The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI) articles from October 2007

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI) archives from October 2007

Event celebrates food and drink: Make your own mozzarella? Why not?(Recipe)
October 31, 2007... Byline: Nancy Stohs Oct. 31--KOHLER -- A day here in late October can transport you from the Heartland to Florida to Alsace, from vineyard to still, from cheese vat to chocolate slab. The seventh annual Kohler Food & Wine Experience,...

Letting off steam: Baking can serve as a relief valve for stress.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Karen Herzog Oct. 31--Baking helped Candy Casey move a hospital. "The more stressed I was, the more layers there would be in the cakes I brought to work," says Casey, the president and chief executive officer of Columbia...

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Nancy Stohs column: Specialty vase for flowers takes the cake.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Nancy Stohs Oct. 31--Good ideas burn bright in local kitchens, helping both the amateur baker and the busy person just wanting to get dinner on the table. From Shorewood cakemeister Kathleen Meisinger comes the CakeVase, a...

Providing more than a shoulder to cry on: Funeral home owner Pitts an integral part of the community.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Tannette Johnson-Elie Oct. 31--It takes a caring and committed person to deal with the pressures of operating a funeral home in a part of the city where deaths from gunshot violence are an almost daily occurrence and the victims...

School officers proposal trimmed: Barrett offers cuts to fill $3.6 million hole in city budget.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Larry Sandler Oct. 31--Milwaukee police officers would be stationed in fewer schools than planned next year as a result of the state's decision not to increase shared revenue, Mayor Tom Barrett said Tuesday. Barrett unveiled...

Thin crowd prompts MPS to postpone vote on taxes.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Jesse Garza and Alan Borsuk Oct. 31--The Milwaukee School Board postponed action Tuesday on a proposed 16.4% increase in the property tax levy for city schools in order to gather more public response. With only six people...

Sentencing law fills cells: Slip-ups on extended supervision can add to truth-in-sentencing terms.
October 31, 2007... Byline: David Doege Oct. 31--Seven years after David Lex went to prison with a five-year term for his role in a marijuana smuggling ring, he's still got more than four years left behind bars. Lex is still doing time because of an...

Driven to play on a higher plane: Williams wants to become an elite-level guard.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Tom Enlund Oct. 31--Milwaukee Bucks guard Mo Williams doesn't spend a whole lot of time reflecting on his rather brief, yet compelling journey through the National Basketball Association. In Williams' eyes, there is no need...

Project could get quick start: 31-story complex planned for Wisconsin Ave.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Tom Daykin Oct. 31--A $120 million entertainment, hotel and housing development near downtown Milwaukee's Midwest Airlines Center could be under construction by spring, the project's developer said Tuesday. Afshin Ghazi said...

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Crocker Stephenson: Snapshots column: Cat moved in and just wouldn't leave.(Column)
October 31, 2007... Byline: Crocker Stephenson: Snapshots Oct. 31--The cat goes up the tree on a Sunday. The tree, gray and leafless, is in front of Jesse and Marcia Garcia's house, which is about midway down the 500 block of S. 69th St. The house...

We Energies proposes new wind power farm: $200 million project announced with 3 others under way in state.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Thomas Content Oct. 31--With construction of three major wind power projects well under way in Fond du Lac and Dodge counties, We Energies announced Tuesday plans for another large wind farm. The Milwaukee-based utility has...

Governor may lose DNR rein: Senate votes to end power to name secretary.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Steven Walters and Stacy Forster Oct. 31--MADISON -- The state Senate voted Tuesday to return to having the state Natural Resources Board -- and not the governor -- appoint the secretary of the Department of Natural Resources,...

Mukasey's non-answer to the waterboarding question was implausible; not answering correctly should disqualify him.
October 31, 2007... The following editorial appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Tuesday, Oct. 30: X X X The nomination of Michael Mukasey as U.S. attorney general has stalled. And this is entirely as it should be. Waterboarding is torture. If...

The sun never sets ...
October 31, 2007... Byline: Joanne Weintraub You don't have to be an American to play one on TV. Like the actors mentioned in the accompanying article, those listed below (by place of birth or where they grew up) play prominent roles on U.S. television. A...

