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- STEPHANIE JONES
ELKHORN — A 70-year-old Lake Geneva area man was killed Sunday night after a hit-and-run crash on Highway H near the Elkhorn Gateway Technical College campus.
On Sunday, Oct. 3, at approximately 10:31 p.m., officers from the Elkhorn Police Department were dispatched to the 400 block of County Highway H for a man who was in the ditch and not breathing, according to a news release from the Elkhorn Police Department issued Monday, Oct. 4.
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A 33-year-old Bloomfield man faces drug charges after he was found dazed and confused with heroin in his pocket at a Genoa City pizza place.
Joseph Biagini, of N1200 block of Maple Road, has been charged with one felony charge of possession of narcotic drugs.
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Residents in the 262 area code in southeast Wisconsin will be required to dial 10 digits (area code + phone number) for all local calls starting Oct. 24.
On and after this date, local calls dialed with only seven digits may not be completed, and a recording may inform customers that their call cannot be completed as dialed. The recording will ask customers to hang up and redial with 10 digits.
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- By Michelle Bie Love Guest columnist
WILLIAMS BAY — The summer and fall of 1871 were unusually dry. Chicago had one-fourth of the average amount of rain between July and October. Much of the city had dried out in the summer’s intense heat.
On the evening of October 8, 1871, a fire started on the southwest side of Chicago in a barn owned by Patrick and Catherine O’Leary. From 137 DeKoven St., strong southwesterly winds fanned the flames, creating convection spirals known as “fire devils.” Fire devils spit burning debris in all directions, spreading the fire north and east toward the city’s business district.
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- STEPHANIE JONES
ELKHORN — A 70-year-old Lake Geneva area man was killed Sunday night after a hit-and-run crash on Highway H near the Elkhorn Gateway Technical College campus.
On Sunday, Oct. 3, at approximately 10:31 p.m., officers from the Elkhorn Police Department were dispatched to the 400 block of County Highway H for a man who was in the ditch and not breathing, according to a news release from the Elkhorn Police Department issued Monday, Oct. 4.
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A 33-year-old Bloomfield man faces drug charges after he was found dazed and confused with heroin in his pocket at a Genoa City pizza place.
Joseph Biagini, of N1200 block of Maple Road, has been charged with one felony charge of possession of narcotic drugs.
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Residents in the 262 area code in southeast Wisconsin will be required to dial 10 digits (area code + phone number) for all local calls starting Oct. 24.
On and after this date, local calls dialed with only seven digits may not be completed, and a recording may inform customers that their call cannot be completed as dialed. The recording will ask customers to hang up and redial with 10 digits.
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- By Michelle Bie Love Guest columnist
WILLIAMS BAY — The summer and fall of 1871 were unusually dry. Chicago had one-fourth of the average amount of rain between July and October. Much of the city had dried out in the summer’s intense heat.
On the evening of October 8, 1871, a fire started on the southwest side of Chicago in a barn owned by Patrick and Catherine O’Leary. From 137 DeKoven St., strong southwesterly winds fanned the flames, creating convection spirals known as “fire devils.” Fire devils spit burning debris in all directions, spreading the fire north and east toward the city’s business district.
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