Year-End Review Headlines and Lessons Lessons Aplenty in the State's Biggest Stories in 2008, Which Included Disasters Both Natural and Economic.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel › January 09, 2009
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Bridge(s) to somewhere. A lake down the drain. Will he, won't he; he's gone. And an economy whose mother would find hard to love.
The year 2008 closed to highlights and lowlights. Those bridges were part of the Marquette Interchange, completed under budget and ahead of schedule. That lake was Lake Delton, the victim of damaging spring flooding; Brett Favre riled many as he exited for the New York Jets; the national recession landed hard in manufacturing- heavy Wisconsin; and Barack Obama bested Hillary Clinton in the state's presidential primary on his way to doing the same to the GOP's John McCain in November.See the full content of this document
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Year-End Review Headlines and Lessons Lessons Aplenty in the State's Biggest Stories in 2008, Which Included Disasters Both Natural and Economic.
As we look ahead to 2009, we reflect on all the doings in Wisconsin in 2008. Here are some of our picks for the top stories and the lessons they taught:
We were all wetThe National Weather Service says that, normally, 12 winter storms affect Wisconsin. By the end of April, 14 such storms hit southern Wisconsin o...See the full content of this document
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