Wisconsin refrigerator maker Sub-Zero Freezer/Wolf Appliance says it will lay off up to 350 local employees after May 1. Chuck Verri, Sub-Zero Freezer/Wolf Appliance's vice president of human resources, told the Wisconsin State Journal in Madison, Wis., that the layoffs are being prompted by the recession and market slowdown in housing and remodeling. It's a continuation of the low demand for new housing, he said.

By Matthew Defour, The Wisconsin State Journal Dec. 22--Madison officials held the line Thursday against a Dane County proposal to build a jail on the South Side, but county officials won't rule out anything at this point.

MONONA, Wis. - No more bare bodies for the old boys. Police on Monday stripped the local chapter of the International Order of Old Bastards of the exotic dancers who have performed at their meetings for decades.