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Grothman Pushes Panel to OK Bill

1/31/2014

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MADISON (AP) — A Republican legislator tried to convince the state Senate’s labor committee Thursday to approve his bill allowing factory and retail employees to work longer weeks despite concerns the measure would lead to bosses intimidating workers into giving up their weekends.

Wisconsin law requires employers who own or operate factories or retail stores to give their workers at least 24 consecutive hours off every seven days. Employers and unions can seek waivers from the state allowing workers to go without an off day if the workers choose to do so. Employees in other industries face no such time restrictions.


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Geocaching in Heritage Park

1/29/2014

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If you haven't heard about the new trend of geocaching look no further than Heritage Park here in the Village of Richfield. Geocaching is a real-world treasure hunt that's happening right now, all around the world. 

There are currently 2,292,329 active geocaches and over 6 million geocachers worldwide. 


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westbury bank in Richfield Closing

1/29/2014

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RT learned today that the westbury bank in Village of Richfield will be closing on May 2nd.  

RT is sad to hear that as they have been great supporters of many organizations within Richfield.
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Immigration and the World Poor

1/29/2014

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Best presentation ever on this subject.

Poverty explained by world population in gumballs...
Can immigration to the US help? 

Watch as it is explained...click here 
 

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Consultant to help search for County HR Director 

1/29/2014

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By DAVE RANK   Daily News Staff

The plan to hire a consultant to help Washington County Manager Joshua Schoemann hire a human resources director got the backing of a second County Board committee Tuesday, but not without some resistance.

“I’m very upset about this whole thing,” County Supervisor Marilyn Merten, town of Polk, told her fellow county supervisors on the Administrative Services Committee. “What we need is to get moving.”


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Chill Out About Global Warming

1/28/2014

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US bureaucrats won’t change climate change

The Hill, the newspaper that covers Congress, says this year, there will be a major policy battle over “climate change.” Why?

We already waste billions on pointless gestures that make people think we’re addressing global warming, but the earth doesn’t notice or care.


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Cannons from the Arizona and Missouri Battleships

1/24/2014

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A memorial to both the USS Arizona and USS Missouri can be found in Phoeniz Arizona at the Wesley Bolin Plaza. Here is a video showing the placement of the gun barrels. Symbolic of the beginning and end or "bookends" of the war.

The USS Arizona had 12 of these gun barrels.
More information on the Arizona

The USS Missouri had 9 of these gun barrels - six forward and 3 aft. More information on the Missouri

Don't you wonder with all this weight how the ships floated!  
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Richfield OKs contract for road work 

1/24/2014

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Engineering firm says it can work for $19K
By SARAH MANN  Daily News Staff

RICHFIELD — The village might have found a solution to its road problem.

The problem is that Richfield has 154 miles of road to maintain, and not a lot of money with which to maintain them. Village President John Jeffords said that ideally, crews would be repaving 8- or 9-mile stretches of road each year, but the current count comes in at 3-4 miles because that’s what the village’s budget can support. In 2012, road project costs were $65,702; in 2013, they were $44,186.

Craig Kunkel said his firm can get it done in $19,700.


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Jobless rate drops to 6.2 percent 

1/24/2014

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MADISON (AP) — The state’s unemployment rate improved slightly last month, nudging down a tenth of a percentage point to 6.2 percent.

The state Department of Workforce Development released its latest figures Thursday. They show the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in December was half a percentage point better than the national rate of 6.7 percent.

The state gained a net of 6,200 nonfarm jobs during the month. About 3,200 were in professional and business services, 1,600 were in manufacturing and 1,300 were in leisure and hospitality. But there were 2,600 job losses in construction and 2,200 jobs lost in financial activities.


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Walker speaks out against raising minimum wage 

1/24/2014

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RT provides non biased information, so this article offers a perspective from both sides.

MADISON (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker lashed out Thursday against Democratic proposals to raise the minimum wage, calling them a ‘‘political grandstanding stunt’’ that will kill jobs.

Walker was addressing a friendly crowd at a meeting of the Wisconsin Grocers Association, a group that opposes increasing the minimum wage. Democrats both nationally and in Wisconsin and other states are pushing for increasing it.


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