589 Wisconsin traffic deaths in '08, lowest number since 1944 (Wisconsin State Journal) Perhaps because of high gas prices in the summer and bad weather in the winter, fewer people died on Wisconsin's highways last year than in any year since World War II. But not content to rest on that success, the state Department of Transportation announced Monday it is launching a $300,000 campaign to bring down the number of deaths even further. The campaign is being funded entirely with ...

Nature makes a comeback in classes in Wisconsin schools (Wisconsin State Journal) Geeta Dawar takes her seventh grade science students outside their Madison school to examine cracks in the sidewalk. David Spitzer gets his Madison elementary students to notice flocks of migrating geese overhead as the kids walk to school. And David Ropa has his seventh graders, even on an arctic morning, use their bare hands to dip testing vials into Lake Mendota. Nature is on the rise in many ...

Heavy snow means crashes, traffic jams on metro highways (Brooklyn Center Sun-Post) Heavy snow started to fall across the Twin Cities about noon today (Tuesday, Dec. 30), leading to traffic accidents and slowdowns on metro freeways. The accident pictured here was on Hwy. 169 northbound along the Plymouth/New Hope border.

Loyola Ramblers edge Wisconsin-Green Bay (Chicago Tribune) Loyola edged Wisconsin-Green Bay 62-60 on a pair of free throws by J.R. Blount with 4.6 seconds remaining Monday night in the Gentile Center, ending a six-day siege of Chicago by Horizon League invaders from north of the border.

Wisconsin traffic deaths down 20 percent (La Crosse Tribune) MADISON (AP) — Traffic crashes on Wisconsin roads and highways killed 589 people last year — 148 fewer than a year ago and the lowest total in 64 years, the state Transportation Department said Monday.

589 Wisconsin traffic deaths in '08, lowest number since 1944 (Wisconsin State Journal) Perhaps because of high gas prices in the summer and bad weather in the winter, fewer people died on Wisconsin's highways last year than in any year since World War II. But not content to rest on that success, the state Department of Transportation announced Monday it is launching a $300,000 campaign to bring down the number of deaths even further. The campaign is being funded entirely with ...