Prep roundup: D.C. Everest wrestlers cruise past Wausau East (Wausau Daily Herald) WESTON -- D.C. Everest won the first nine weights, including a string of five straight pins to defeat Wausau East 54-21 in a Wisconsin Valley Conference dual meet on Thursday.

Arts and crafts vendors sought (Beaver Dam Daily Citizen) Planners for the 2009 Wisconsin Farm Technology Days are seeking vendors for the arts and craft tent at the show that runs from July 21-23 at the Crave Brothers Farm near Waterloo.Lisa Condon, volunteer chair of the arts and crafts portion of the show, said they hope to have at least 30 vendors in the tent. Booth spaces are 12 feet by 12 feet.Vendors are invited to sell their crafts the three ...

Filing deadline for race extended (Watertown Daily Times) MADISON - The spring election ballot access filing deadline has been extended for the office of Jefferson County Branch I Circuit Court judge, currently held by John Ullsvik.

Study: Wisconsin needs more prison beds (The Chippewa Herald) MADISON — Wisconsin's aging prisons need thousands more beds and more than $1.2 billion in upgrades over the next decade, according to a consultant's study released Thursday.

Wisconsin junior RB Hill declaring for NFL draft (Sports Illustrated) MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin junior running back P.J. Hill will enter the NFL draft, ending his college career third on the Badgers' all-time rushing list with 3,996 yards.

Wisconsin Badgers women's basketball: Shooting woes send UW to second straight loss (Wisconsin State Journal) The only thing wrong with the Wisconsin Badgers women's basketball team's defense these days is the Badgers' offense. UW executed its defensive game plan Thursday night against high-scoring Ohio State pretty much like it was drawn up. But the Badgers connected on just 25.5 percent of their shots — a Kohl Center low — and went down to a 55-42 defeat to the Buckeyes in a Big Ten Conference game in ...