Wisconsin-Native Part of Obama's Team (WEAU Eau Claire) Wisconsin native Mona Sutphen will have a key role in President Barack Obama's administration.

Wisconsin Native To Play Role In Obama Administration (WISC-TV Madison) MILWAUKEE -- Wisconsin native Mona Sutphen will have a key role in President Barack Obama's administration. The 41-year-old was tapped last week to serve in the Obama administration as a deputy chief of staff.

The big cheese: The four Crave brothers of Waterloo are the year's top dairy operators (Wisconsin State Journal) WATERLOO -- The fraternity that operates the rapidly expanding Crave brothers dairy farm and cheese factory here takes family farming to a new level. Each brother has a specific role to play: Charles handles the bookkeeping and feeding; Tom oversees crop production and farm maintenance; Mark manages the herd and personnel; George runs the cheese factory. This melding of expertise that has ...

Jumping silver carp discovered in Wisconsin waters (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) The super-sized cousin to the common carp was discovered late last week in Wisconsin waters of the Mississippi River. It is the first time silver carp, one of four species of Asian carp, have been confirmed in the state, according to the state Department of Natural Resources.

James Huff Stout inducted into Wisconsin Library Hall of Fame (Dunn County News) James Huff Stout, founder of the Stout Manual Training School in 1891 — now the University of Wisconsin-Stout, Wisconsin’s Polytechnic University — was among the first group of individuals to be inducted into the recently-created Wisconsin Library Hall of Fame. Ten individuals received the inaugural honor posthumously Nov. 6.

Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball: Another hostile venue awaits (The Capital Times) After taking one look at stately Cassell Coliseum, the 48-year-old basketball venue on the Virginia Tech campus, University of Wisconsin men's assistant coach Gary Close was reminded of some of the classic field houses and gyms in the Pacific-10. During his tour of duty at Stanford, he remembered having a close encounter of a roundball kind at Oregon's McArthur Court and Oregon State's Gill ...