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Human Interest

The family of a slain UW student is seeking the public’s help. Brittany Zimmerman’s family hopes someone will come forward with information about her murder. They’ve placed ads on a Madison billboard and inside Madison Metro busses.

Zimmerman was a student at the UW-Madison when she was killed in her apartment in 2008. Madison police never publicly identified a suspect in the stabbing, which became the subject of a lawsuit over a mishandled 911 call. Zimmerman was able to call from her cellphone, but that call was treated as a hang-up by Dane County dispatchers, and police were not sent.

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New archbishop named for Milwaukee

by Bob Hague 11/14/09 6:19 PM

The Archdiocese of Milwaukee announced Saturday that Jerome Listecki has been named archbishop by the Vatican, an appointment which a group of survivors of priest abuse is voicing concern over. Listecki succeeds Timothy Dolan, who was named Archbishop of New York earlier this year. The 60 year-old Listecki has served as bishop of the Diocese of [...]

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Controversy over FDL homeless shelter

by WRN Contributor 11/14/09 12:45 AM

What started out a caring and compassionate way of helping the homeless in Fond du Lac is generating some controversy. A proposal to use the basement at St. Joseph’s Church as an overnight shelter during the winter months has some parents of children attending the neighboring St. Mary’s Academy concerned about safety. Parent Maggie Rose says [...]

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Census Bureau wants you

by WRN Contributor 11/13/09 2:02 PM

The U.S. Census Bureau is looking to hire 47,000 people in Wisconsin next year. The jobs pay between 11 and 15 dollars an hour and involve going door-to-door to interview people who don’t respond to a questionnaire that has to be mailed back by April first of next year. Census Spokesman Steve Laue says they [...]

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FdL man survives train encounter

by WRN Contributor 11/13/09 11:49 AM

Maybe it was a combination of sheer luck or the fact that he was really drunk, but a man in Fond du Lac has a story to tell about being run over by a train. Fire Battalion Chief Larry Wunsch says normally when they get a call about someone being run over by a train [...]

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