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 ...

SE Wisconsin gets first snowstorm of the season (WXOW 19 La Crosse) Associated Press - December 1, 2008 7:45 AM ET MILWAUKEE (AP) - A band of 6 to 10 inches of snow has fallen in southeastern Wisconsin in the season's first major snowstorm.

SE Wisconsin Gets First Major Snowstorm (WISC-TV Madison) The start of December brought the first major snowstorm to parts of southern Wisconsin.

Wisconsin - Team Notes (USA Today) Just in case Wisconsin fans hadn't grown accustomed to the maddening ways of their favorite team, along came the Badgers' remarkable regular-season finale against Football Championship Subdivision powerhouse Cal Poly.

University of Wisconsin chancellor wants fresh solutions to funding cuts (The Capital Times) University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Carolyn "Biddy" Martin said she has asked deans to start considering contingency plans for how best to absorb potential cuts in funding due to the state's financial crisis. Martin, speaking at Bascom Hall Monday evening during this month's UW Faculty Senate meeting, asked those in attendance to come up with "innovative ideas" that might help the ...

Yearlong celebration planned for Lower Wisconsin Riverway (The Capital Times) A yearlong celebration of the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway -- the southern 92 miles of the Wisconsin River as it heads toward the Mississippi -- will be launched Dec. 21 on Frank's Hill in the town of Eagle near Muscoda. Gov. Jim Doyle has proclaimed 2009 as the Year of the Riverway in recognition of a 20-year-old project aimed at protecting the riverway and the scenery around it. "The ...