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LOCALSTATE A-2 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 2012 GREEN BAY PRESS-GAZETTE WWW.GREENBAYPRESSGAZETTE.COM amocrat Herman enters lieutenant governor race Primary, if needed, will be May general election will be held June 5 president of the Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin, and Milwaukee private investigator Ira Robins. For information, go to www.bermanltgovernor mocrats have said they want to take on Republican Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch in a recall election. If a Democratic primary is necessary, it will be on May 8, with the gen eral election on June 5.

Berman, 47, is a contract driver and has never run for statewide office before. He ran for state Assembly in 2004 and lost to then-Assembly Speaker John Card. Berman says he wanted to run for lieutenant governor in part because other candidates were from the Madison or Milwaukee areas. Other Democrats running are Mahlon Mitchell, The Associated Press MADISON Bruce Berman of Marinette is planning to run for lieutenant governor as a Democrat. At least two other De MayorCity working to lure medical college McCarrenContract with WFRV continues to the end of the month training of city workers and would in-crease opportunities for college students to obtain sum From A-1 Schmitt vowed to meet regularly with higher education leaders in the region to explore ways of boosting college enrollment He also said the city is working hard with local hospitals and others to en LJld games.

Following football, WFRV gave him a tremendous opportunity in broadcasting, he said. Langenfeld "I had no idea what it was going to lead to," McCarren said. "I kind of stumbled into it and had no idea that I would end up still sitting here 24 years later. OTHER TOPICS IN HIS STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS, MAYOR JIM SCHMITT ALSO: Said a city hiring freeze has frozen 40 positions and saved $800,000 so far. Called for fully automated trash collection and curb-side recycling services.

Announced a new crime-prevention partnership linking police and neighborhood groups. Disclosed that more downtown housing developments are in the works. Named Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary curator Lori Bank-son the city's employee of the year. Said that H.J. Martin Son has purchased the former Cub Foods site on West Mason Street.

Announced plans for a new synthetic ice-skating rink downtown from private "I came in with no experi "With a shared community vision focused on ensuring success for every student," Langenfeld said, "we can create policy as well as community and family partnerships needed to achieve this ambitious but attainable goal." Schmitt said fourth-grade test scores are pivotal in planning a community's future needs for college classrooms, dropout rates and even the number of prison beds. Urging greater support for early childhood-development programs and continued promotion of such resources as public libraries, the mayor said a comprehensive citywide push could succeed in raising Green Bay student reading scores. "This will take a collaborative effort," he said. "Government, parents, nonprofits, the private sector a whole community should be involved." iwilliamsgreenbaypressgazette and follow him on Twitter pgscottwilliams. ence, and I was just God awful.

Fortunately for me, management had some patience. On the flip side of From A-1 Wexler said. "If there's an opportunity, we'll certainly take a look at it." McCarren's contract with WFRV continues to the end of the month, and "until I'm officially done, there seems to be some gray matter out there," McCarren said. The status of his popular "Larry McCarren's Locker Room" show is not known. "That's one of those issues that has to be worked out," he said.

"I don't think it's gone for good." McCarren's final WFRV broadcast will be 10 p.m. Friday. "I might pull out one of my finer moments," he said. "I enjoy a good laugh, even if it's at myself." McCarren played 12 seasons for the Packers and was known as "The Rock" for starting 162 consecutive that, I was stubborn enough. I didn't want to quit a failure, so I kind of hung mer internships in every department at City Hall.

He urged private businesses to step up their use of college interns, too. For elementary schools, Schmitt called on the community to set a goal of 100 percent proficiency in reading test scores for all fourth-graders in the Green Bay School District. The district's proficiency rate among fourth-graders currently is about 73 percent. Green Bay schools Superintendent Michelle Langenfeld was unable to attend, but she issued a statement voicing support for the mayor's effort. She said it was consistent with the school district's own objectives for boosting student test scores in reading.

in there a while and then eventually, I think I got to the point where I was less tice the Medical College of Wisconsin to build a new satellite campus in Green Bay. The Milwaukee-based school is considering several potential sites across the state for expansion. Schmitt cited the medical school development as another way to make higher education available to all young people in Green Bay. "We need to create a culture of college here," he said. "When you see a student, don't ask if they are going to college, but where they are going to college." Also sitting in the audience for the mayor's address was Kathryn Kuhn, a vice president of the Medical College of Wisconsin and a member of the school's administrative team that will choose the site for the satellite campus.

Kuhn, a Green Bay na lousy than I was at the start." McCarren has been named Wisconsin Sports-caster of the Year four times. wgerdsgreenbaypressgazette TODAY'S DEAL! tive, said she was happy to hear Schmitt emphasize the $10 for $20 worth of food drink at Bates City Bar-B-Que April 1st is importance of education. Green Bay is competing aggressively for the planned medical school expansion, she added, citing the Palm Sun lav heels of other major real estate development plans highlighted in the State of the City address, including new downtown corporate headquarters for Schreiber Foods and Associated Bank, the new Children's Museum of Green Bay, the Watermark building and a federal veterans health care clinic. Schmitt calculated that development under way in the city totals $130 million in new investment, which he said is approaching a record high with eight months left in the year. "Economic development in 2012 will be our best year yet," he said.

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