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 ...

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.

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 ...

Wisconsin Badgers women's basketball: UW guards against a letdown (Wisconsin State Journal) The thing about beating a Top-10 team is you have to keep sending that message or the original statement has little meaning. That's the task facing the Wisconsin Badgers women's basketball team in the wake of its 59-58 win over then-No. 6 Baylor in Saturday's title game of the Paradise Jam. All of the luster of that impressive victory is on the line Tuesday night at the Kohl Center when UW takes ...