The Hon. Hamdy Ezalarab, center, and Clerk of Court James Gray, left, listen to a man explain his traffic offense in Fitchburg Municipal Court in Fitchburg, Wis., Thursday evening, Dec. 16, 2010.
Surrounded by television lights and cameras, police officer Virginia L. Cherf-Mueller, serving as court bailiff, hands over court documents to a woman leaving court.
Televisions in the courtroom show exactly what is being broadcast.
Bailey Heibel, 13, of Waunakee roams and explores the lobby at Marcus Point Cinema while his father Tom and brother Zach, 14, center, chat, and his mother Julie, far left, picks up concessions in Madison, Wis., Saturday morning, Dec. 18, 2010. Both of the Heibels' sons have autistic spectrum disorders. The theater occasionally offers special showings of movies for children with autistic spectrum disorders or other sensory challenges (such as hypersensitivity to light or sound).
Dana Pellebon of Fitchburg watches the beginning of the movie "Yogi Bear" with her son, Cobain, 6, at Marcus Point Cinema.
Dustin Wallace shows Lifka Bennett's fifth grade class at Mineral Point School District Elementary School how his new prosthetic hand works during a discussion and question and answer period, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. Wallace, originally from Mineral Point and now of McFarland, lost his hand in a boating accident. The class wrote to the Wisconsin State Journal asking for a $200 donation towards the prosthetic.
Wallace and Bennett's fifth grade class.
From left, Fiberdome employees Dale Delaney, Terry Luker, and Mike Kelsey make a fiberglass hood for Oshkosh Defense's Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) all terrain vehicle (M-ATV) at the fiberglass product company's manufacturing facility in Lake Mills, Wis., Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010.
The fully-assembled, unpainted hood.
McFarland High School's Tyler Wedel (12) gets popped in the face by East Troy High School's Myles Olsen (10) in the third period of a game in McFarland, Wis., Friday evening, Dec. 17, 2010.
McFarland High School's Brett Kaether (14) and East Troy High School's Marcus Jones (34) go for a loose ball near mid court in the third period.
Three-year-old Ina Martinez of Waupun giggles while being held by Wisconsin football player Chris Borland (44), flanked by Aaron Henry, 7, left, and Bradie Ewing (34), right, during a visit with children patients at the American Family Children's Hospital in Madison, Wis., Friday afternoon, Dec. 17, 2010. Martinez is receiving treatment for leukemia.
University Avenue looking west from the 14th floor of the Pyare Square Building in Madison, Wis., Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010. The section of University officially reopened after a recent reconstruction project.
Signage at the east and west extremities of the University Avenue reconstruction project tout its funding sources.
Madison Memorial High School head coach Steve Collins screams instructions as Beloit Memorial High School narrowed the Spartans' lead in the second period of a game in Madison, Wis., Thursday evening, Dec. 16, 2010.
Madison Memorial High School's Tre' Burnette (15) guards Beloit Memorial High School's Mike Weston (5) as he regains his footing and control of the ball in the first period.
Madison Memorial High School's Jester Weah (14), right, attempts to block a shot by Beloit Memorial High School's Ahmad Shamsid-Dean (33) in the first period.
Original heating controls for the Wisconsin Union Theater (which opened in 1939) are still used in the Memorial Union on the UW-Madison campus, shown Thursday afternoon, Dec. 9, 2010.
This air handling unit above the Wisconsin Union Theater is one of about 30 in the Memorial Union. It is operating far beyond its expected life.
Students work in Der Rathskeller at the Memorial Union, Thursday afternoon, Dec. 9, 2010.
The Lake Mendota side of the Memorial Union on the UW-Madison campus, shown Thursday afternoon, Dec. 9, 2010.
Students cross East Johnson Street at North Fourth Street as a crossing beacon flashes near Madison East High School, Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 15, 2010.
Motorists turn south on Stoughton Road from East Washington Avenue as snow begins to fall in Madison, Wis., Saturday night, Dec. 11, 2010. A blizzard warning was in effect until 6 p.m. Sunday. Between 10 and 14 inches of snow are expected.
A squirrel clings to a screen door at an apartment complex on the northeast side of Madison, Wis., Sunday morning, Dec. 12, 2010.
Tepura fish and tempura shrimp taco plate with Mix-Mex Fried Rice and Latin Fried Potatoes at Fuzzy's.
Bemidji State players celebrate a goal by Aaron McLeod (14) on Wisconsin goalie Scott Gudmandson (1) in the first period of a game at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis., Friday evening, Dec. 10, 2010.
