Wisconsin

MRI helps evaluate back pain

Published: Jan. 6, 2009 at 7:59 PM MADISON, Wis., Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Magnetic resonance imaging is increasingly being used to evaluate back pain, U.S. physicians say. An article, published in the Journal of the American Academy of...

Low level herbicide use can damage potato reproduction

A recent study examining the development and reproduction of plants and the effects that herbicides can have upon those processes has shown that treating potato plants with low levels of herbicide application can have a...

Tobacco quit line has busy year

Almost four times as many people in Marathon County sought help through the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line in 2008 than in 2007, according to initial data. From January through November, 544 Marathon County residents called the...

BROWNSVILLE,TX.-Ellynn (Lynn) A. Bloedorn

nee Blaubach of Brownsville, TX, formerly of Milwaukee, WI, entered into eternal life peacefully on January 4, 2009, at the age of 81.She was preceded in death by her parents, Arnold & Margaret Blaubach and daughter, Diana...

'Missing' twins found at Mayflower Gulch Tuesday

By ASHLEY DICKSON summit daily news Summit County, CO Colorado SUMMIT COUNTY —Two brothers from Wisconsin who were reported missing by their worried mother on Saturday were found by a Summit County sheriff’s deputy Tuesday...

Review of Little House on the Prairie

by Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of nine books for children Little House on the Prairie follows Pa, Ma, Mary, Laura, and Baby Carrie from their home in Wisconsin on a new adventure to Indian Territory in Kansas. Little House on...

Neenah man injured in tanning bed accident recovering

A 34-year-old Neenah man is recovering at a Madison hospital after being shocked while completing maintenance work at a north side tanning salon Tuesday morning. The man, whose name is not being released Tuesday, was working on...

DOT traffic safety campaign aims for Zero in Wisconsin

By Jeff Starck • Wausau Daily Herald • January 7, 2009 The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is airing commercials that include in-car video of crashes, to demonstrate the dangers of risky driving behaviors. Television and...

State Senator Russ Decker plans to reintroduce Healthy Wisconsin insurance reform bill this...

State Sen. Russ Decker said he and a colleague plan to reintroduce the Healthy Wisconsin reform bill this legislative session, despite challenges of a projected $5.4 billion budget shortfall and the economic downturn.

Inside Wisconsin: Newspapers in crisis: Why their future matters for our democracy

Newspapers, or at least the actual paper versions of them, are losing readership to online news sources, a development that concerns former newspaper editor Tom Still. In this edition of Inside Wisconsin, Still explains why...