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Barbara Linton
Barbara J. Linton, (born June 27, 1952) was a Wisconsin politician and legislator. She served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1986 to 1998. Born in Ashland, Wisconsin, she attended Northland College (Wisconsin), Northland College, and currently lives in High Bridge, Wisconsin, High Bridge. She was the Ashland County, Wisconsin, Ashland County Board Supervisor from 1984 to 1988. While serving in the State Assembly as a Democrat for 12 years, she later ran unsuccessfully as a Republican. Notes People from Ashland, Wisconsin People from Ashland County, Wisconsin Northland College (Wisconsin) alumni Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly Women state legislators in Wisconsin 1952 births Living people 21st-century American women {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-Democratic-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Plizka
William G. Plizka (born December 8, 1944) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican politician and legislator from Wisconsin.Wisconsin Blue Book, 1985-86 edition, (Members of the State Legislature), page 71. Born in Ashland, Wisconsin, Plizka graduated from Northland College (Wisconsin), Northland College in 1969. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly for just one term. He was a former member of the local school board, as well as the Ashland County Board. Notes People from Ashland, Wisconsin Northland College (Wisconsin) alumni County supervisors in Wisconsin School board members in Wisconsin Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly 1944 births Living people {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-Republican-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Sherman (Wisconsin Politician)
Gary E. Sherman (born May 5, 1949) is a retired American lawyer and Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician from Bayfield County, Wisconsin. He served nine years as a judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals in the Madison, Wisconsin, Madison-based 4th district (2010–2019). He previously served 11 years as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the Wisconsin's 74th Assembly district, 74th Assembly district from 1999 to 2010, and was president of the State Bar of Wisconsin from 1994 to 1995. Early life and education Gary Sherman was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from Chicago's Lane Tech College Prep High School, A. G. Lane Technical High School in 1966 and went on to attend the University of Wisconsin–Madison. While in college, Sherman became active with several protest movements that were popular on campus at the time, joining in a sit-in to demand the university establish an ethnic studies program in 1967. He gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. Founded in 1828, it was predominantly built by Martin Van Buren, who assembled a wide cadre of politicians in every state behind war hero Andrew Jackson, making it the world's oldest active political party.M. Philip Lucas, "Martin Van Buren as Party Leader and at Andrew Jackson's Right Hand." in ''A Companion to the Antebellum Presidents 1837–1861'' (2014): 107–129."The Democratic Party, founded in 1828, is the world's oldest political party" states Its main political rival has been the Republican Party since the 1850s. The party is a big tent, and though it is often described as liberal, it is less ideologically uniform than the Republican Party (with major individuals within it frequently holding widely different political views) due to the broader list of unique voting blocs that compose it. The historical predecessor of the Democratic Party is considered to be th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashland, Wisconsin
Ashland is a city in Ashland and Bayfield counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is the county seat of Ashland County. The city is a port on Lake Superior, near the head of Chequamegon Bay. The population was 7,908 at the 2020 census, all of whom resided in the Ashland County portion of the city. The unpopulated Bayfield County portion is in the city's southwest, bordered by the easternmost part of the Town of Eileen. The junction of U.S. Route 2 and Wisconsin Highway 13 is located at this city. It is the home of Northland College, Northwood Technical College, and the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute. History Pre-settlement Eight Native American nations have lived on Chequamegon Bay. Later settlers included European explorers, missionaries and fur traders, and more recently, Yankees from the eastern United States who platted and developed the lands, railroaders, shippers, loggers, entrepreneurs, and other settlers. Four flags have flown over the area arou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northland College (Wisconsin)
