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Fiddlers from Scandanavia kick off the Irvin L. Young season Friday |
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Written by Geneva Lakes Weekender
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Wednesday, 14 September 2011 08:06 |
Frigg, with their hot fiddles from cool Scandinavia, opens the season Friday at Young Auditorium. Mike Morbeck photo.
(For the complete schedule, see the e-edition HERE.)
WHITEWATER — The musical group Frigg opens the season at the University of Wisconsin-Whiteewater. Hot fiddles from cool Scandinavia is the first stop on this annual tour of World Music that will kick off each new season at the auditorium. Frigg is at the crest of a new wave of Finnish fiddle music.
In a recent U.S. tour, when Frigg appeared on Garrison Keillor’s radio show “A Prairie Home Companion,” the studio audience begged for an encore.
Young auditorium audiences will be rolling on the floor with laughter with N*W*C*: The Race Show. Three men of different ethnicities who have created a hilarious hip-hop send-up of their personal struggle to craft an assured personal identity while living in America’s middle class culture.
On Saturday, Oct. 1, at 7:30 p.m. take a musical journey through the ’60s with Jim Witter as he performs Feelin’ Groovy — the music of Simon and Garfunkel.
Tickets available at (262) 472-2222 or go to www.uww.edu/youngauditorium.
(For the complete schedule, see the e-edition HERE.) |
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Smell smoke? Blame the Minnesota wildfire |
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Written by Dan Plutchak
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Tuesday, 13 September 2011 11:39 |
BELOIT -- The smoke and haze outside today in southern Wisconsin is coming from a wildfire raging in northeast Minnesota, according to the National Weather Service.
Northwest winds in the wake of a strong cold front have brought smoke from the Pagami Creek wildfire into Wisconsin. There have been numerous reports of smoke and even some ash in the Northwoods region.
Earlier this morning, the visibility dropped to one and a half miles at Rhinelander due to the smoke. Although Visibility restrictions were not as pronounced at other locations, the scent of smoke was clearly evident across the entire region.
Some residents of north central Wisconsin have reported difficulty with breathing, irritated eyes and headaches as a result of the smoke.
Air quality likely will remain unhealthy at times in parts of north central and northeast Wisconsin over the next few days.
Children, elderly people, individuals with respiratory and cardiac problems or anyone engaged in strenuous outdoor activities for a prolonged period of time should use caution. |
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Fontana park commissioner dead following road construction accident |
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Written by Dan Plutchak
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Tuesday, 13 September 2011 10:01 |
FONTANA — A Fontana man died Monday while working on an Illinois roadway after a truck driver cut a corner too tightly and ran the man over.
Daniel Green, 38, was working as a contractor for the Illinois Department of Transportation when the accident happened about 11:15 a.m. in Elmhurst, Ill.
Green was three feet back from the curb on the northwest corner of York and Lake Streets in Elmhurst when the truck struck him.
He was pronounced dead at the scene from massive internal injuries, said Illinois State Police told the Daily Herald.
Green was a village of Fontana park commissioner and was instrumental in initiating and planning the Fontana Park Commission's annual Pig in the Park fund-raising event held on Saturday of Labor Day weekend. He had been a member of the Park Commission since September 2007, according to a village of Fontana news release.
Village officials described Green as one of the hardest working volunteers the village and he always had a smile on his face when he stopped in to visit or to attend a meeting.
The driver of the truck the struck Green, a 32-year-old Chicago man whose name police did not release, was cited for an improper turn, according to police.
"They way he turned, his trailer went up over the curb," Illinois State Police Master Sgt. Bob Huber told the newspaper. "The worker was three feet off the roadway. The back wheels of his trailer went up over the curb." |
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Photo gallery: Flying high at AirFest |
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Written by Dan Plutchak
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Monday, 12 September 2011 13:50 |
No, the photograph isn't upside down, it's Gene Soucy's daredevil show, with Teresa Stokes strapped to the wing, from this weekend's AirFEST at the Rock County Airport. See the photo gallery HERE. |
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Sunday's Autorama largest show of its kind in the Midwest |
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Written by Dennis HInes/Stateline News
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Monday, 12 September 2011 13:37 |
Organizers expect more the 1,200 classic cars to be on display Sept. 18 at the Beloit Autorama car show. The show at Preservation Park features antique cars, street rods, custom cars, modified high-performance vehicles and special interest vehicles. Photo submitted.
(Read the story in the e-edition HERE)
BELOIT TOWNSHIP — Local car enthusiasts will rev up their engines and head to the town of Beloit Sept. 18 to display their classic automobile.
The 35th annual Beloit Autorama will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 18 at Preservation Park located at 3444 S. Riverside Drive. The event will feature antique cars, street rods, custom cars, modified high-performance vehicles and special interest vehicles. Todd Nelson, co-chairperson for Beloit Autorama, said he expects about 1,200 vehicles to be displayed at this year’s event. |
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