Final I-94 closures in Jefferson County zone season next week (The Capital Times) The final lane closures of the season for the Interstate 94 construction zone in Jefferson County are set for next week, the state Department of Transportation announced. I-94 will have a single lane closure in the eastbound and westbound directions from Airport Road (west of Lake Mills) to Wisconsin 26 (Johnson Creek) from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. next Monday through Thursday. One lane will remain open ...

Judge Ullsvik plans to retire in 2009 (Watertown Daily Times) JEFFERSON - Longtime Jefferson County Branch I Circuit Court Judge John Ullsvik of Watertown told the Daily Times this week he does not plan to seek re-election to the bench in the spring of 2009 and is instead choosing to retire.

Cocaine conspirator sentenced (Beaver Dam Daily Citizen) The first of 15 people indicted earlier this year for a drug dealing conspiracy in the Watertown area was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Crabb to four years and four months in prison. Will Bryant, 34, of Watertown, was among a group of nine who conspired ...

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.

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 ...

Wisconsin holds off Virginia Tech 74-72 (AP via Yahoo! News) Trevon Hughes hit a leaning floater in the lane with 0.9 seconds left and Wisconsin survived a furious rally by Virginia Tech on Monday night, winning 74-72 in the opener of the 10th Annual ACC-Big Ten Challenge.