Brits and their mates put us on with American TV accents.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Joanne Weintraub Hugh Laurie wields a mean electric guitar, has one of prime time's best scowls and plays an American doctor with enough artistry to have picked up a pair of Emmy nominations, a couple of Golden Globes and a...

Power plant concerns analysts.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Thomas Content Oct. 31--Wisconsin Energy Corp.'s construction of a $2.3 billion coal-fired power plant in Oak Creek is on schedule, but the fight over one environmental permit for the project stirred interest from investment...

McGee case defendant guilty, will testify.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Derrick Nunnally Oct. 31--For the first time, someone accused of committing a crime with Ald. Mike McGee sat in a courtroom Tuesday and told a judge the allegations are true. "I'm pleading guilty," Dimitrius L. Jackson, a...

Burglary suspect arrested: He sought money, drugs, liquor, according to police.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Jacqueline Seibel Oct. 31--WAUKESHA -- An 18-year-old Vernon man told police that he burglarized businesses and homes in Waukesha County because he wanted money, drugs, liquor, hotel rooms and to party, according to a criminal...

Psychiatrist charged again: He's accused of sex assault involving adolescent patient.
October 31, 2007... Byline: David Doege Oct. 31--WAUKESHA -- A psychiatrist serving four years of probation for having a large collection of child pornography in his downtown Milwaukee apartment was charged Tuesday with sexually assaulting an adolescent...

Lawmakers try to understand Iran, American policy: House panel examines relations, perceptions of nation, its people.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Katherine M. Skiba Oct. 31--WASHINGTON -- With respect to Iran, should the United States use carrots or sticks -- or airstrikes? That was a key question Tuesday when a House panel examined policy toward Iran and its...

Shareholders approve sale of Midwest Air: CEO says deal should close by December.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Tom Daykin Oct. 31--The sale of Midwest Air Group Inc. received shareholder approval Tuesday and is expected to close by December, despite a regulatory delay, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Timothy Hoeksema said. ...

Will airline's cookies fly off the shelves?: Six Sendik's stores to sell popular Midwest treats.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Doris Hajewski Oct. 31--First it was Save the Cookie. Now it's buy the cookies. Starting today, fans of Midwest Airlines' chocolate-chip cookies will be able to get them without buying a plane ticket. Packages of 32...

Sprawl corners area farmers: As subdivisions spread into formerly rural regions, those with roots in the land struggle to hang on to their livelihood ? and their way of life.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Rick Barrett Oct. 31--When Shelly Mayer looks out the windows of her Washington County farmhouse, the signs of urban sprawl are clear. Large, new homes dot the hillsides as more people move to the country and commute to the...

City gets nearly $1 million: Grant will go toward new jobs, building renovation.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Georgia Pabst Oct. 31--FIVE PROJECTS -- three in the city's 30th St. industrial corridor -- will receive nearly $1 million in federal funds to create jobs and businesses, and renovate buildings under legislation signed Tuesday by...

BRIEF: Elmbrook remains unsettled on sex ed.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Lisa Sink Oct. 31--BROOKFIELD -- Saying they needed more time to review the district's human growth and development curriculum, an Elmbrook School District committee Tuesday did not make decisions on what topics to teach at what...

Oconomowoc school budget levy increases: Enrollment, fiscal changes force revision.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Amy Rinard Oct. 31--OCONOMOWOC -- The School Board on Tuesday approved an amended budget for the 2007-'08 school year that calls for a nearly 10% increase in the property tax levy and a 2% increase in the tax rate. In...

BRIEF: Cedarburg council may add items to city budget.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Tom Kertscher Oct. 31--CEDARBURG -- The Common Council on Nov. 12 will consider a revised budget proposal that would add five cents to the property tax rate, or about $12.50 to the city's portion of the property tax bill for a...

City seeks upgrade in rescue services: New Berlin hopes to hire 19 more paramedics; some EMTs take offense.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Kay Nolan Oct. 31--NEW BERLIN -- In one fell swoop, by juggling city funds this year -- and counting on voters to approve future tax increases -- the city is about to upgrade its rescue services to rival that of larger urban...

