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Blue Ice Shoves in Green Bay
Posted on March 26, 2011
A windy storm forced ice from Green Bay onto the marina breakwater wall at Menominee MI. The storm dumped more than a foot of snow on Marinette WI. and Menominee MI. Wednesday. The city of Menominee closed 1st Street from 6th to 14th Avenue because of drifting snow blown off of Green Bay.
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Racine man sells blood for Packers season tickets
Posted on February 5, 2011
If you want to know more about two of the NFL's smallest-market yet most successful franchises, talk to the fans.
Let 80-year-old Jim Becker of Racine, Wisconsin, who saw his first Green Bay game "a couple of weeks before Pearl Harbor," tell you how he used to sell blood for $10-$15 a pint to pay for his season tickets.
Read the whole story at cnn.com
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7-foot snowdrift forms on time-lapse video in Kenosha
Posted on February 2, 2011
A time lapse video of a giant snowdrift blocking up our front door overnight from 2/1/11 - 2/2/11.
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Heads up Steelers fans: Super Bowl may trigger heart attacks for fans of the losing team
Posted on January 31, 2011
This Sunday's Super Bowl could prove to be a real heartbreaker for some fans of the losing team.
A new study suggests that the emotional stress fans feel after a loss may trigger fatal heart attacks, especially in people who already have heart disease. Stress generates the so-called fight-or-flight response, which causes sharp upticks in heart rate and blood pressure that can strain the heart.
For people with heart disease -- or for those who are at risk due to factors such as obesity, smoking, and diabetes -- such strain can prove harmful, if not fatal.
Read the full story at cnn.com
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Aaron Williams and the Hoodoo on CNN [video & pix]
Posted on May 20, 2010
Thanks to Mike An Bobbi Stouffer for sending us their CNN iReport on the Madison-area band Aaron Williams and the Hoodoo <-- follow this link to CNN if the video does not load.
Flip through the pics, watch the video and enjoy their music!
Visit Aaron William and the Hoodoo's website
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Van Douser tower on Granite Peak (Rib Mountain, WI)
Posted on March 31, 2010
CNN producer note
WausauFamily took photos on March 13 and 14 to get a different look at the world.
- nsaidi, CNN iReport producer
iReport —
Today we went up the Van Douser tower on Granite Peak for some shots. Granite Peak is located in Rib Mountain, Wisconsin.
The tower was erected by the Wisconsin Conservation Department in co- operation with Wausau Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs. Dedicated June 7, 1959.
Thanks for checking out. This is one of the highest elevated spots in the entire state.
Number 2 is in black & white looking down.
Number 3 shows how nice a day it was here in Wisconsin today. Temps hit 62. Skier's in t-shirts.
[*NOTE FROM ASSEENINWI.COM: Thanks to Mike An Bobbi Stouffer for sharing this and other CNN iReports via our Facebook page, http://Facebook.com/InWisconsin ]
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