Advice from Madison’s fire department to students at the University of Wisconsin: don’t jam elevators. That’s what some UW Madison students have been doing as a prank says Lori Wirth with Madison’s fire department. Wirth says department personnel responded to three separate calls in one evening in late October, in which students had intentionally overloaded elevators. In one case, the elevator was no longer functioning, and while no one was injured, a similar prank did prove deadly at Ohio State a several years ago, when a person was crushed while students stuffed themselves in an elevator. Wirth says overloaded elevators can also cause brake slippage.

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A bittersweet day, for advocates of humane treatment for animals in Wisconsin. Joyce Kitsemble, a longtime supporter of efforts to stop puppy mills in Wisconsin, died after she collapsed during the signing ceremony for the bill she campaigned for tirelessly. Eilene Ribbens worked with Joyce Kitsemble and her husband Ed, as part of the Wisconsin Puppy Mill Project. “Because she was such an amazingly charming and gracious woman, she was extremely productive,” said Ribbens. [Read more...]