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The experience of ice fishing is hilariously brought to life on stage in this musical comedy, as fishing buddies Marvin and Lloyd discuss fishing, homespun philosophies, and life in general. You'll laugh out loud with their original songs like "Ode to the Snowmobile Suite" and "The One That Got Away".

Wisconsin legislature pushing for prank call banLaura Donovan - The Daily Caller – Tue Mar 1, 3:43 pm ET A week after Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker received a prank call from blogger Ian Murphy, who posed as conservative billionaire David Koch, two Wisconsin legislators introduced a bill Monday that would ban prank calls, reports the Badger Herald. Republican state Sen. Mary Lazich and Republican state Rep. Mark Honadel said their measure would forbid deceiving the call’s recipient into believing the caller is someone he or she is not. “While use of spoofing is said to have some legitimate uses,...

Democratic State Senators who protested the budget repair bill by leaving the state have been found. The lawmakers are in the Best Western Clock Tower Resort in Rockford Illinois. Law enforcement officials have been looking for at least one Democratic senator to bring in for a quorum required for a fiscal measure, but Democratic Senator Jon Erpenbach confirmed to Newsradio 620 WTMJ that he and all of his Democratic colleagues boarded a bus and left the state.

Local activists were scheduled to hold a press conference Wednesday in front of the State Capitol to kick off a 100-day campaign against local, state and federal laws that target immigrant communities."We're going to be working very hard during these 100 days to keep pushing things on every single level, the federal, state and local, to change the things we need to change," said Alex Gillis, co-founder of the Immigrant Workers Union. The press conference will be at the State Street entrance of the Capitol building at 5 p.m. The local 100-days campaign will run in conjunction with other efforts...

Fredonia increases village tax levy 14.2% Fredonia - On a 5-2 vote, with the current and former village presidents voting no, the Village Board has approved a 2006 budget that includes a nearly 14.2% property tax levy increase. The levy will rise from $579,549 to $661,598, Village Clerk / Treasurer Jo Ann Wagner said. Before passing the budget after a hearing Thursday night, the board reduced the levy by $15,000. The board decided not to construct a second soccer field next year in the southwestern corner of the village. As a result of the levy increase, the property tax rate...