Wells Bros. Pizza Hosts K-9 Units from Around Wisconsin

Fifteen officers and their K-9 partners from around Wisconsin are in town for training. After they enjoyed a hearty lunch at Wells Bros. Pizza, they posed for photos.

Thank you to the officers and their canine partners in the K-9 units from police jurisdictions from around the state for the work you put in keeping us safe. Fifteen officer teams are in town for training so they hopped over to local landmark Wells Bros. Pizza for a great lunch. After the humans enjoyed pizza, they posed for pictures with their four-legged partners and even let us meet and pet the dogs.

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Grab Dinner Wednesday and Help Relay for Life A-Team, Too

After a long day at work, why worry about dinner? Stop by Culver's at I-94 and Highway 20 on Wednesday instead, and help raise money for the Relay for Life A-Team of the American Cancer Society at the same time.

Ruud Lighting Vying for National Walmart Contract

The Sturtevant-based company wants to provide LED lighting indoors and out for Walmart Neighborhood Markets here and across the country.

**Updated 4 pm, May 15 Ruud Lighting is vying for the national contract to supply outdoor LED lighting for Walmart's Neighborhood Markets. The company wants to provide indoor lighting on a global scale for the retail giant as well. Christopher Ruud, vice president, confirmed the information Monday night at the Mount Pleasant Village Board meeting. "This new Neighborhood Market will be a showcase for emerging technologies," he told Mount Pleasant trustees. "To be able to have a store down the street as a showcase is great for credibility for the technology and our business as a whole." Ruud asked trustees to think about the jobs the Walmart contract will mean. "I'm here to speak to other side of the argument relative to the jobs created as …

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8:00 am on Thursday, May 17, 2012

@paul, you hit the nail on the head with this one. walmart is notorious for doing this. they enter into big contracts with a company, the company then borrows money to expand (in this case gets huge tax breaks from the taxpayers) then walmart starts dictating to the company the price they want to pay for the products at a greatly reduced price . and then the company becomes unprofitable. cree (…   more ›

Need Prom Dinner Plans? Wells Bros. Offers $20 Dinner for Two

For just $20, Wells Bros. Pizza is offering a full dinner for prom-goers. A 16" single topping pizza, cheesy garlic bread, and a pitcher of soda. Say you saw the special on Facebook and get a free dessert! Reservations are required.

POLL: Considering Unemployment Issues, is College Worth it?

Studies suggest that the difficult-to-enter workforce is getting harder for college grads, with a higher percentage of recent grads taking longer to find a job than in years past. Should more students be steered to the trades, starting in high school?

The difficulty that college graduates are having finding jobs has been a trend for some time now, but according to a Rutgers University study released Thursday, more recent grads are worse off. According to the study, 51 percent of students who have graduated college since 2006 have a full-time job, an article on HuffingtonPost.com said. "The situation is even more dire for those who have graduated since 2009," the article said. "Fewer than half of college graduates from those years found their first job within 12 months of graduating, much less than the 73 percent of those who graduated from 2006 to 2008. Those who graduated since 2009 are three times more likely to not have found a full-time job than those from the classes of 2006 …

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Sturtevant Porch Light Program Shines a Light on Safety

A $500 donation from WE Energies will help light porches throughout the village with energy-efficient CFL (compact flourescent light) bulbs.

Shortly after the 2009 murder of a suspected drug dealer in the village, Sturtevant Trustee Chris Larsen noticed how dark it was on some streets. "There were stretches of blocks where homes did not have their porch lights on," he said. "We'd just had our first murder in how many years and it didn't make sense for there to be no lights." So Larsen decided to do something about it. With help from WE Energies, Sturtevant handed out more than 300 light bulbs to residents for free as the Sturtevant Porch Light Project. Now, though, Larsen thinks it might be time to reactivate the program. "With all the break-ins we've had recently, I think we need to remind people of the importance of light," he added. Sturtevant Police Chief Sean Marschke said…

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