Job search a tough new mission for returning veterans (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) Recognizing the need to help veterans find jobs, the first of 18 job fairs for Wisconsin veterans was held at Edgewood College in Madison on Thursday. A job fair is scheduled for Friday from 9 a.m. to noon at the Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center in Milwaukee.

Middleton hammers Watertown (Watertown Daily Times) MIDDLETON - Already playing with house money by having an underdog team, Watertown boys basketball coach Jamie Koepp slipped an ace into the deck when he inserted injured junior center Joe Sokovich into the lineup two minutes into the game.

Straight shooter (Beloit Daily News) Beloit’s Welch beats the best in Masters 9-Ball Tourney

Illinois-Wisconsin Preview (AP via Yahoo! Sports) The absence of Jon Leuer for nine games may have cost Wisconsin a chance to win a share of the Big Ten title. The way Leuer's playing now, though, the 13th-ranked Badgers should be filled with confidence as they pursue their second tournament championship in three years. In their second meeting in a week, Wisconsin takes on Illinois in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals at Conseco Fieldhouse...

Illinois vs. Wisconsin preview (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) No. 5 Illinois vs. No. 4 Wisconsin, 1:30 p.m. ESPN ILLINI AT A GLANCE Record — 18-13 Coach — Bruce Weber (273-124 career, 170-70 at Illinois) The skinny — Illinois has dropped five of six since becoming the only team to beat the Badg...

Wisconsin Puppy Mills Dump Dogs (TMJ4 Milwaukee) At least one central Wisconsin animal shelter has been inundated with dogs because of a new state law regulating breeders.