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Irene leaves but Salvation Army stays

August 29, 2011 By

Hurricane Irene has come and gone, but the need for help continues. The Salvation Army remains on the scene along the east coast, doing damage assessment and helping evacuees and volunteers.

“They’re receiving significant requests for mass care after the power outages, the downed power lines, trees and local flooding. Thousands of the evacuees are housed in shelters across the area especially those who live in low lying areas that prone to surges.”

Ruth Ann Schoer with the Salvation Army of Dane County says the organization has already provided lodging to hundreds of people and served over 40,000 meals to first responders and evacuees in coastal states by Monday morning. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fires/Accidents/Disasters

Keeping VHS under control

August 29, 2011 By

For the past several years, the Department of Natural Resources has been working to keep viral hemorrhagic septicemia, or VHS, from spreading beyond Lake Winnebago and the Great Lakes into Wisconsin. So far, DNR microbiologist Erik Eikenberry says a recent round of testing shows those efforts appear to be working.

The DNR tested samples from over 2,700 fish in 19 water bodies in the state to help monitor for the fish killing virus. Eikenberry says no evidence of its presence was found in any new locations. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Environment & Conservation

Neumann enters Senate race

August 29, 2011 By

Mark Neumann (WRN file photo)

The first official candidate is in the race for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Herb Kohl. He’s former congressman Mark Neumann, a businessman who also sought the Republican nomination for governor, which he lost to Scott Walker. Neumann said hopes to address the nation’s fiscal challenges. “When I look at the problems facing America today, and the threat to our future, and the fear that I see of people around me, I know we need a definitive plan to balance the budget and bring jobs back to our country, and that’s what my candidacy will be about,” Neaumann said. [Read more...]

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Clinic notifies patients of safety concern

August 29, 2011 By

A health scare at a Madison clinic. Officials with Dean Clinic are notifying some 2300 patients who may have been exposed to blood borne diseases like HIV and Hepatitis B and C over the past five years. They discovered a former employee was inappropriately using insulin demonstration pens and finger stick devices during patient training from 2006 until this year. Doctor Craig Sammit is the president and CEO at Dean Clinic. “This was an isolated incident,” said Sammit. “We are reeducating the entire team about appropriate use of these devices, and who gets to use these devices, as well as improving our process of routinely monitoring the care provided by our team.” [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, Health & Medicine

Ryan likes ‘staying put’ in Janesville

August 29, 2011 By

A previously proposed presidential prospect puts up with parenting pressures. Although some Republican Party faithfuls urged Congressman Paul Ryan to make a Presidential run, Ryan has cited his young family as a reason he will not run.

“Any job in politics you can have a good balance with family but I don’t know if you can with that job,” says the House Budget Chairman.

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Filed Under: Elections, Politics & Government
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