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Slain Fort Hood Soldier Honored in Candlelight Vigil
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Submitted: 11/12/2009 |
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MILWAUKEE - A Wisconsin soldier who was killed in the Fort Hood shootings was honored Thursday night at a Milwaukee college. Russell Seager began teaching at Bryant & Stratton College in May 2005 in the medical assistant and nursing programs. Thursday night there was a candlelight vigil taking place at the college.
Seager was one of 13 soldiers killed at Fort Hood. Seager was a captain in the U.S. Army Reserves' Madison-based 467th Medical Command Detachment that was being deployed to Afghanistan.
Story By: The Associated Press
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Pharmaceutical Drop-Off
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Submitted: 09/02/2010 |
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RHINELANDER - Experts say prescription drugs can be dangerous to you and the environment, so the Oneida County Sheriff's Office, along with the Oneida County Solid Waste Department and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration are hosting a pharmaceutical take-back event.
You can bring your expired, unwanted, or unused non-liquid medicines to the Oneida County Law Enforcement Center on September 25th.
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Record High Turnout Expected in Wisconsin Primary
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Submitted: 09/02/2010 |
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MADISON - A record-high 28 percent turnout is predicted for Wisconsin's primary on Sept. 14.
State elections officials made the estimate on Thursday, citing highly contested statewide races for governor as well as local legislative and congressional contests.
Government Accountability Board Director Kevin Kennedy says there appears to be tremendous interest in this election.
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Conover Soldier Killed
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Submitted: 09/01/2010 |
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- The Defense Department says a soldier who lived in Conover, was killed in Afghanistan on Monday.
36-year-old Staff Sgt. Matthew West was one of five Fort Carson soldiers killed when their unit was attacked with an improvised bomb.
West's sister, Kristine Willis, tells the Traverse City Record-Eagle that her brother was a 1992 graduate of Gaylord High
School in Michigan.
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Fire Destroys Local Garage
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Submitted: 09/01/2010 |
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TOWN OF CONOVER - Fire destroys a garage in Vilas County.
It happened in the Town of Conover at 3551 North Country Lane.
The Conover Volunteer Fire Department responded to the call around four Wednesday afternoon after the owner noticed fire around his feet while welding in the garage and called 911.
When firefighters arrived the garage was fully engulfed.
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Veteran Reacts to Staff Sgt. West's Death
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Submitted: 09/01/2010 |
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TOWN OF CONOVER - A local veteran says he feels West's family's pain.
Harold Kressin of Conover is an Army veteran.
Kressin says it's hard to hear about soldiers losing their lives overseas, and it's especially hard when they're from your community.
Harold Kressin, Army Veteran, says, "Everytime a man gets killed or a woman gets killed in service, it's just heart-breaking to me, I cry. Because these people are not going to have the freedoms that we have."
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