Abby Callard

Welcome to another freezing-cold edition of the Morning Links. Stay warm and read. The cold weather has done a number on the floors at the Milwaukee Art Museum, reports the JS. This is not the first time such issues have been seen, and the deal reached this summer should repair some of the problem areas. It’s a little hard to think about baseball season, but the Brewers signed free agent pitcher Matt Garza yesterday in a $50-million, four-year deal. The pitcher most recently played for the Chicago Cubs and Texas Rangers. After President Obama will delivers the State of the…

Milwaukee Magazine is celebrating its 31st birthday today. Here are some other things celebrating their 31st birthdays this year: The Chicken McNugget Although truly birthed in 1979, the McNugget wasn’t available nationwide until 1983. Plinko The famous “The Price is Right” game debuted on Jan. 3, 1983. A detailed history of the game says it’s never technically been won because no one has ever gotten a perfect score. The Moonwalk During a performance of “Billie Jean” on a TV special in 1983, Michael Jackson first showed the world the Moonwalk. The Swatch Watch The affordable timepiece was launched in March 1983 as…

It’s going to get cold again. But we do have some great news that will make the summer that much sweeter. A freight train derailed in Caledonia early Sunday morning. Nineteen of the train’s 135 cars derailed, but no one was hurt. The cold is to blame for that derailment, and temperatures are set to drop again, reports NBC. The Wisconsin basketball team, ranked three in the country, lost two straight games with a loss at home against Michigan. Some good news for warm-weather times: The operator of Estabrook Park is planning a year-round beer garden at Milwaukee County’s Scout…

Welcome back. To celebrate the start of another fantastic winter week, we have curated some top-notch links. The Super Bowl will be a battle between a veteran white quarterback and a young African American quarterback. And that’s regardless of who wins next week. It will be Peyton Manning’s Broncos or Tom Brady’s Patriots against Colin Kaepernick’s 49ers or Russell Wilson’s Seahawks. Two great rivalries will decide the Super Bowl teams. A pipeline from Muskego to Jones Island in the Milwaukee harbor is finally up and running – just 10 months late. The pipeline pumps landfill gas to the sewage treatment…

Welcome to what we can only assume is the first edition of sub-zero links. The bitter cold has officially hit the Milwaukee area, reports Fox 6. This is the coldest weather in the area for almost two decades. The cold temps are already being blamed for a pipe that burst at the Milwaukee County Children’s Court over the weekend. Radio 620 is also reporting power outages in Whitewater. The winter weather is being blamed, says WE Energies. The city is mostly closed; schools are closed; the county is also functioning with a skeleton staff. One thing that is not closed…

Hot links, cold weather. Stay warm and read. “Good Morning America” host Robin Roberts publically acknowledged for the first time that she’s gay in a thank you note to fans, friends and family for their support during her battle with cancer and recent illness. The Packers season is miraculously still alive thanks to a last minute touchdown connection during yesterday’s game. The Pack will host the 49ers on Sunday. It’s cold. Dangerously cold, in fact. There’s a wind chill advisory in effect until noon today. Just weeks before the winter Olympic Games are set to begin in Sochi, a second…

Enjoy the pre-Christmas links. Shopping was down this past weekend. Reuters chocked it up to bargain-hunters. The Bears embarrassing lost means the Packers playoff hopes are still alive, but one blogger isn’t so convinced. Several inches of snow fell across the state yesterday, and made the roads a holiday mess. The Journal Sentinel has the low-down on many of the crashes. And, if you had to move your car because of the dreaded 4-inch rule, you are now safe to move it back as the city canceled the rule earlier this morning.

Hope you’re buddled up and ready for more snow. Until then, warm yourself with these hot reads. As if realizing your husband cheated on you and had a drug problem wasn’t grounds enough for divorce, taking to the internet to rap about those two things probably are. At least for Khloe Kardashian, who filed for divorce from Lamar Odom on Friday, reports TMZ. The Journal Sentinel has a breakdown of yesterday’s bizarre, historic and exciting Packers win against the Cowboys. Milwaukee Police are investing the disappearance of 22-year-old Karen Bias, who went missing Dec. 13. Bias, who has spina bifida,…