Looking back on the year
- 2:21 PM — Dec 30 —
- Source: DeForest Times-Tribune - DeForest WI
It's that time of the year when the newspapers and television news programs recap the news highlights of the year. Read More
A look back at a busy 2009
- 1:21 PM — Dec 30 —
- Source: DeForest Times-Tribune - DeForest WI
Windsor supervisors have told DeForest they want to meet board-to-board about cooperative planning, but DeForest trustees haven't reciprocated, yet. Read More
New grocery store coming in spring
- 1:21 PM — Dec 30 —
- Source: DeForest Times-Tribune - DeForest WI
Area residents hoping for another grocery store to replace Burbach's Market are in for some good news. Read More
Deforestation Increased as World Prepared for COP15
- 12:16 AM — Dec 28 —
- Source: Treehugger
The Amazon watchdog group The Institute of Man and Environment (Imazon), was the first to discover the recent devastation, according to a report by Globo . Read More
Norskies back on top of North
- 1:22 PM — Dec 23 —
- Source: DeForest Times-Tribune - DeForest WI
After losing a home game to Portage the previous week, the DeForest High School boys' basketball team knew it had to pick up a conference road victory at some point to offset the loss. Read More
Janet Ranganathan: Can Climate Action Resuscitate Tropical Forests?
- 1:48 PM — Dec 21 —
- Source: Alternet.org
Each year about 13 million hectares of the world's forests are lost due to deforestation, an area the size of Greece. Read More
Climate talks end with no approval of pact
- 4:37 AM — Dec 20 —
- Source: Boston.com - Boston MA
The conference also drew to a close without approving a pact that would have paid developing nations to protect the world's tropical forests from deforestation - a significant cause of greenhouse gas emissions because the destruction of trees releases the carbon stored in them and, if they are not replaced, means there are fewer trees to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Read More
