Riding the trails (The Daily Mining Gazette) HANCOCK - Craig Winters was working on his snowmobile outside the Ramada Inn in Hancock Saturday trying to figure out why the machine cut out on him at one point while he was riding at 50 miles an hour Friday. Winters, who is from McHenry, Ill. said his snowmobile stopped dead on a trail, and soon after someone riding behind him almost ran into him. That person gave him a tow and got him off the

Eagle-Vanguards finish third at Warrior Invite (The Sauk Prairie Eagle) As far as third-place finishes go, the one turned in by the Sauk Prairie-Wisconsin Heights boys swim team at the Waunakee Invitational on Dec. 27 was about as dominant as they come.The Eagle-Vanguards won seven of the 11 events — including two individual events by both Matt Friede and Tyler Lentz and another by Tyler Evans — en route to 374 points, just 24 behind runner-up Milton (398) and 125 ...

Final SUV marks end of the line for GM workers in Janesville (Wisconsin State Journal) JANESVILLE — As the last SUV rolled off the General Motors production line here Tuesday, Karen Green promised herself she would keep her emotions in check.But when plant and union officials began thanking workers for their years of service, she couldn't hold back the tears."I was pretty good up until the end. Then I lost it," said Green, 55, of Fort Atkinson, who worked on the Janesville ...

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 ...