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• More Democrat B.S. from “Babs”

  We saw it before with Henry “Pig Nose” Waxman’s speed reader antics on the house floor with the climate kook bill. Health Care, we’ve seen the little Eva Braun herself, Nancy Pelosi lock Republicans out, and she and her special interests are responsible for the worst piece of legislation in [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 9:02pm EST
  by The Admiral

• They’re a little slow figuring out the obvious

  Writing checks with no money in your account isn’t a very bright thing to do. Constantly borrowing money from the sharks when you don’t have a job. Another not so bright move. Spending more money when your country’s unfunded liabilities are almost 106 trillion dollars and your liability per citizen [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 9:00pm EST
  by The Admiral

• Nanna’s knowlege of the constitution

  Posted in Cartoons Tagged: Nancy Pelosi [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 8:58pm EST
  by The Admiral

• Bayfield orchards donate over 17 tons of apples to Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank

  Despite cold, rainy and even snowy weather last Friday and Saturday in Bayfield, volunteers picked 12,720 pounds, or 303 bushels, of apples at Erickson’s Orchard and Country Store. During the previous weekend Rabideaux’s Bayfield Fruit Company and Blue Vista Farms of Bayfield opened their orchards to volunteers offering their bumper crop [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 5:02pm EST
  by The Admiral

• Ashland city council members looking for cuts

  They’ve heard from city staff and department heads about all facets of the City of Ashland’s 2010 budget, and now some councilors are seeking ways to reduce the budget in hopes of giving residents a property tax break. While they mainly listened during several budget workshop sessions dating back to August, [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 5:00pm EST
  by The Admiral

• Roundabout on track for 2011

  Residents of the Town of Eileen and others interested in plans by the Department of Transportation to construct a traffic circle interchange at the intersection of State Highway 13 and U.S. Highway Two west of Ashland were told the project is on track to be built during the 2011 constriction [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 4:58pm EST
  by The Admiral

• Mattson survives

  IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — Kim Mattson retained her position as Ironwood Township supervisor in Tuesday’s recall election by 64 votes, 458 to 394. Full Story Posted in U.P. Tagged: Ironwood Township, Kim Mattson [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 1:02pm EST
  by The Admiral

• Ironwood voters elect 3 newcomers

  IRONWOOD — Incumbent Ironwood City Commissioner Bob Burchell was somewhat shocked and humbled Tuesday when he became mayor by finishing as the top vote-getter in a 12-person field. Full Story Posted in Ironwood Tagged: Government [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 1:00pm EST
  by The Admiral

• Swine flu shot clinics set in Hurley

  The Iron County Health Department has scheduled three clinics, beginning Friday, to give H1N1 flu vaccinations to target groups of county residents. No appointment is needed for the clinics, which are set for 8 a.m. to noon Friday; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11; and 9 a.m. to 4 [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 12:58pm EST
  by The Admiral

• Split Rock Lighthouse to celebrate centennial in 2010

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    Fox21Online Posted in Video Tagged: Split Rock Lighthouse [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 9:02am EST
  by The Admiral

• The Minnesota Vikings are a better football team than the Green Bay Packers

  GREEN BAY — Eight weeks into the National Football League season there is one thing you can say with certainty: The Minnesota Vikings are a better football team than the Green Bay Packers. The 38-26 loss the Packers suffered at the hands of the Vikings Sunday at Lambeau Field closed the argument. [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 9:00am EST
  by The Admiral

• Vendetta led to Sawyer Co. murder-suicide

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  A vendetta over a failed relationship apparently led to a murder-suicide over the weekend in Wisconsin, authorities say. The Sawyer County Sheriff’s Department said that Arthur A. Garcia, 31, of Stone Lake, Wis., had been involved with the sister of David Palm, whose body was found Saturday. The couple had a [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 8:58am EST
  by The Admiral

• State agencies in MI could get 20% cut in next budget

  LANSING, Mich. (AP) Michigan agencies are being told they could see up to a 20 percent cut in the next budget year on top of the 10 percent cut they took this year. Liz Boyd, Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s spokeswoman, said Tuesday that departments are being asked “to put together plans that [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 5:02am EST
  by The Admiral

• Powderhorn has new owners

  BESSEMER, Mich. – Big Powderhorn Mountain has been purchased by Agates, LLC, a Michigan Company. Bruce Noren, executive managing member for Agates LLC, will serve as General Manager of the new Big Powderhorn Mountain Resort.  In a press release, he said the resort will build upon its strong history as a [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 5:00am EST
  by The Admiral

• Federal taxpayer money helps restore Apostle Islands lighthouses

  APOSTLE ISLANDS (WPR) Congress is sending a second multi-million dollar package to the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore to restore its 19th century lighthouses. 150 years’ worth of the wrath of Lake Superior can take its toll on the eight light towers standing as sentinels among the Apostle Islands.   Apostle Islands National [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 4:58am EST
  by The Admiral