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Processing the trauma of a school shooting: Experts weigh in on how to talk to your children
WISCONSIN — The Mount Horeb School District was closed for a second day Friday after police shot and killed an armed student outside the middle school Wednesday morning. The community and district have organized gatherings and pulled together resources for students and families to help people process the trauma. Classes are scheduled to resume Monday.
Opinion | Wisconsin measles outbreak is avoidable
It seems we have enough problems in the world without adding yet another completely unnecessary one. But here we are — as many predicted — spending time and money on a disease we thought we had conquered a long time ago. Earlier this week Public Health Madison and...
Antisemitic chalkings promoting Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis found at Dane County Farmers Market alongside rhetoric endorsing violence
Antisemitic chalk messages endorsing Hezbollah, the Houthis and the military wing of Hamas — all of which are designated as terror groups by the United States — were found at the Dane County Farmers Market on Saturday alongside messages endorsing violence against Israelis and Zionists. The chalkings, located...
Kielbasa dinner is May 8
The Verona American Legion will serve a kielbasa dinner from 4:30-6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 8. Meals include kielbasa, sauerkraut (on the side), scalloped potatoes, baked beans, a fruit cup, hotdog roll and dessert. Carry out orders are available on the night of the event; however, no orders or reservations will be taken in advance.
Students present projects at teen vaping awareness event
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - Public Health Madison Dane County hosted a community open house for teen vaping awareness on Sunday. Madison-area students presented projects they’ve been working on for over a year on topics related to vaping and tobacco. “Today is just like a celebration of our posters that...
Rock County Public Health contact-tracing for reported measles case
JANESVILLE — A Dane County resident spent time in Milton and Janesville while infectious with the measles, the Rock County Public Health Department sayid in an advisory. The health department is working with Public Health Madison and Dane County, SSM Health and Wisconsin Department of Health Services to contact-trace to determine who may have been exposed. Those exposed to the virus may have been at Kwik Trip, 603 W. Madison...
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