Felons issued gun hunting licenses: Law bars them from possessing guns but doesn't prevent license purchase.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Ben Poston Oct. 31--JOURNAL SENTINEL WATCHDOG REPORT Dozens of convicted felons in Wisconsin were issued gun deer hunting licenses in 2006 despite a state law that bans them for life from possessing firearms. The state,...

Man in ax slaying called insane at trial: Psychiatrist says Oconomowoc killer had delusions.
October 31, 2007... Byline: David Doege Oct. 31--WAUKESHA -- An Oconomowoc man was criminally insane when he bludgeoned his mother to death with an ax as she slept, believing she was part of a conspiracy that was ruining his life, a psychiatrist told a...

Simmons will join Brewers as bench coach.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Rick Braun Oct. 31--Had Ned Yost thought Ted Simmons would have been even remotely interested in becoming his bench coach, he would have made a phone call long ago. So when the thought of adding his mentor from his playing...

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Jim Stingl column: Hoan Bridge leap troubles witnesses.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Jim Stingl Oct. 31--Investigators kept asking Thomas Gale the same question. "Are you sure you saw her jump?" Gale had no doubt about that. And neither did the three people with him as they drove across the Hoan Bridge...

Moehrke was key player in creation of TYME system.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Amy Rabideau Silvers Oct. 31--Chances are you have a little piece of Don P. Moehrke's legacy right in your wallet. Moehrke was involved in the development of the software used for TYME and other electronic banking systems....

BRIEF: Children's Place reopens.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Jacqueline Seibel Oct. 31--BROOKFIELD -- The Children's Place at Brookfield Square reopened Tuesday after closing Saturday for the second time in a month because one employee had symptoms of scabies. Nancy Healy, a physician...

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Michael Hunt column: For better or for worse, it's Kohl's team.(Column)
October 31, 2007... Byline: Michael Hunt Oct. 31--Evaluate Herb Kohl the same way he has judged eight coaches and two general mangers who have been fired during his 22-year ownership of the Milwaukee Bucks, and the bottom line doesn't reflect altogether...

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Bob Wolfley column: Analysts: Bucks have shot.(Column)
October 31, 2007... Byline: Bob Wolfley Oct. 31--For Hubie Brown and Jeff Van Gundy, the Milwaukee Bucks start the season at the edge of the hunt for the playoffs, looking for a way to play their way into contention at slots seven or eight. The two ESPN...

Eastern Conference preview.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Tom Enlund Oct. 31--CENTRAL DIVISION 1. CHICAGO BULLS Coach: Scott Skiles. Home: United Center. Last season: 49-33, third in Central. Lost to Detroit, 4-2, in second round. Possible starters: G Ben Gordon,...

Going retro: Bucks want playoff return.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Tom Enlund Oct. 31--The huge green and white championship banners hang majestically on two walls of the Milwaukee Bucks' training center, a testament to the team's glory days. Six division championship banners for the team's...

Hoping to start with big stops: Team wants to play solid defense from the get-go this season.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Tom Enlund Oct. 31--The Milwaukee Bucks worked on defense a great deal on the first day of training camp and they did the same in practice on Tuesday, their final full workout before their National Basketball Association...

Prospects rising in East: Celtics' deals help, but West still best.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Charles F. Gardner Oct. 31--If the East was least in the National Basketball Association, that was just the order of things, something to be accepted. But suddenly the order has been jarred by a flurry of off-season trades and...

Spotlight is on Yi, here and abroad: Chinese rookie hopes to impress Bucks, fans.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Charles F. Gardner Oct. 31--Yi Jianlian carries the weight of his homeland on his shoulders, so it's easy to forget one important fact. The 7-foot power forward from China is also a rookie trying to make his way in the...

A look at consumer effects of Fed's rate cut.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Avrum D. Lank Federal Reserve policy makers on Wednesday cut a key short-term interest rate by a quarter-percentage point. Here are some likely impacts on consumers, according to Greg McBride, a senior financial analyst in New...

American made: Fresh off a summer with Team USA, Redd looks to help Bucks rebound.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Charles F. Gardner Oct. 31--Michael Redd hated to say goodbye to his teammates in Las Vegas this summer. The Milwaukee Bucks' shooting guard knew he had something good going when he could look around the court and see Carmelo...

