West Middleton-Rockdale power line analysis deadline pushed (The Capital Times) A Dane County judge has given the Wisconsin Public Service Commission an additional six months to complete analysis of the proposed West Middleton-Rockdale power line. Circuit Court Judge Michael Nowakowski granted Friday the PSC's request to extend the decision deadline on the 345-kilovolt line from Jan. 9, 2009 to July 6, 2009. After twice asking American Transmission Co., the proposed power ...

Wisconsin Book Festival 2008: Stephanie Kuehnert speaks (Isthmus) Set in small-town Wisconsin, I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone by Stephenie Kuehnert is a gritty feminist punk-rock celebration of the rebellious bonds that connect a daughter with her absent mother. Published by MTV Books in July, it has been hailed by the Los Angeles Times as "an empowering new twist on a girl's coming of age." In an interview conducted via email, she recounts the genesis of her ...

Business briefs (Wisconsin State Journal) DEFIBRILLATORS Cardiac Science will update units Defibrillators made in Deerfield will get a voluntary correction. Cardiac Science Corp., of Bothell, Wash., says about 24,000 of the automated external defibrillators manufactured between August 2006 and March 2007 at its Burdick plant in Deerfield may have a component that doesn't match factory software settings. Quality tests have shown the ...

GM closing factories in Wisconsin, Michigan (CNN Money) 1,200 workers in Wisconsin SUV factory to lose jobs earlier than expected; Michigan plant to cut 1,340 hourly jobs.

Wisconsin State Journal backs Obama (Chicago Sun-Times) MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s second largest newspaper has endorsed Sen. Barack Obama for president.

Strapped for cash, GM to shut factories in Michigan, Wisconsin that employ 2,700 (Pioneer Press) DETROIT — General Motors Corp.'s efforts to hoard cash and outlast a prolonged economic slump claimed the jobs of more than 2,700 workers Monday as the automaker announced the demise of factories in Michigan and Wisconsin.