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Students held in US school hostage standoff—authorities
CHICAGO, Illinois, United States—(UPDATE 2) A teacher and all 20 students taken hostage by a student armed with a handgun at a Wisconsin school were released unharmed Monday after an hours-long ordeal, an official said. “The incident has been resolved,” said Eric Burmeister, the director of emergency management in Marinette, Wisconsin.
Storms leave thousands in dark
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Winds whipped, rain fell, and for some, lights flickered from an overnight storm that hit Central Indiana. At one point, more than 2,000 local homes were left in the dark.
Purdue falls to Wisconsin
WEST LAFAYETTE (AP) – Wisconsin wasn’t worried when it trailed at halftime against upstart Purdue. After all, the Badgers were in a similar situation at Iowa two weeks earlier and came out with a win.
True Story: ‘Real World’ Star Sean Duffy Wins House Seat in Wisconsin
The glass ceiling for reality stars in Congress has been shattered, thanks to ‘Real World: Boston’ standout Sean Duffy, a Republican who picked up an open seat in Wisconsin’s 7th District during Tuesday’s big election. Duffy, who spent 1997 finding out “what happens when people stop being polite and start getting real,” easily defeated state Sen.
Apple Sues Motorola Over Patents in Mobile Phones (PC World)
Apple filed two lawsuits against Motorola and Motorola Mobility late Friday in a US federal court, claiming violations of its patents in multiple Motorola cell phones, including the Droid line. According to the October 29 filings in the US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin — first reported by the blog PatentlyApple — Apple is accusing Motorola of infringing on six patents, three of them focused on touchscreens.
Meteorite That Lit Up Midwestern Sky Gets a New Home
Pieces of a meteorite that lit up the Midwestern sky last April now live at Chicago’s Field Museum. Scientists have named the meteorite Mifflin.
Illinois Department of Transportation and Lake Michigan Interstate Gateway Alliance Unveil Enhanced Travel Website to Help Steer Midwest Motorists
CHICAGO – Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) Secretary Gary Hannig today announced that Illinois along with the other Lake Michigan Interstate Gateway Alliance (LMIGA) partners are launching a new travel website to enhance services provided by the Gateway Traveler Information System. Formerly known as the Gary-Chicago-Milwaukee (GCM) Priority Corridor found at www.gcmtravel.com , the new state-of-the-art website located at www.travelmidwest.com includes several enhancements to provide valuable traveler information to serve the needs of motorists and the LMIGA partners. The traveler information coverage extends from Southern Wisconsin through Northern Illinois and Northern Indiana into Southwestern Michigan. “We are extremely proud of the dedication, hard work and diligence shown by all LMIGA partners to improve roadway safety in Illinois as well as across sections of the Midwest,” said Illinois Transportation Secretary Gary Hannig. “We are confident the new features of the website will provide motorists with the most accurate and precise travel information they need to make well informed decisions.” The Gateway Traveler Information System and www.travelmidwest.com website is a collaborative effort by the LMIGA partners, including the Illinois Department of Transportation, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Indiana Department of Transportation, Michigan Department of Transportation, Illinois Tollway, Skyway Concession Company LLC and the Indiana Toll Road Concession Company LLC. LMIGA is a voluntary organization, with the above agencies serving as active members. The goal of LMIGA is to focus on operations within the region to ensure that traffic moves safely and efficiently. This goal is realized by interagency communication and coordination, improvement projects, training efforts, and region wide planning. The www.travelmidwest.com website encompasses approximately 1,570 roadway miles across 51 counties in the four-state LMIGA coverage area. The www.travelmidwest.com website includes a traffic map with pan/zoom features, user customization, trucker reports, re-designed traffic reports, camera features, highlighted travel time alerts on maps and reports and multi-line banner messages. The Gateway Traveler Information System is staffed 24/7 to provide necessary operations support for the www.travelmidwest.com website.
Wis. Cheese Castle Forced to Move
Chicago – Wisconsin’s famous Cheese Castle has to find a new home. The Mars Cheese Castle is along I-94, just over the Wisconsin border, and it has been drawing in tourists since 1947.
WI: A river’s reckoning: The Chicago River was engineered a century ago to carry away the city’s waste, but today it is full of trouble for all the Great Lakes
First of two parts. Chicago likes to think of the filth flowing in its namesake river as nobody’s business but its own, and for most of the last century that…
INK-O-DEM® Partners with University of Wisconsin-Madison for Printer Refilling Services
University Reports Avid Early Adopters at Campus Bookstore, Refilling 30+ Cartridges Daily CHICAGO and MADISON, Wis., June 22 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — INK-O-DEM , the worldwide leader in integrated inkjet cartridge refilling and testing technology for retail and university environments, today announced it has installed its Cartridge Refilling System at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to meet an evolving demand for cost-effective, green, integrated printer cartridge refilling services. INK-O-DEM’s Cartridge Refilling System is designed to provide students, alumni, faculty and campus neighbors access to convenient, eco-friendly, affordable printer ink that is half the cost of a new OEM inkjet cartridge.