Labor delegate from Wisconsin fears race an issue for Obama (Rocky Mountain News via Yahoo! News)
Wisconsin union activist Paula Dorsey had been a Hillary Clinton delegate, but she has thrown her support to Barack Obama now that he is expected to be nominated as the Democratic candidate.

Wisconsin allegiance to Obama is clear at Dem convention (The Capital Times)
DENVER -- Gov. Jim Doyle was ready to tout Wisconsin as he announced the presidential vote tally of the state's delegation to the Democratic National Convention. No, he wasn't going to say, "Come and freeze in the land of cheese." The governor was thinking of pitching Wisconsin as the innovation state -- focusing on stem cell research at the University of Wisconsin and other examples of ...

Wisconsin Powerball player wins $200,000 (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
No one won the $62 million jackpot in Wednesday's Powerball drawing, but one person in Colorado did win $400,000 and four others in Arizona, Wisconsin, Connecticut and Delaware won $200,000.

Wisconsin students score higher than national SAT averages (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
High school graduates in Wisconsin taking the SAT continue to score higher than the national average, according to the College Board, which owns the test.

Wisconsin man wins grand champion inspector award (The Trucker)
WASHINGTON — Daniel Slick, a Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance-certified North American Standard Level I inspector from Wisconsin, has won this year’s North American Inspectors Championship in Houston, according to a CVSA news release.