Top Story
What will become of old depot?
There's no denying that Portage's old Soo Line Depot has seen better days.
Several local people hope, however, that the century-old structure's "better days" might also lie ahead.
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Featured Story
Double digits for Emily
Emily Miller made it to double digits Friday, and for once, the number had nothing to do with lab results. Emily turned 10 years old after a bone marrow transplant, and fighting through three types of cancer for the majority of her life.
"Being 10 feels like I could drive. I feel like a tiny adult," Emily said. "My birthday wish is a secret, but I'll tell you, it's to have the happiest of birthdays."
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Milestones
Rohrbeck birth
A son, Kade Nicholas, was born Nov. 4, 2008, to Nick and Heather Rohrbeck of Eaton, Colo., weighing 7 pounds, 14 ounces and measuring 20 1/2 inches. Grandparents are Jamie and Donnie Parkins of Mazomanie, David Rohrbeck of Portage, and Janet and Gail Speer of Colorado. Great-grandparents are Darlene Rohrbeck, and Robert and Marion Beahm, all of Portage, and Richard and Vena Higbee of Colorado.
Davenport birthday
Mariah Davenport celebrates her fourth birthday Nov. 29, 2008. She will celebrate with her family, Tom, Stacy and Hannah Davenport, along with her friends at her "princess party." Grandparents are Bonnie and Mike Mulhern of Portage, Rich and Kathy Thompson of Pardeeville. Great-grandmother is Joyce Paske of Portage.
Birth Nov. 25
Nov. 25, 2008
Obituaries
Nyla Ann Alesi Urban
KINGMAN, Ariz./BRIGGSVILLE - Nyla Ann Alesi Urban, 63, died Nov. 22, 2008, at her home in Kingman, Ariz.
Marie Geiger
BRIGGSVILLE - Marie Geiger, 78, of Briggsville, died Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008, at Divine Savior Healthcare Hospital in Portage.
Joseph Heintz
WISCONSIN DELLS - Joseph Heintz, 18, of Wisconsin Dells, died Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008, at American Family Children's Hospital in Madison after battling ongoing health issues beginning at a young age.
Local
Burial mounds stop future development on site of Academy Building
ENDEAVOR - The discovery of Native American burial mounds will stop future development on a hill home to the old Academy Building that is owned by the village.
A group of representatives from the Ho-Chunk Nation performed an archaeology study of the hill recently, finding three Native American burial mounds. The discovery brings the total number of burials on the 15-acre property to four. A turtle mound was found in the same area during a similar archaeology study in May.
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Sports
PACKERS: Late game letdown
GREEN BAY - DeAngelo Williams scored his fourth touchdown of the game with 1 minute, 30 seconds remaining, giving the Carolina Panthers a stunning come-from-behind 35-31 victory over the Green Bay Packers in wintry conditions at Lambeau Field on Sunday.
The Packers appeared headed for a comeback victory of their own after breaking a 28-28 tie on Mason Crosby's 19-yard field goal with 1:57 remaining. But Green Bay immediately gave up a 45-yard kickoff return to Mark Jones and a 54-yard heave from Jake Delhomme to Steve Smith to set up first-and-goal on the Green Bay 1.
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Opinion
HENTOFF COLUMN: Darfur genocide is still going on
Of all the world's dictators, Sudan's Gen. Omar Al-Bashir is the most unfailingly duplicitous and murderously arrogant. His government was one of the first to welcome our new president with the hope that the slogan of President-elect Barack Obama - "change" - "would (bring) some real change between Sudan and the United States."
Obama knows better. As the Paris-based Sudan Tribune Web site reports: "During his campaign, Senator Obama pledged ‘unstinting resolve' to end the crisis in Darfur, and stated ‘there can be no doubt that the Sudanese government is chiefly responsible for the violence and is able to end it.'"
