Speaking from his childhood home in Lena, Wis., Assembly Speaker John Gard, R-Peshtigo, announced his plans to run for U.S. Congress Wednesday.
Gard, who has served in the State Assembly since 1987, hopes to fill the 8th Congressional District position currently held by Rep. Mark Green, R-Hobart.
State Rep. Terri McCormick, R-Greenville, is also considering a run for the District 8 spot.
Possible Democratic candidates for the Northeast Wisconsin seat include Green Bay business consultant Jamie Wall, former Brown County executive Nancy Nusbaum, Appleton allergist Steven Kagen and former Ashwaubenon police officer Rich Langan.
More student housing would have sprinkler systems under a proposal made Tuesday in the state Assembly's Committee on Colleges and Universities.
Current regulations dictate that university residential structures 60 feet and taller must have sprinkler systems by 2006.
The proposal extends the responsibility to install sprinkler systems to non-university student housing, including fraternities and sororities. Specifically, any housing 60 feet or taller, or any facility lodging over 100 persons with at least 80 percent of them students, would have to contain sprinklers.
The proposal mandates that sprinklers also be located on every floor.
If the proposal were to become law, residences would have 60 months to become retrofitted with sprinklers.
UW-Whitewater student Johnnie Lechner started school as a 12th-year senior this past week.
While Lechner offers no guarantee this will be his last year, he will be busy with a full plate of side projects, including a National Lampoon-produced reality series, a potential film and television show, endorsement offers and two book deals, each of which provide six figure paydays.
As Lechner has exceeded the maximum number of credits one person can have without earning a degree, he pays double tuition.
However, in exchange for filming the reality series, National Lampoon has offered to pay his tuition as well as sponsor a graduation party for him in May.
