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I'm Wayne Mouser for Civic Media News.
Eight people, including six children, were treated at a local hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning after an incident at a home in Fondant County Wednesday morning.
The Sheriff's Communications Center received a 911 call at 2.05 a.m.
from a homeowner at W847 County Road B in the town of Osceola, reporting multiple people experiencing carbon monoxide poisoning symptoms.
The Eden Fire Department, Campbellsport Ambulance, and a deputy responded.
The preliminary investigation determined nine people were experiencing severe symptoms.
Additional resources were requested from Fond du Lac Fire and Rescue and Mount Calvary Ambulance to
transport patients.
Six children ages 4, 7, 9, 12, 14 and 17 were taken to local hospitals.
A 46 year old man and 42 year old woman were also transported for treatment.
The incident remains under investigation.
The Wapaka County Hazmat team responded to the Wild Rose High School Tuesday at the request of the Wild Rose Fire District.
People in a science lab had reported eye and throat irritation while in a room with a flammable storage cabinet containing chemicals.
Hazmat team members located the leaking container, secured it in a lidded five-gallon pail, and moved it outdoors.
After the hazard was contained, the building was turned back over to the fire department and school officials.
allegedly stabbed his neighbor over fast food.
34-year-old Stephen Fibrink was taken to the Washera County Jail on Monday after what Tomah police responded to the 600 block of West Cummings Road for a report of a stabbing.
On Wednesday, Fibrink was charged with recklessly endangering safety, substantial battery, and disorderly conduct.
Fibrink told authorities that he was angered by his neighbor, who he says woke him up over McDonald's.
and for not agreeing to help him.
Fibering then said he entered his neighbor's house, threatened him with a buck knife, and then stabbed him in the arm.
The victim was taken to Theta Care Medical Center in Wild Rose and is in good condition.
His bond has been set at $15,000 and he's due back in court on October 6th at 11.15 a.m.
During Wednesday night's special session, the Winning County Community School Board voted to accept District Administrator Margaret Peggy Larson's retirement.
The vote was 4-2.
As reported, Larson was placed on administrative leave last month pending an internal investigation.
The move sparked a petition to recall the Board's President and Vice President with a deadline for the certification set for Monday.
Larson's retirement is effective Friday.
The Board has not publicly disclosed a reason for its initial decision.
to place her on administrative leave.
Brewers, Packers, and Badger fans should make sure their team attire is the real deal when they're buying it.
Otherwise, they may end up with counterfeit knockoff or scam products.
Bob Nelson has the story for Civic Media News.
They could also end up with a disappointing product, lose their money, or expose their payment information to scammers.
Michelle Reinen is the administrator for the State's Division of Trade and Consumer Protection.
She says if it is a knockoff, it also may not be safe.
Some items, especially apparel, they can contain unsafe materials that would fail the US safety standards.
She says if you're ordering online, you don't have the benefit of inspecting the product in person and could fall for one of those too good to be true deals.
She has tips for spotting fake merchandise.
Ways to kind of navigate that is to know the seller.
If it's a well-known or officially authorized seller, the product's probably real.
Other tips include examining the product for its quality and inspecting tags and labels.
For example, real Green Bay Packers merchandise will have the NFL's shield on it, either in a tag or hologram form.
I'm Bob Nelson for Civic Media News.
The city of Ripon last week learned it's receiving about $5.2 million in state and federal grand monies for three different projects.
City Administrator Adam Sones-Hag says, through federal funding for the state's surface transportation program, they're getting $2.6 million for Liberty Street and $2.2 million for Howard Street.
He says it's an 80-20 split with the city expected to provide a 20% match, but the funding will pay for full reconstruction of those streets.
They are anticipated to be doing the project sometime between 2028 and 2030.
The city is also getting over $399,000.
from the state's flexible facilities program for the library renovation project.
Sontag says that will bring the total state funding for the project to about $2.6 million, paying for the entire cost.
Sontag also informed the council that there was a recent walkthrough of the library, and with the exception of a few items on a punch list, the project is done and on time.
The Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities in partnership with InControl Wisconsin, congratulates the first options of ripping for receiving one of three grant awards to disability service providers.
The awards are to improve business engagement strategies and to reduce Medicaid funded job coaching support for adults with disabilities.
The partners with business initiative was signed into law in 2018.
Diverse options supports, educates and empowers people with
disabilities to reach their highest level of independence.
They provide a wide range of services to help people live, work and thrive in their communities.
The grant funding will enhance their professional development opportunities for job coaches.
It will also help diverse options use creative approaches with employers to build their capacity to support employees with disabilities through natural co-worker support.
I'm Wayne Mauser for Civic Media News.
For Civic Media News, I'm Connie Feldman.
Six children in Fond du Lac County were taken to the hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning.