The puck veers off course after Wisconsin goalie Scott Gudmandson (1) tripped up played Bemidji State's Matt Read (19) in the first period. Gudmandson was called for tripping.
Ice flies as Wisconsin's Tyler Barnes (7) and Bemidji State's Dan MacIntyre (4) rough each other up in the first period.
Wisconsin's Eric Springer (4) and Bemidji State's Ryan Cramer (15) go at it in the third period.
Tom Hotter, a planning commission member in the small village of Rockdale, Wis., points out buildings in the late 19th century photograph of Rockdale hanging in the Robert M. Smithback Rockdale Community Center, Wednesday morning, Dec. 8, 2010.
Heather Pupp, behind counter, who has had Heather's Rockdale Bar & Grill open since 1998 in the small village of Rockdale, Wis., serves lunch to customers Wednesday, Dec. 8.
Middleton High School's Rachael Eklund (40) guards Verona Area High School's Sydney Fitch (10) as she puts up a shot in the paint in the first period of a game in Middleton, Wis., Thursday evening, Dec. 9, 2010.
Middleton High School's Mika Passini (14), left, and Verona Area High School's Ashley Bartow (24) scrap for a loose ball in the first period.
Wisconsin's Jon Leuer (30) dunks the ball for two points over South Dakota's Trevor Gruis (50) late in the second half of the Badgers' 76-61 win at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis., Saturday afternoon, Dec. 4, 2010. Leuer scored 29 points in the game.
Wisconsin's Jordan Taylor (11) takes a shot over a wall of South Dakota defenders in the second half. Taylor, who was fouled on the shot, had 20 points in the 76-61 win for the Badgers.
Wisconsin's Jon Leuer (30) rejects a shot from South Dakota's Trevor Gruis (50) in the first half.
Wisconsin head coach Bo Ryan coaches his team against South Dakota in the first half.
Pedestrians trudge through snow near the intersection of East Mifflin, North Hamilton, and North Pinckney Streets in downtown Madison, Wis., Saturday morning, Dec. 4, 2010. The city of Madison declared a snow emergency after the first storm of the season dropped about 3.5 inches of snow on the Madison area.
Wisconsin's Emily Neal (3) defends a drive from Duke's Richa Jackson (15) in the first half of a game at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis., Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010.
Wisconsin's Lin Zastrow (33) grabs a rebound over Duke's Krystal Thomas (34) and Richa Jackson (15), bottom, in the first half.
From left Duke's Kathleen Scheer (24) and Richa Jackson (15), and Wisconsin's Tara Steinbauer (4) and Talor Wurtz (2) vie for a rebound late in the first half.
Wisconsin head coach Lisa Stone gives instructions to guard Alyssa Karel (30) in the second half.
Wisconsin's Lin Zastrow (33) and Duke's Haley Peters (33) scrap for a rebound near the baseline in the second half.
From left, Mt. Horeb Middle School students Emily Raisbeck (8th grade), Carolyn Walters (8th grade), Becca Amick (ladder, 8th grade), Tim Wipperfurth (ladder, a project engineer from Mead & Hunt, Inc.), and Jonnie Winkler (6th grade), work on the construction of a tree from canned food items in U.S. Bank Plaza in Madison, Wis., Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. The tree, comprised of about 2,150 cans, is about 10 feet tall and is 6 feet at its base. Wipperfurth assisted the students in planning the construction of the tree. The students volunteered for the project, most of them being interested in engineering, building, or giving, according to 8th grade science teacher Deb Winkler.
A driver Friday afternoon, Nov. 26, 2010, on westbound University Avenue in Madison appears more interested in his or her cell phone than the road. A new state law that takes effect Wednesday makes it illegal to text while driving, though talking on a phone, dialing a number and scrolling through a contacts list are all still allowed.
A postcard attached to an aerial photo of the village of Avoca, Wis., hangs in the village's Clerk and Treasurer's combined office.
Surrounded by flood waters in June 2008, these milk cans spelled out "O HELL," but today they welcome passers through to Avoca.
Village of Avoca officials say this home at the corner of William and South First Streets will be razed soon as a result of damage sustained from the flood of June 2008.
Kevin Ewers, left, and Dale Ewers, guide a section of storm sewer into place northwest of the village of Avoca, Wis., Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010.
Village of Avoca public works director Mike Bartels, shown at Morrey Creek in Avoca looks forward to the completion of the $1.7 million construction project adding storm sewers and an earthen berm west of the village, hoping the efforts will prevent damage from floods like the one in June 2008.
