPS and FedEx. The delays were blamed on poor weather earlier this week in parts of the country as well as overloaded systems. The holiday shopping period this

year was shorter than usual, more buying was done online and Americans’ tendency to wait until the last possible second to shop probably didn’t help either.

Neither company said how many packages were delayed but noted it was a small share of overall holiday shipments. While the bulk of consumers’ holiday spending remains at physical stores, shopping online is increasingly popular and outstripping spending growth in stores See DELAYS, A3

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Pope Francis delivers his “Urbi et Orbi” (to the City and to the World) message from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday. Pope Francis on Christmas Day is wishing for a better world, with peace for the land of Jesus’ birth, for Syria and Africa as well as for the dignity of migrants and refugees fleeing misery and conflict. secuted in your name,” Francis said. believers to join their desire for peace Adding an off-the-cuff remark, Francis said he was also inviting non- See POPE, A3

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Talk of cutting taxes in Wisconsin is starting to grow heading into a major election year.

The ideas vary widely — everything from a narrow sales tax holiday to outright eliminating the state income tax. Whether anything can be done next year, and to what degree, will likely be dictated by how rosy updated tax collection estimates are when released in mid-January.

Gov. Scott Walker has

not proposed any tax cuts for the coming legislative session, but he’s pulled Walker surprises before. In October he cited higher -than-anticipated tax collections when he hastily announced a $100 million property tax cut.

Walker unveiled that See TAXES, A3

Thousands without power across U.S., Canada LITCHFIELD, Maine (AP) — Utility crews from Maine to Michigan and into Canada worked Wednesday to restore power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses left in the dark by last weekend’s ice storm, and people

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The Reedsburg Public Library will be hosting two events on Thursday and Friday after Christmas. A Magic the Gathering Game Day will be held from 2-4pm on Thursday, December 26 in the Library's Community Room. All interested players are welcome and should bring their own deck of Magic cards.

A Free Friday Movie will be on Friday, December 27 at 2pm. Families are welcome to bring their own snacks, blankets and pillows to the Community Room.

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Don’t leave car keys in, no matter how cold Kenosha Ordinance 7.15 “No person shall permit a passenger motor vehicle in his custody to stand or remain unattended on any street, alley or in any public place, except an attended parking area, unless the starting lever, throttle, steering apparatus, gear shift or ignition of said vehicle is locked and the key for such lock is removed from the vehicle.”

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jzampanti@kenoshanews.com With the nasty “polar vortex” bringing sub-zero thermometer readings the past couple of days, the thought of hopping into a toasty warm vehicle is inviting.

But leaving an automobile unattended with the keys in the ignition isn’t only a potentially bad idea, it’s also illegal in any public place in Kenosha.

“It’s a huge risk,” Kenosha Police Lt. Brad Kemen said. “There’s an ordinance prohibiting that because it’s a safety risk and creates an easy target for someone to take your vehicle.”

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“We advise against it,” Kemen said. “Even if your car is locked, someone can break the window and take it.”

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WAUSAU — City taxpayers will fund a legal opinion on whether Wausau violated any rules or laws in building a westside median project that included bird sculptures — but the public cannot yet find out what the lawyer decided.

City Attorney Anne Jacobson denied a Daily Herald Media open-records request this week seeking the report from Axley Brynelson, a Madison law firm. The request was denied, Jacobson said, because the firm has not given the city permission to release it.

AWausauCityCouncilmeeting is planned to discuss the report behind closed doors Jan. 27, Jacobson said.

This fall, the city paid companies to spruce up several medians on Highway 52 Parkway, adding metal birds, landscaping and irrigation to the city’s west-side entrance for a total of $112,000.

The city hired the Madison law firm for an hourly rate of $170afterCityCouncilmember David Oberbeck in November asked Jacobson whether Wausau had bypassed several state laws for the project.

The city has not yet been billed for the legal opinion, Jacobson said.

Daily Herald Media reportedlastmonththatthecitymight have violated state laws that require it to seek estimates from multiple vendors on projects that cost more than $25,000. As part of the median project, the city paid $48,400 for 18 metal bird sculptures to a single vendor, EchoScapes of Wausau, without allowing others to apply.

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By Shereen Siewert Daily Herald Media ssiewert@wdhmedia.com

Local officials are praising a bill that aims to send 17-year-old first-time offenders who commi nonviolent crimes back to the ju venile justice system in Wiscon sin.

The Second Chance Bill, au thored by Sen. Jerry Petrowski, R Marathon, and Rep. Gary Bies, R Sister Bay, is a good policy tha should become law Marathon County Sheriff Scott Parks said. Wisconsin is one of only 10 states that treat all17-year old offenders auto matically as adults.

“A 17-year-old Jerry could easily be taken Petrowski care of in the juve nile justice system,” Parks said. “This bil allows for a second chance for kids who make mistakes to become productive citizens, and I fully support that.”

Scott The bill was Parks unanimously ap proved Wednesday by the Senate Committee on Transportation Public Safety and Veterans and Military Affairs. If the bill be comes law, offenders who qualify Knit scarves are wrapped around the bird sculptures that inhabit will avoid a criminal record tha the median on Highway 52 in Wausau just west of Marathon Park could potentially limit their ability on Thursday. DAN YOUNG/DAILY HERALD MEDIA to seek higher education, enter the military or find suitable employ 2014 budget to extend the proment, Petrowski said. ject to medians on the west side WAUSAU DAILY HERALD “Young people with adult crimi of Highway 51.

WATCHDOG nal records are less likely to grad In addition to Oberbeck, uate from high school,” Petrowsk council members Keene Winsaid. “They shouldn’t be sitting in ters, Robert Mielke and Lisa our jails and missing school. They Rasmussen have also raised deserve a second chance to be concerns about the project and come responsible adults.” its expansion.

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