NBA Western Conference Preview.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Tom Enlund Oct. 31--SOUTHWEST DIVISION 1. SAN ANTONIO SPURS Coach: Gregg Popovich. Home: AT&T Center. Last season: 58-24, second in Southwest. Beat Cleveland, 4-0, for NBA championship. Possible starters: G...

Bucks sunk by Magic three-pointers.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Tom Enlund ORLANDO, Fla. _ One of the many expressions that coach Larry Krystkowiak tried to instill with his team during the preseason was "keep them off the fence". According to the Krystkowiak dictionary, the "fence" is...

Bucks' Yi a victim of foul play.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Charles F. Gardner ORLANDO, Fla. _ Yi Jianlian received his welcome to the big leagues Wednesday night, and it came courtesy of Orlando Magic stars Dwight Howard and Hedo Turkoglu. The Milwaukee Bucks' 7-foot rookie power...

Wisconsin faces formidable challenge against Ohio State's defense.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Jeff Potrykus MADISON, Wis. _ Tyler Donovan appreciates both the magnitude of the task facing the University of Wisconsin offense this week in Ohio Stadium and the potential reward. "It is going to be the ultimate challenge...

Packers becoming road warriors.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Greg A. Bedard GREEN BAY, Wis. _ When the Green Bay Packers enter Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday for the first time since 1996, an experience that taxes just about each of the five senses awaits. There's the dizzying ``Red Sea''...

Bat rehabilitator comes to the rescue: She works to fix injuries and people's negative perceptions.
October 30, 2007... Byline: Meg Jones Oct. 30--It's feeding time at Lisa Schlenker's hospital/rehab center/nursery, and her patients are munching contentedly. Hanging upside down in semi-darkness, they eagerly chomp wiggling mealworms while their wounds...

For birthday, more stores: New retailers set up shop as Bayshore Town Center turns 1.
October 30, 2007... Byline: Doris Hajewski Oct. 30--There won't be a birthday cake to mark the first anniversary Friday of the opening of Bayshore Town Center, but there will be some new retailers opening in November. Origins, an Estee Lauder cosmetics...

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Laurel Walker column: Teacher calling on student for comedy.
October 30, 2007... Byline: Laurel Walker Oct. 30--When a second-grade teacher remembers your name some 50 years later, you have to wonder what you possibly could have done back then to leave such a lasting impression. Dale Brown is no dummy -- though...

Grafton likely to get brew pub: Water Street plans third location.
October 30, 2007... Byline: Lawrence Sussman Oct. 30--GRAFTON -- The owner of Water Street Brewery is planning to build his third brew pub near the southeast corner of I-43 and Highway 60, a rapidly growing freeway interchange at the east end of Grafton....

Miller apologizes for street festival poster: Promo drew complaints from Catholic group.
October 30, 2007... Byline: Tom Daykin Oct. 30--Miller Brewing Co. Monday apologized for allowing the company's brand logos to appear on a poster promoting a San Francisco street festival that some viewed as offensive to Catholics. The poster was a...

Firm completes buyout: EMSystem changes board, looks to make acquisition.
October 30, 2007... Byline: Kathleen Gallagher Oct. 30--EMSystem LLC will likely make its first acquisition within the next six months, its top executive said Monday. The West Allis provider of emergency medical services software completed a...

Venture capital triples at health care start-ups: But state lags much of region, nation in attracting money, reports show.
October 30, 2007... Byline: Kathleen Gallagher Oct. 30--Wisconsin health care start-ups more than tripled the amount of venture capital they pulled in during the first three quarters of this year, according to a report that BioEnterprise in Cleveland...

Hospital tax plan could be revived: Senate majority leader suggests trade.
October 30, 2007... Byline: Steven Walters and Stacy Forster Oct. 30--MADISON -- Although the state budget was signed into law just days ago, Senate Majority Leader Russ Decker (D-Weston) said Monday he would like to rewrite part of it. Decker said he...

$15 million gift boosts MU: Generac founder, wife designate funds for planned engineering center.
October 30, 2007... Byline: Erica Perez Oct. 30--Marquette University's College of Engineering has received a $15 million gift from Generac Power Systems Inc. founder Robert Kern and his wife, Patricia, to help pay for a new building, college officials...

