Six area middle schools get high marks (The Capital Times) Six area middle schools are among 80 being honored as exemplary by the state Department of Public Instruction and the Association of Wisconsin School Administrators. They are DeForest Middle School, Glacier Creek Middle School in the Middleton-Cross Plains District, James Wright and Spring Harbor middle schools in Madison, Lodi Middle School and Nikolay Middle School in Cambridge. Schools chosen ...

Community Calendar (Stevens Point Journal) Earth Kids, 10:15 a.m., Central Wisconsin Childrens Museum, CenterPoint MarketPlace, 1201 Third Court, Stevens Point. 715-344-2003.

Closures & Layoffs (Nov. 16-22): Layoffs Hit Sun, AMD and Other Tech Firms (CoStar Group) In this week's issue: We give you the latest announcements of major U.S. corporation closures and layoffs including Advanced Micro Devices, Alcoa, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Brunswick Corp., Comsys IT Partners, Imation, Intersil, Metaldyne, MGP Ingredients...

Some record requests not properly filled in Wisconsin (The Journal Times) MADISON — Local governments across Wisconsin denied, ignored or did not properly fill three out of every 10 requests for basic public documents, according to an audit released Wednesday.

Wisconsin business fined $4,000 for bad butter (Pioneer Press) A Wisconsin business has been ordered by a federal jurist to pay a $4,000 fine for its role in contaminating processed butter, storing it and shipping it across state lines to Minnesota.

Wisconsin's Healthiest Counties Study Released (WISN 12 Milwaukee) What Counties Ranked The Best? MILWAUKEE, Wis. -- A new study says southeastern Wisconsin is home to some of the state's healthiest and least healthy people.