Each dollar of net farm income results in an additional 60 cents of economic activity, according to University of Wisconsin research.
Wisconsin dairy farms are failing as milk prices fall
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
May 14, 2019
Research
Cat gets 3-D printed prosthetic legs from UW-Madison engineering class
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Months after being found on the streets of Chicago missing the bottom half of his hind legs, a brown tabby cat has a new name, a new home and now — with the help of some University of Wisconsin-Madison students — a pair of prosthetic legs.
Trees Have an Amazing Resistance to Decay Fungi
WXPR-FM
In this month’s installment of Field Notes, Scott Bowe of Kemp Station discusses trees and their resistance to decay fungi.
Higher Education/System
UW-Milwaukee lab tech charged with 10 counts of possessing child porn
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The 63-year-old was tracked down using the Milwaukee Police Department’s CyberTip, which discovered that an IP address, which eventually traced back to Dobberke’s computer, had viewed child pornography on Feb. 13, the complaint said.
Audit: Fewer Wisconsin Residents Enrolling At UW System
Wisconsin Public Radio
State auditors released new data examining tuition revenue within the UW System. It revealed in-state student enrollment has dropped significantly over the past nine years. System President Ray Cross details what’s driving the decline and how out-of-state students are making up the difference.
Crime and safety
Two years in prison for man who kept chemicals, bomb-making materials in apartment
Wisconsin State Journal
Rice asked for a sentence of three years in prison and eight years of extended supervision. He argued in the sentencing memorandum that Campbell was plotting a bomb attack on the UW-Madison campus, and drew comparisons between Campbell and infamous domestic terrorists Timothy McVeigh and Ted Kaczynski.
Madison man who stockpiled dangerous chemicals, built explosives sentenced 2 years prison
WISC-TV 3
A man who was convicted of stockpiling dangerous chemicals and building explosives inside his westside Madison apartment was sentenced to two years in prison Monday.
Son charged with 2nd-degree murder in what attorney calls ‘horrible accident’
Chicago Daily Herald
A 21-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in the March 24 baseball-bat beating death of his mother inside their Campton Hills home, which his defense attorney said was a “horrible accident.”
Community
Rhinelander grads win ‘Wisconsin Idea Fellowships’
Rhinelander Star Journal
Two Rhinelander High School graduates have been awarded 2019-20 Wisconsin Idea Fellowships (WIF) for undergraduate projects at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In its 21st year, WIF are awarded to UW-Madison projects working to solve issues identified by local or global communities.
Athletics
Devil’s Lake prepping for Big Ten rowing championships
It was going to take a special proposal for the Big Ten Conference women’s rowing championships to leave Indianapolis. The University of Wisconsin came up with one, and eight Big Ten rowing teams will dip their shells into the waters of Devil’s Lake State Park on Sunday in Baraboo.
Obituaries
Pioneering physician Masood Akhtar got hearts beating the right way
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
At the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, where he was a professor, Akhtar created an accredited fellowship program that trained hundreds of electrophysiologists.