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No Call violations top list again

by WRN Contributor on March 11, 2010

in Human Interest, Miscellaneous

Telemarketers who ignore the state’s no-call list continue to be the biggest annoyance for Wisconsin residents.

That’s according to the annual list of complaints put out by the state Department of Ag, Trade, and Consumer Protection. Nearly two-thousand Wisconsinites filed complaints with the agency last year about being harassed by telemarketers. [click to continue…]

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Janesville landfill causing a stink

by WRN Contributor 03/5/10 12:42 AM

Get out the air fresheners. The smell emanating from Janesville’s landfill is so overpowering that the city has brought in a consultant to help solve the issue.
Landfill operations director John Whitcomb says a flaw in the design of the facility is making it difficult to control the release of gases from decomposition. He says it’s [...]

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Fire consumes Fond du Lac bowling alley

by WRN Contributor 03/3/10 9:48 AM

Firefighters from Fond du Lac and North Fond du Lac continue to battle a blaze at a bowling alley and bar, Last Stop Lanes. Fond du Lac Fire Chief Peter O’Leary says they’ve had six streams of water on the fire, which began just before 4 a.m. He says the roof partially collapsed.

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Why so fewer dead in Chile?

by Brian Moon 03/1/10 12:07 PM

The devastation in Haiti from January’s earthquake was still fresh in our minds when another massive quake rocked Chile this weekend with an 8.8 magnitude.  UW-Madison Geophysics professor Clifford Thurber says in terms of size, Haiti was a “run-of-the-mill” 7.0 quake and Chile’s is among the top ten in the last century.

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No injuries in major train derailment

by WRN Contributor 02/9/10 9:22 AM

No Injuries occurred and no hazardous materials were released during a partial train derailment in Kenosha County. The derailment, which occurred south of a major highway in the Village of Pleasant Prairie, affected 24 cars of a 113-car Union Pacific freight train.

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