Waterloo News

"Food - Fuel - Future" is the theme for this year's Wisconsin Farm Technology Days coming up July 21-23, 2009, in Waterloo, Wisconsin.

Dave Hughes, who farms about 2,400 acres near Cambridge and at another location north of Wisconsin Rapids, can surf the Internet while he's spraying fertilizer on his soybean fields.

With just more than a year before the curtain goes up on Pierce County's edition of Wisconsin Farm Technology Days, local organizers traveled to rural Waterloo Wednesday to watch this year's hosts in Dodge County showcase their program to Wisconsin agricultural press.

About 200 media representatives descended on the Crave Brothers Farm near Waterloo on Wednesday morning to help spread the word about the 2009 Farm Technology Days.

The following recalls have been announced: _ About 3,600 Norco bicycle frames, manufactured in Taiwan by Norco Performance Bikes of Canada, because the frames can crack and separate.

"Trek is really excited to be a sponsor of this event," John Burke, president of the Waterloo, Wisconsin-based bicycle giant, said at Thursday's news conference announcing Ride the Drive .

New vehicle sales in south central Wisconsin continued to lag far behind comparable numbers from last year, with April 2009 figures for the nine-county region showing a 23.78 percent drop from sales in April 2008.

Farmers' Implement has donated $3,000 in cash and $7,000 in-kind services and equipment to the Dodge County Farm Technology Days show that will be held July 21-23 at Crave Brothers Farm, Waterloo.

TWO RIVERS - The Hatrack Storytellers are back in the Lakeshore area following an 11-year absence.

Is this floor wet or dry? - The gleaming, gem-like appearance of this concrete floor at Blackhawk Church, Madison, Wis., was achieved with a combination of sanding, diamond-polishing and application of dyes and lithium-silicate hardener/densifiers for concrete.

The Dane County Sheriff's Office is holding a community notification meeting for residents of Marshall, Waterloo and the town of Medina regarding the release of sex offender Anthony Velez.

The Green Bay Bullfrogs have signed another Wisconsin player for the 2009 Northwoods League season.

Editor's note: Every Monday, the Wausau Daily Herald features a different opportunity for people seeking employment.

Kelly Ann Ter Haar and Robert Arthur Scheel, Jr. are engaged and planning an October 24, 2009, wedding.

Fire destroyed tons of grain inside a barn on a farm in the town of York early Wednesday morning.

Tina Alexander Hirschfield's whoop of maternal affection sailed out over a sea of camouflage at the Dane County Coliseum on Tuesday.

* Alfredo O. Vela, 20, of 215 Frances Lane, Waterloo; operating a vehicle with a blood alcohol level of .08 or more, open intoxicants in a vehicle; fines totaling $285.60. * Dennis V. Luscher, 25, of 103 ...

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The 2008 movie "Mamma Mia!" starring Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan has introduced the music of ABBA to new generations of listeners.

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