OHS student makes discovery in final frontier (Greater Milwaukee Today) OCONOMOWOC - Adam Beardsley never studied astronomy at Oconomowoc High School and never planned on majoring in it when he enrolled at University of Wisconsin-Madison.

SE Wisconsin Gets First Snowstorm of the Season (WSAW Wausau) The National Weather Service says the heaviest band was six to 10 inches, which fell from around Sheboygan south to West Bend and Port Washington and west to Oconomowoc, Whitewater and La Grange.

Southeastern Wisconsin Gets First Snowstorm of the Season (WEAU Eau Claire) Southeastern Wisconsin's first major snowstorm caused power outages, some schools to open late and slippery roads.

Wisconsin restaurant not exempt from smoking ban (AP via Yahoo! Finance) A Wausau restaurant owner can't get around the city's smoking ban by creating a "sham" private club with a $1 membership, a Wisconsin appeals court ruled Tuesday.

Wisconsin deer kill down 20 percent (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) WAUSAU, Wis. - Hunters killed 276,985 whitetail deer during Wisconsin's nine-day gun season, down 20 percent from a year ago based on preliminary counts, the state Department of Natural Resources reported Tuesday.

La Crosse Tribune editor John Smalley to head Wisconsin State Journal (Wisconsin State Journal) A veteran of newspapers in Wisconsin and Iowa has been named the top editor of the Wisconsin State Journal, publisher Bill Johnston said today. John Smalley, editor of the La Crosse Tribune since 2002, will lead the State Journal as the 156-year-old Madison institution faces the twin challenges of a recession and a shift by readers toward the Internet. He is expected to start by early ...