By Susan Lampert Smith, The Wisconsin State Journal Nov. 6--Maybe it won 't get us on a magazine cover, but it turns out Madison is a pretty good place to have a stroke. Just ask John Weiss, medical director of the Red Cross. Here 's the great thing: You can ask him.

By Matt Hildner, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo. Oct. 7--ARCHULETA COUNTY -- County authorities here are awaiting the arrival of investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board, following a Thursday night plane crash that took the lives of all three people on board.

By John Weiss, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn. Sep. 27--GENEVA, Minn.

By John Weiss, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn. Sep. 6--Think of our streams and rivers as houses for fish, bugs, algae and plants. Now and then, those homes need a little cleaning, which is where high water comes in.

By John Weiss, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn. Aug. 2--Thirty years ago, I dabbled redworms on the edge of phragmites in Weaver Bottoms and caught slab bluegills, some 10 or 11 inches long, one after the other. That was the best sunfish fishing of my life.