I'd like to respond on the age issue. (I won't respond to the inane scarf comment) I always ask a person's age. It helps to better paint a picture of the person we're interviewing, which is why I ask other questions to learn more about their background. And before some one says "you can…
Barry Adams
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Barry Adams covers regional and business news for the Wisconsin State Journal.
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Artifacts that showcase the history of General Motors Assembly and other automotive-related businesses are being sought to fill a Legacy Center scheduled to open in 2021 in downtown Janesville.
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A court case over ownership of the company name has been decided after more than three years of litigation and now the owners have plans to double production and take the brand into stores and shops around the country.
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The $38 million project has turned a former coal-burning power plant into a 120,000-square-foot student center that includes a swimming pool, fitness center and academic and event space. A glass-walled field house with artificial turf is under construction and will open in May.
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The addition of new categories helps push participation to 3,667 entries for the contest that will be held next month at Monona Terrace in Madison.
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For the past six years, the monthly gatherings at the elementary school have been drawing more than 150 people from across the socioeconomic spectrum.
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The facility would be located in a building formerly used by Swiss Colony and would be just west of Stoughton Road.
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Jeremiah Logemann, a Madison artist who specializes in the reuse of reclaimed barn wood, is dismantling the steeple that survived the 2005 arson fire that destroyed the Downtown Madison cathedral.
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The company, founded in 2010 out of a Shorewood Hills garage, now has a 25,000-square-foot warehouse and headquarters where it ships to customers and retailers from around the world.
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How well do you know Wisconsin? Here are 10 towns you may never have heard of before.
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Visit Beloit plans to spend $2.6 million to transform the former church building into event space, welcome center and offices.
Barry Adams commented on Verona Road construction: When a half-mile feels like 10
I like ages in a story. It helps paint the picture.
As for the no traffic signals, I stand by the story as 99 percent of through traffic doesn't go through the city, it goes around it rejoining 151 on the East Side or at Verona Road.
Barry Adams, the guy who wrote the story
Barry Adams commented on Electronic registration means fewer hunting stories at Northwoods registration stations
AB1234: So people who drink beer and eat cheese curds are hicks? Have you not been to any restaurant in Wisconsin? Many of us drink beer and eat cheese curds and most of us are not "hicks." Barry Adams, a born and raised Wisconsinite who lives in Madison, fishes Up North, eats chee…