MPS wants to increase property tax levy by 16.4%: Andrekopoulos seeks more money after changes in state budget, other funding.
October 30, 2007... Byline: Alan J. Borsuk Oct. 30--Milwaukee Public Schools Superintendent William Andrekopoulos will ask the School Board tonight for an over 16.4% increase in how much Milwaukeeans will pay in property taxes for this school year. ...

Racine school budget approved: Unified district spending set to rise 6% for 2007-'08.
October 30, 2007... Byline: Dani Mcclain Oct. 30--The Racine Unified School Board voted Monday to approve a $243.6 million budget for the 2007-'08 school year, a nearly 6% increase in total spending over last year. Of that, local taxpayers will pay...

Waukesha district asks for mediator in teacher talks: Arbitrator could have final call.
October 30, 2007... Byline: Amy Hetzner Oct. 30--WAUKESHA -- Citing differences over salaries and benefits that would be given to teachers in the next two years, the School District announced Monday it has asked for negotiating help from the state with the...

Road work tying up travel to Chicago: Headaches begin near the state line.
October 30, 2007... Byline: Bill Glauber Oct. 30--Chip Hill knows traffic, especially Chicago traffic. The trucker with Green Bay-based Schneider National Inc. makes six trips a week through Chicago, hauling paper products to Mississippi, Alabama and...

County budget cuts denounced: Speakers' funding pleas include transit, drug treatment.
October 30, 2007... Byline: Steve Schultze Oct. 30--Don't cut bus service, drug treatment or University of Wisconsin Extension programs, speakers exhorted the Milwaukee County Board on Monday night. The crowd of about 350 at the board's annual budget...

Getting justice, after 32 years: 2 sisters watch in court as man pleads no contest to assaulting them in '75.
October 30, 2007... Byline: David Doege Oct. 30--WAUKESHA -- Two women who waited 32 years for a man to own up to sexually assaulting them repeatedly as children finally got to see him take responsibility Monday, and the toll the experience had taken on...

Home invader sent fleeing, but his pants stay behind.
October 30, 2007... Byline: Don Behm Oct. 30--WEST BEND -- When a self-described "old, fat bartender" confronted a burglar in his house early Sunday, he got the suspect in a bear hug, intending to hold him until police arrived. As they wrestled on the...

Wellness plans catching on: Health firms compete as more employers sign up.
October 30, 2007... Byline: Guy Boulton Oct. 30--Registered nurses from Froedtert & Community Health set up shop for a few hours this month at Rexam Sussex to check employees for high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol. It's something that's...

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Tom Haudricourt column: Monsters of green.(Column)
October 30, 2007... Byline: Tom Haudricourt Oct. 30--DENVER -- The Boston Red Sox have become the new New York Yankees. Red Sox president Larry Lucchino famously dubbed the Yankees "The Evil Empire" a few years back, but if any team merits that...

New direction for Jenkins: Team will not exercise his option for 2008.
October 30, 2007... Byline: Tom Haudricourt Oct. 30--DENVER -- The Milwaukee Brewers have another day before being required to make it official but have informed the agent of Geoff Jenkins they will not exercise the $9 million option on the veteran...

Krystkowiak's first five fall into place: Mason, Jianlian fill out starting lineup.
October 30, 2007... Byline: Tom Enlund Oct. 30--Yes, Milwaukee Bucks coach Larry Krystkowiak finally revealed his starting lineup for his team's National Basketball Association regular-season opener Wednesday in Orlando. But no, he did not view his...

Notes: Bogut centering on big challenge: He's getting ready to face Magic's Howard.
October 30, 2007... Byline: Charles F. Gardner Oct. 30--Waiting for the Milwaukee Bucks in Orlando on Wednesday night will be a Magic team with high hopes and someone Andrew Bogut calls the "new Shaq" -- imposing 6-foot-11 center Dwight Howard. One of...

MU reels in trophy catch: East Coast star Taylor commits.
October 30, 2007... Byline: Todd Rosiak Oct. 30--After trying for the past three seasons to make recruiting inroads on the East Coast, the Marquette Golden Eagles hit paydirt in a big way Monday night when they landed an oral commitment from Tyshawn Taylor,...

