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Nurse called out of surgery and laid off
MADISON, Wis. – A nurse was called out of surgery so a manager could tell her she was being laid off. Dean Health said the surgery was minor and the patient wasn’t affected, but the manager who summoned the nurse from surgery violated medical protocol. Dean Health spokesman Paul Pitas said the [...]
Filed in: Health & Wellness
Dog shows up 1,000 miles away in Illinois
RACINE, Wis. – A Maltese dog named Max is headed home to Florida after he was spotted in Chicago — 1,000 miles from where he vanished.
Richard Gonzalez had reported a pet theft after Max disappeared several months ago from his daughter’s yard in Brandon, Fla.
Gonzalez says he thought that Max [...]
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Man urinates on dog after owner spurns sex
MANITOWOC, Wis. – A 36-year-old man took revenge on his roommate after she refused to have sex with him by allegedly urinating on her dog, police said. Police said the man was arrested early Thursday morning on tentative charges of criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct related to domestic [...]
Filed in: General
No buyers for million-mile Chevy
A 1991 Chevrolet Silverado that has traveled more than 1 million miles is still on the market, its owner says, though it failed to fetch the premium price that he had hoped for.
Frank Oresnik said he failed to sell the 1991 truck during a 10-day auction on eBay that ended Sunday. He had placed a minimum [...]
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Woman cuffed, booked for not paying library fines
A Wisconsin woman has been arrested and booked for failing to pay her library fines.
Twenty-year-old Heidi Dalibor told the News Graphic in Cedarburg that she ignored the library’s calls and letters as well as a notice to appear in court.
Still, she was surprised when officers with a warrant knocked [...]
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Wisconsin couple each win $350,000 in lottery
This couple won’t have to argue about how to spend their lottery winnings. That’s because the Mount Horeb husband and wife each won their own $350,000 jackpots in this weekend’s SuperCash state lottery.
Lottery officials said Verlyn Adamson bought his winning ticket at a Mineral Point [...]
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A Real Wedding Gift for Christmas
Some people get surprise birthday parties. Ilda Ruth Southey gets surprise weddings.
Twice in her life Southey was surprised with a wedding ceremony on Christmas Eve, both times to Francis Southey.
Her future husband planned their original wedding for Christmas Eve 1942 while he was stationed in Sherman, [...]
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Wisconsin law hinders lewd library case
A law protecting library records’ confidentiality has hamstrung officials pursuing a man who reportedly masturbated among the books at the Neenah Public Library earlier this month. City Attorney James Godlewski said the library can’t turn a surveillance video of the man over to police without [...]
Filed in: Education & Training
Sheriff gives himself a ticket
Brown County Sheriff Dennis Kocken didn’t have to write himself a ticket. But he says it was the right thing to do.
“As sheriff, I’m held to the highest standard in law enforcement. How can I hold officers accountable if I don’t hold myself accountable?” he said. “I’m [...]
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Peeping Tom leaves ladder behind
A peeping Tom seen peering into a second-floor window at Matt Edgerton’s apartment fled before Edgerton could catch him, but he left a key piece of evidence behind — his ladder. “The ladder is absolutely in our custody,” said police Lt. Rob Sinden, who is heading the investigation.
Edgerton, [...]
Filed in: Entertainment
Man gets probation for dead deer sex
A 20-year-old man received probation after he was convicted of having sexual contact with a dead deer. The sentence also requires Bryan James Hathaway to be evaluated as a sex offender and treated at the Institute for Psychological and Sexual Health in Duluth, Minn.
“The state believes that particular [...]
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Septic reminder idea raises big stink
The idea of making rural residents pay $9 a year for a postcard reminder to get their septic systems inspected sounds like a load of you-know-what to some local officials.
The reminder would only be mailed out every three years, which some say raises the fee to $27 per postcard.
“They should not [...]
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Man allegedly cut bracelet for ‘Springer’
A judge imposed $50,000 cash bond Friday for a man accused of cutting off his electronic monitoring bracelet to ride by limousine to Chicago and be on “The Jerry Springer Show.” Defense lawyer Margaret Johnson argued against the high bond, noting that Mario Sims, 21, of Racine, is already [...]
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Man burns genitals in ‘Jackass’ stunt
Attempts to do a movie stunt landed one man in the hospital with burned genitals and another facing criminal charges. The men were trying to do a stunt from one of the “Jackass” movies, in which a character lights his genitals on fire.
Jared W. Anderson, 20, suffered serious burns to his [...]
Filed in: Health & Wellness
Man allegedly trying break-in calls cops
If only all criminals were this helpful. A 24-year-old man called police to tell them he was trying to break into a church, but he wasn’t having much luck.
Police said the would-be thief’s call prompted them to show up at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, where they found him waiting. The [...]
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