TECHNOLOGY
End of Extinction?
In the future, we might be able to worry about one less thing: extinction. This goes for species whose numbers are currently low, but also for those which no longer walk the earth. Advances made now...
Posted on 3/25/13 at 9:28 AM
Technological Advances
Earlier this week, I had a rather chaotic day. In the morning, I wrote on my hand to remind myself of a task to email Rick. At lunch, I noticed it on my hand and realized that I had not seen the insi...
Posted on 9/21/12 at 7:00 AM
Home Appliances Have Joined the “Smart” Revolution
Did you ever believe it was possible that your refrigerator would tell you what to buy, cook or eat? What about being able to download new washing cycle for your washing machine or have your oven and ...
Posted on 7/13/12 at 8:39 AM
Flood proved worth of electronic media
Duluth was treated to Mother Natures softer side during Grandmas Marathon weekend so much so that the News Tribune pointed it out in the headline of a follow-up story Monday. What she brought out ...
Posted on 6/24/12 at 12:00 AM
Civility and kindness...are they slipping away from us as a society?
I was visiting Sarah and my new grandbaby Lennon on Wednesday when I first caught the story on television about the bullied bus monitor video that had gone viral on the Internet. The entertainment sho...
Posted on 6/22/12 at 7:05 AM
EDC leader says state’s slow Internet loses jobs
Wisconsin NewsWisconsin is losing out on jobs because the state’s high-speed Internet service is not extensive enough – or fast enough – according to Reed Hall, director of the state’s Economic Development Corporation.
April 17, 2013
Walker signs mining bill
Wisconsin NewsWith a sign on a desk that read “Mining for Jobs,” Governor Scott Walker signed the bill March 11 that seeks to make it easier to open a new iron-ore mine in far northern Wisconsin.
March 13, 2013
Convert phones into homes
March 06, 2013
Do Not Call deadline approaches
February 26, 2013
PSC rejects Forest wind-farm plan
Wisconsin NewsThe Wisconsin Public Service Commission declined plans for a 41-turbine wind farm near the town of Forest in St. Croix County.
February 20, 2013
Frac sand company re-submits application for Glenwood mine
A Texas-based company that withdrew its application for a frac sand mine in St. Croix County last summer is again asking for a special exception permit to open a mine.By Judy Wiff , January 30, 2013
Group seeks wind-farm moratorium
Wisconsin NewsThe Wisconsin Towns Association wants a moratorium on wind energy farms and voted this week to ask the state not to approve any more wind turbines until further health studies are done.
January 25, 2013
Debate over mining bill continues
Wisconsin NewsLawmakers bickered over where to hold public hearings about the pending bill many say will encourage more mining in Wisconsin. Some say hold it where the mining would take place; others want to meet in the north, near affected mining-equipment manufacturers.
January 23, 2013
Woman gets jail, fines for making bootleg movies
Wisconsin NewsA Kronenwetter woman was found guilty of making illegal copies of movies.
December 26, 2012
Auditors, UW, tangle about broadband
Wisconsin NewsState auditors want to know where the 26 UW campuses will get their Internet service starting in summer 2013.
December 19, 2012
Utility pro hangs up hard hat
By Debbie Griffin , December 17, 2012
Electric experts help reconnect East Coast
By Debbie Griffin , December 06, 2012
Lawmaker wants to ban political ‘robocalls’
Wisconsin NewsWisconsin state Senator Dave Hansen says he got eight or nine ‘robocalls’ per day during the last election.
December 05, 2012
Ponder this ‘strange telescope’ buried deep at the South Pole
By Phil Pfuehler , November 27, 2012
Top tech returns from Japan with high honors
By Debbie Griffin , November 07, 2012
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