Northland College is a private college in Ashland, Wisconsin. Founded as the North Wisconsin Academy in 1892, the college was established in 1906. Originally affiliated with the Congregational Church, the college remains loosely tied to the Congregational Church's descendant, the United Church of Christ. It enrolls 526 full-time undergraduates and employs 60 faculty members and 99 staff members. Northland College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. History Northland College is the successor to the North Wisconsin Academy, and was founded on the same tract of land. Wheeler Hall, built in 1892, was the North Wisconsin Academy's sole building, providing classroom space, board and cafeteria services. The building was renovated in 1993 and 1994 and remains the centerpiece of campus, housing classrooms and faculty offices for the social sciences and humanities. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Location The college is in Ashland, Wisconsin, a smal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Bridge, Wisconsin
Highbridge (also spelled High Bridge) is an unincorporated community located in the town of Ashland, Ashland County, Wisconsin, United States. Highbridge is located on Wisconsin Highway 13 northwest of Mellen. Highbridge has a post office with ZIP code 54846. Bus service to the community is provided by Bay Area Rural Transit. Climate The climate is described as Humid Continental by the Köppen Climate System, abbreviated as ''Dfb''. Images File:Highbridge Wisconsin Sign WIS13.jpg, Sign on WIS 13 State Trunk Highway 13 (often called Highway 13, STH-13 or WIS 13) is a state highway running north–south across northwest and central Wisconsin. WIS 13 serves as a major north–south route connecting the communities of Wisconsin Del ... File:Highbridge Wisconsin Post Office.jpg, Post office File:St Anthony Catholic Church Highbridge Wisconsin.jpg, St. Anthony Catholic Church in Highbridge References {{authority control Unincorporated communities in Ashland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wisconsin
Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. The bulk of Wisconsin's population live in areas situated along the shores of Lake Michigan. The largest city, Milwaukee, anchors its largest metropolitan area, followed by Green Bay and Kenosha, the third- and fourth-most-populated Wisconsin cities respectively. The state capital, Madison, is currently the second-most-populated and fastest-growing city in the state. Wisconsin is divided into 72 counties and as of the 2020 census had a population of nearly 5.9 million. Wisconsin's geography is diverse, having been greatly impacted by glaciers during the Ice Age with the exception of the Driftless Area. The Northern Highland and Western Upland along wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wisconsin State Assembly
The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Representatives are elected for two-year terms, elected during the fall elections. If a vacancy occurs in an Assembly seat between elections, it may be filled only by a special election. The Wisconsin Constitution limits the size of the State Assembly to between 54 and 100 members inclusive. Since 1973, the state has been divided into 99 Assembly districts apportioned amongst the state based on population as determined by the decennial census, for a total of 99 representatives. From 1848 to 1853 there were 66 assembly districts; from 1854 to 1856, 82 districts; from 1857 to 1861, 97 districts; and from 1862 to 1972, 100 districts. The size of the Wisconsin State Senate is tied to the size of the Assembly; it must be between one-fourth and one-third the size of the Assembly. Presently, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashland County, Wisconsin
Ashland County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,027. Its county seat is Ashland. The county was formed on March 27, 1860, from La Pointe County. The county partly overlaps with the reservation of the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians. History Ashland County was named in honor of the Lexington estate of Kentucky statesman Henry Clay, as one of the founders of the city of Ashland was an admirer of Clay. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (54%) is water. It is the second-largest county in Wisconsin by total area. The Apostle Islands are a small group of islands in Lake Superior, off the Bayfield Peninsula with the majority of the islands located in Ashland County — only Sand, York and Raspberry Islands are in Bayfield County. Adjacent counties * Iron County – east * Price County – southeast * Sawyer County – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Ashland, Wisconsin
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People From Ashland County, Wisconsin
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northland College (Wisconsin) Alumni , in Saskatchewan, Canada
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Northland College may refer to: * Northland College, Kaikohe, New Zealand * Northland College (Wisconsin) in Ashland, Wisconsin, U.S. * Northland Scholars Academy, formerly Northland International University, Northland Baptist Bible College and other names, in Dunbar, Wisconsin, U.S. See also * Northlands College Northlands College is a public post-secondary educational institution in Northern, Saskatchewan, Canada. Northlands College is a dynamic and growing Public Regional College located in northern Saskatchewan that provides a diverse mix of educa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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