Patient on Med Flight that crashed in Wisconsin has died
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on May 13, 2008 - 1:50 p.m.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The patient transported by a Med Flight helicopter that later crashed died hours after arriving at a La Crosse hospital, a coroner said Tuesday. The elderly woman died early Sunday after suffering bleeding in her brain, Crawford County Coroner Joe Morovitz said. The University of Wisconsin ...
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Staskal move approved
Posted by MIKE DUPRE' on May 13, 2008 - 11:24 a.m.
A Rock County judge ruled this morning that Mark Staskal will move from Mendota Mental Health Institute to an adult group on East Mifflin Street in Madison. Judge Michael Byron approved a conditional-release plan developed under the auspices of the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services to place Staskal ...
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Traffic blocked on Highway 14 east of Janesville
Posted by ANN MARIE AMES on May 13, 2008 - 11:08 a.m.
LA PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP--A jack-knifed semitrailer truck is blocking both lanes of traffic at Van Allen Road and highways 11 and 14, a Rock County 911 Center dispatcher said. The accident took place at about 11 a.m. Emergency workers have called a tow truck to pull the vehicle from the ditch, ...
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Judge upholds DNR in Koshkonong case
Posted by STACY VOGEL on May 13, 2008 - 10:08 a.m.
A Rock County judge has upheld the DNR and a previous court decision regarding water levels on Lake Koshkonong. The DNR in 2005 denied a request from the Rock Koshkonong Lake District to raise the lake's level 7 inches in the summer and eliminate winter drawdowns. The lake district appealed ...
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Swat team training
Posted by GAZETTE STAFF on May 13, 2008 - 8:17 a.m.
From the Janesville Police Department: On Tuesday, May 13th, the Janesville Police Department Swat Team will be conducting a training exercise at 2807 Afton Rd. The training will take place between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. We do not expect any traffic or noise disruptions to occur ...
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Woman "drives through" Janesville Taco Bell
Posted by STEVE BENTON on May 13, 2008 - 6:49 a.m.
From the WCLO newsroom: JANESVILLE — The Taco Bell at Highway 14 and Pontiac in Janesville sustained extensive damage Monday night when a patron drove through the wall of the women's restroom. Janesville police say the 55-year-old female driver told them she wasn't feeling well, and hit the gas instead ...
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Fire engulfs Madison fraternity house
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on May 13, 2008 - 6:25 a.m.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Fire has consumed a fraternity house at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, leaving about two dozen residents without their belongings in the midst of final exams. Hundreds of students gathered early Tuesday morning as the Sigma Phi Epsilon three-story house went up in flames. A police officer ...
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Council reopens Riverside wading pool
Posted by STAN STRICKER on May 13, 2008 - 5:47 a.m.
From the WCLO newsroom: A bit of summertime fun is coming back to Janesville. The city council Monday night approved funding to reopen the Riverside Park Wading pool. City Leisure Services Director Mike Williams says an opening date of June 28th is planned. The council approved $62,000 for start up ...
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Private vigil commemorates boy killed in fire
Posted by STAN STRICKER on May 13, 2008 - 5:08 a.m.
From the WCLO newsroom: Neighbors and relatives gathered at a private vigil Monday evening to remember seven-year-old Derek Mattingly, who was killed in a weekend fire in Janesville. Next-door neighbor Sheila Miller says she remembers Derek loved to go everywhere with his grandmother. She says whenever he heard his grandmother ...
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Edgerton principal recommends cuts
Posted by STACY VOGEL on May 12, 2008 - 10:39 p.m.
As expected, Edgerton High School Principal Jim Halberg recommended cutting one English teacher and one special education teacher in 2009-10 at tonight's school board meeting. The high school has to cut $200,000 in staff that year because of dropping enrollment and a change in the state funding structure. Cutting an ...
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Sex offender released in Janesville
Posted by GAZETTE STAFF on May 12, 2008 - 4:29 p.m.
JANESVILLE--Janesville police are notifying the public of a convicted sex offender's release from Rock Valley Community Programs halfway house into the community. Kenneth G. Ashmore, 45, was released Monday from the Rock Valley facility between Beloit and Janesville, according to a Janesville police news release. He has established residence in ...
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4-year-old accidentally started fire
Posted by GAZETTE STAFF on May 12, 2008 - 3:10 p.m.
A 4-year-old Janesville boy accidentally started the fire Saturday morning that killed his older brother and seriously injured his younger brother, investigators have determined. The fire and police departments have ended their investigation of the fire at 327 N. Palm St. that killed 7-year-old Derek R.J. Mattingly and injured 2-year-old ...
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Wis. budget deal delays school payments, cuts state spending
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on May 12, 2008 - 12:02 p.m.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A deal to solve Wisconsin’s $527 million shortfall relies on a $125 million delay in aid payments to schools but not a new hospital tax advocated by Gov. Jim Doyle and Democrats. The Legislature is to vote later this week on the deal announced Monday. It ...
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No night goggles, warning system on crashed Wis. helicopter
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on May 12, 2008 - 11:44 a.m.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A company spokesman says the medical helicopter that crashed in Wisconsin did not have two pieces of safety equipment recommended by the National Transportation Safety Board. Mike Allen, senior vice president at Denver-based Air Methods, says the helicopter was not equipped with a computerized voice system ...
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Wisconsin lawmakers reach deal on $527M budget shortfall
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on May 12, 2008 - 9:36 a.m.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin lawmakers say they have reached a deal to solve the state’s $527 million budget shortfall. Democratic Senate Majority Leader Russ Decker’s office says a deal has been reached and details will be announced at a late Monday morning news conference in the Capitol Republican Assembly ...
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NTSB on scene of medical helicopter crash
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on May 12, 2008 - 8:14 a.m.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The National Transportation Safety Board said today it has an investigator on the scene of a fatal medical helicopter crash in the town of Onalaska. The work now begins to determine what caused the crash of a UW Hospital Med Flight late Saturday that killed all ...
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Janesville City Council to explore new forms of public participation
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on May 12, 2008 - 4:49 a.m.
From the WCLO newsroom: Janesville City Council President Amy Loasching wants to change the public comment portion of city council meetings, so citizens with concerns not on the agenda do not have to wait until the end of meetings to voice them. The city administration performed a peer city review ...
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Three killed in Med Flight crash
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on May 11, 2008 - 11:04 a.m.
MADISON -- A medical helicopter on a return flight after dropping off a patient crashed after takeoff, killing the surgeon, nurse and pilot aboard, officials said Sunday. The University of Wisconsin Hospital Med Flight helicopter was returning to Madison on Saturday night from the Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La ...
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State warns online cigarette buyers
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on May 10, 2008 - 8:29 p.m.
MADISON — The state’s Revenue Department has sent out more than 1,000 letters this year to smokers who bought cigarettes online telling them to stop buying cigarettes that way or to pay the $1.77-per-pack state tax that’s now in effect. The letters could mean the smokers could be billed if ...
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Accident slows Interstate at Janesville
Posted by FRANK SCHULTZ on May 10, 2008 - 4:47 p.m.
JANESVILLE -- Traffic is down to one lane in either direction after a four-vehicle accident on Interstate 90/39 at Janesville. The accident occurred around 4:20 p.m., apparently in the northbound lanes, north of the Racine Street overpass. Janesville fire and police units, along with the State Patrol, responded to the ...
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