Fond du Lac County Sheriff's deputies say multiple agencies responded to a home in Osceola just after 2 a.m.
for reports of several people with symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Investigators say, in total, nine people had severe symptoms, including six children, ages four through 17, along with a 42-year-old woman and 46-year-old man.
Authorities say all needed to be taken to local hospitals for treatment.
No word yet on what caused the poisoning.
Chiefs officials say the investigation is ongoing.
Wisconsin health officials are confirming 22 new measles cases, pushing the state's total to 214 for the year.
The Department of Health Services reports the vast majority of infections remain concentrated in southwestern Wisconsin, with Lafayette, Iowa, and Grant County seeing the highest case counts.
For additional cases reported in northern Wisconsin stem from out-of-state travel and are not tied to the main regional outbreak.
Public health agencies continue to monitor the spread and will publish updated figures every
Tuesday and Friday.
Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate David Crowley's got some big names backing him, including former U.S.
Vice President Kamala Harris and Hollywood actor Sean Penn.
Harris held a high-dollar fundraiser for Crowley earlier this week in California, and former opponent for Governor Jessica Hong began touring Wisconsin to campaign for Democrats up and down the ballot.
The Santa Monica event came as Crowley tries to narrow a major fundraising gap with Republican Congressman Tom Tiffany.
The latest reports show Tiffany had raised about $15.5 million, compared with roughly $1.8 million for Crowley.
Tiffany called the fundraiser an example of Crowley
associating with wealthy California elites.
Crowley's campaign says Tiffany shouldn't criticize fundraising because billionaire donors and outside groups have put millions behind his campaign.
The Madison Finance Committee is approving a $350,000 grant to help equip police officers with body-worn cameras by next summer.
awarded by the Madison Community Foundation, the grant covers software and administrative costs to accelerate a rollout plan originally expected to take three years.
Mayor Satya Rhodes Conway and 10 city elders co-sponsored the budget amendment following community calls for police transparency after a deadly officer involved shooting in July.
The full Madison Common Council must now give final approval to accept the funding agreement and authorize operating costs.
23 minors who work at a Wisconsin McDonald's franchise will receive $17,000 in back wages following a state child labor audit.
The Department of Workforce Development reports franchise Iron Arch committed multiple violations, including overworking teenage staff, and failing to provide required 30-minute meal breaks.
The State Department of Justice also ordered the employer to pay nearly $60,000 in civil penalties and fees.
State officials say enforcement of minor labor laws remains essential
keeping young workers safe without sacrificing their education.
Wisconsin's two U.S.
senators found common ground this week.
Democrat Tammy Baldwin and Republican Ron Johnson both backed a bill to reshape college sports.
The Senate passed the Protect College Sports Act 77-22.
setting nationwide rules for athlete pay, health care, scholarships, transfers, and smaller sports.
The measure also gives the NCAA limited protection from antitrust lawsuits when it enforces those rules.
Baldwin's amendment passed 96 to 1 preserves athletes' ability to sue schools in state court over injuries, sexual assault, and other health and safety claims.
The motion now moved to the House.
A contractor faces a felony charge in Columbia County after allegedly taking more than $45,000 for a home accessibility project and abandoning the job.
Authorities say Jay Petley was hired to modify a Columbus home for a disabled resident, but work abruptly stopped with roughly $30,000 in improvements left unfinished.
Investigators say Paley failed to buy the necessary building materials, despite receiving full payment, leaving the homeowner to hire another contractor to complete the work.
He was arrested at his Burnett home and is expected in court in November.
And that's your state news update.
I'm Connie Feldman for Civic Media News.
Here comes the Padres.
Hi, I'm Mike Clemens with Sports Baseball.
It's the Brewers and the Padres 730 Saturday night for Game 1 of the NLDS in Milwaukee.
The Padres eliminated the Cubs 4-1.
Manager Craig Council.
We just didn't play well enough.
The end of the season is you're going to be disappointed.
You're going to feel unfulfilled right now.
That's that's all I feel.
The Brewers were just 2-4 against the Padres this season.
Pat Murphy.
You know, these teams that we're talking about, whether it's
what we're watching on TV, Phillies and Braves and Cubs and Padres and Dodgers.
You're just talking about such good teams.
We're going to have to play well.
It's all there's to it.
NFL, the Packers adding another veteran offensive lineman, 36 year old Kevin Zitler from Waukesha, played at Wisconsin and was a first round pick by the Bengals.
That's part about playing for all these teams over the years.
Like Pat Axis, almost every type of offense here and there.
So, you know, for day one, it went pretty darn smoothly, I'd say.
That's guard Kevin Zitler with sports on Mike Clemens.
cloudy with scattered showers likely today.
We'll get to around 70 for a high this afternoon.
Gradually clearing overnight tonight with a low dropping into the upper forties to near 50 and then tomorrow we start a nice long stretch of dry weather with a high in the low sixties.
I'm meteorologist Sean Cable.
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