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...

Wisconsin Badgers football: Beckum dials confident tone (Wisconsin State Journal) Wisconsin Badgers senior tight end Travis Beckum mentioned matter-of-factly Thursday that he carries a picture on his cell phone of the play against Illinois on which he suffered a season-ending broken leg. "It looks nasty," Beckum said. So why in the world would Beckum carry that around? "Just kind of something to look at," Beckum said. "It's just kind of going in my mind somewhere. I don't ...

Wisconsin Badgers men's hockey: Geoffrion makes a quick turnaround (Wisconsin State Journal) ST. CLOUD, Minn. — To the list of important life projects that don't come with an instruction manual and should — parenthood, marriage and friendship instantly to mind — Blake Geoffrion would probably add another. He's the junior center and leading goal scorer for the University of Wisconsin men's hockey team, a stand-up guy in the midst of a career-best production streak. Geoffrion is also the ...

Wisconsin DNR: Economy not affecting hunting license sales (Pioneer Press) WAUSAU, Wis. — With two days to go before Wisconsin's tradition-steeped deer hunt begins, the state says license sales are on track to equal what were sold a year ago despite the sour economy.