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• Dining, Featured Lifestyle, Lifestyle, Wisconsin January 12,2017 by Michael Muckian

  State drink ‘Old Fashioned’ gives name to Madison restaurant

  Ice cubes clink musically in the cocktail’s condensation-coated glass. A bright maraschino cherry orb over a citrus-rind smile winks from the rim. An alluring brandy-and-bitters aroma makes the cocktail impossible to resist. The Old Fashioned is the Badger state’s official cocktail — and where more appropriate to enjoy one than at The Old Fashioned, Madison’s supper-club-on-steroids tha.... Read More
• Featured Lifestyle, Lifestyle, News, Wellness January 12,2017 by Lisa Neff

  Health officials urge flu shots as millennials resist

  With flu cases on the rise, health officials at the state and federal level are urging people of all ages to get flu shots. Despite that advice, more than half of millennials resist getting vaccinated, according to a new survey from CityMD, conducted by Harris Poll’s Quick Query for the network of urgent care centers. The online survey polled 2,080 adults ages 18 and older on their intentions .... Read More
• Featured, Featured Lifestyle, Good buys, Lifestyle, Tech January 10,2017 by Associated Press

  Electrifying auto news: Top car award goes to Chevy Bolt

  The Chevy Bolt has been named top car in North America, a milestone for a car General Motors hopes will finally get Americans hooked on electric vehicles. The Honda Ridgeline grabbed the honor for top truck. Utility vehicles were honored separately for the first time, with the Pacifica minivan from Fiat Chrysler snagging that award. The honors were announced at Detroit’s Cobo Center as .... Read More
• Featured Lifestyle, Lifestyle, Pets January 03,2017 by Wisconsin Gazette

  Scientists study the cat tongue

  All it took was watching her cat lick a thick, microfiber blanket and become stuck, tongue out. Alexis Noel — a doctoral candidate in mechanical engineering working in the Hu Biolocomotion Lab at Georgia Tech — was inspired to explore the odd “spines” she noticed while helping to disentangle her cat’s tongue. That tongue is covered in tiny Velcro-like hooks and, as it glides over fur, t.... Read More
• Featured, Featured Lifestyle, Lifestyle, Wellness, Wisconsin December 30,2016 by Associated Press

  Shots urged as flu cases rise in Wisconsin

  Wisconsin health officials say flu cases are on the rise and they are urging people to take precautions like getting a flu shot. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services said on Dec. 28 there had been 161 influenza cases so far this season, and 95 hospitalizations, including eight children and 78 adults age 50 and older. Of those hospitalized with influenza, 63 percent were 65 or older. S.... Read More
• Dining, Featured Lifestyle, Lifestyle December 29,2016 by Lisa Neff

  Hot on the menu: Chefs’ 2017 forecast for foodies

  How would you like your Merlot cut cooked? Medium-rare? New cuts of meat — the Merlot cut, shoulder tender, oyster steak and Vegas Strip — rank No. 1 on the list of top 20 food trends for 2017. Each year, the National Restaurant Association surveys about 1,300 professional chefs — members of the American Culinary Federation — to compile its series of “What’s Hot” in restaurant food.... Read More
• Featured Lifestyle, Lifestyle, Pets December 29,2016 by Associated Press

  For environmental dogs, sniffing out doody is their duty

  Some pollution-sniffing dogs at the Jersey shore have shown they’re No. 1 at sniffing out No. 2. A team of specially trained dogs has pointed out more than 70 spots in three towns near the Navesink River where human waste may be making its way into the waterway, parts of which are closed to shell-fishing because of high bacteria levels. The dogs sniffed out potentially broken or leaking sewer .... Read More
• Community, Dining, Environment, Featured Lifestyle, Lifestyle, Milwaukee, Wellness December 29,2016 by Wisconsin Gazette

  Milwaukee’s Growing Power hosts winter market

  Since mid-fall, the fourth annual Growing Power Winter Market has been taking place in Milwaukee. The second half of the 2016-17 winter market season will begin Jan. 7 at 5500 W. Silver Spring Drive. Growing Power, an urban farm, has earned national recognition for its mission to provide equal access to healthy, high-quality, safe and affordable food for all people in the communities in w.... Read More
• Environment, Featured, Featured Lifestyle, Lifestyle, National, News, Wellness December 27,2016 by Associated Press

  Minnesota is leading the rest of country in banning germ-killer triclosan

  Minnesota’s first-in-the nation ban on soaps containing the once ubiquitous germ-killer triclosan takes effect Jan. 1, but the people who spearheaded the law say it’s already having its desired effect on a national level. The federal government caught up to Minnesota’s 2014 decision with its own ban that takes effect in September 2017. Major manufacturers have largely phased out the chemi.... Read More
• Featured Lifestyle, Good buys, Lifestyle, Tech, Travel, Wellness December 26,2016 by Lisa Neff

  Good buys, better living: H20 helpers

  Water is life. And we’re going into 2017 resolved to continue standing with the water protectors at Standing Rock, battle government efforts to sell public water to Wall Street, challenge the proposed leasing of public land and take over of private land for fracking operations and champion regulations aimed at keeping pollutants out of our waterways and removing contaminants from our water su.... Read More