Midwest shareholders approve airline's sale.
October 30, 2007... Byline: Tom Daykin MILWAUKEE _ The sale of Midwest Air Group Inc. received shareholder approval Tuesday and is expected to close by the end of December, despite a regulatory delay, Chairman and Chief Executive Timothy Hoeksema said. ...

Jobless rate racially split: Nearly half of black men not in labor force, UWM study finds.
October 30, 2007... Byline: Joel Dresang Oct. 30--The proportion of jobless African-American men in metro Milwaukee remains high to an "alarming extent," according to a university report updated Monday. Some 46.8% of working-age Milwaukee-area black...

Packers' receivers show improvement in Monday night event.
October 30, 2007... Byline: Tom Silverstein MILWAUKEE _ If you're going to live in the day, as general manager Ted Thompson is wont to say about his philosophy for surviving in the National Football League, it's nice to have a few like the one the Green Bay...

Red Sox replace Yanks as game's powerhouse.
October 29, 2007... Byline: Tom Haudricourt DENVER_The Boston Red Sox have become the new New York Yankees. Red Sox president Larry Lucchino famously dubbed the Yankees "The Evil Empire" a few years back but if any team merits that designation now, it's...

Ex-husband tries to claim $2.1 million: Convicted doctor had accounts in state.
October 29, 2007... Byline: Marie Rohde Oct. 29--The ex-husband of a cancer doctor convicted in connection with a scheme to dilute cancer drugs is attempting to claim some $2.1 million his ex-wife had placed in a local bank account. Young Moon, the...

Few schools get charter aid: State approves only 10 of 50 applicants for federal funds so far this year.
October 29, 2007... Byline: Amy Hetzner Oct. 29--In a move applauded by some charter school advocates, the state Department of Public Instruction has approved only 10 of 50 applications so far this year for federal funding aimed at expanding independent...

Deep talent pool: Krystkowiak ponders starters.
October 29, 2007... Byline: Charles F. Gardner Oct. 29--ST. FRANCIS -- For starters, Milwaukee Bucks coach Larry Krystkowiak has a couple of decisions to make. Will it be 7-foot rookie Yi Jianlian or third-year pro Charlie Villanueva at power forward?...

Industries find rising electric rate a bitter pill: Utility says it's below U.S. average.
October 29, 2007... Byline: Thomas Content Oct. 29--At a time when southeastern Wisconsin is losing manufacturing jobs year after year, electricity rate increases proposed by We Energies for at least the next two years -- with more likely to follow -- will...

Going four a walk: Red Sox sweep upstart Rockies.
October 29, 2007... Byline: Tom Haudricourt Oct. 29--DENVER -- As it turns out, allowing the Boston Red Sox to pull off colossal comebacks in the American League Championship Series is nothing but bad news for the National League pennant winner come World...

Local soprano had performed at the Met: McKillip, who had five-octave range, was also poet. actress.
October 29, 2007... Byline: Meg Jones Oct. 29--Patricia McKillip was sitting in the audience at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York watching the Salzburg Marionette Theater when the man in the row in front of her turned around. ...

Liquor license cap still a target: Legislation fell out of state budget bill but may return.
October 29, 2007... Byline: Amy Rinard Oct. 29--A legislative bid to solve a problem facing growing municipalities and resort communities by allowing them to grant more than their allotment of liquor licenses was a casualty of the state budget process and...

A Monster in Milwaukee: Key unit quietly does financial work for giant job Web site.(Company overview)
October 29, 2007... Byline: Paul Gores Oct. 29--A unit of Monster Worldwide Inc. that started with a Yellow Pages marketing business in Mequon 17 years ago has quietly grown into one of the online job search company's most vital divisions. But Dave...

DNA ties Albanian to theft: Charges filed in Ozaukee County after personal profile matches other crimes.
October 29, 2007... Byline: Dan Benson Oct. 29--PORT WASHINGTON -- Thanks to DNA found on a ski mask, an Albanian man who probably has fled the country has been charged in Ozaukee County with busting into a gas station six years ago and stealing about...

Scrum to pitch, these girls know how to play.
October 29, 2007... Byline: Erin Richards Oct. 29--DELAFIELD -- With blood smeared on her arm and face from a broken nose she endured minutes earlier, Tassie Pietrantonio grinned and explained why she loves rugby: "It's good anger management." ...