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Students safe after fire at St. Lawrence SeminarySubmitted: 03/08/2014
MOUNT CALVARY - The nearly 200 students at St. Lawrence Seminary are safe after a five-alarm fire at the boarding school.

School spokesman Philip Van Ermen says all students have been allowed to return to their dorms, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

No one was injured in the fire, which happened before dawn Saturday in St. Joseph Hall.

Action Reporter Media in Fond du Lac reports that St. Joseph Hall is the oldest building on campus, and is severely damaged. The building houses offices and classrooms.

The cause of the blaze is still being investigated. No other buildings were damaged.

St. Lawrence Seminary High School is a private, Catholic boarding school for male students.

It was founded in 1860 by Capuchin Franciscans.

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That's because the charge remains in online court records in Wisconsin.

A bill approved by a state Senate committee would change that.

The bipartisan bill calls for erasing data from the public CCAP system when a person has been cleared.

For civil forfeiture cases, the record would be removed within 90 days if the defendant has been acquitted or the case was dismissed.

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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the Conservation Congress have formed the Wisconsin Fisheries Advisory Council.

The group includes 16 representatives from fishing and tourism organizations.

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For now, he plans to focus on propane issues.

The Washington-based group brings governors and staff together to solve significant problems in the region.

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