Beetown, WI News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/beetown/ Beetown, WI News Prep football: Fennimore for sure http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/beetown/content/034e57375be0423159a9b59df4ef9861.html FENNIMORE 8212; Fennimore prep football coach Dave Rosemeyer was somewhat stunned as he glanced at the scoreboard through the steady downpour at the beginning of the fourth quarter Friday night The Golden Eagles coach saw his team with a 26point lead on nonconference opponent Lancaster and Rosemeyer still wasn39;t sure what was unfolding Fennimore held off a late rally by the Flying Arrows and improved to 20 this season with a 4030 victory I39;m still not sure exactly Business Briefs: July homes sales down http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/beetown/content/0d86860945f8f411e07335ad4b14018a.html Existing home sales in Dane County were down nearly 16 percent in July according to a report by the South Central Wisconsin MLS The county39;s 688 sales during the month were down from 818 a year ago The median sale price of 220000 was down 1 percent from last year Existing home sales also were down in Columbia Dodge Green Iowa Rock and Sauk counties but up slightly in Grant County Red Brick School project Two students burned in plane crash remain critical http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/beetown/content/8f87a45617acdda77f405f5c13d21d80.html CASSVILLE Wis AP Two student aviators injured when their light plane crashed at a resort in southwestern Wisconsin remain hospitalized in critical condition Thursday 4 taken to hospitals after crash http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/beetown/content/8a50f6b8654f2da5cd1156eacd190ce2.html At least four people were taken by ambulance to area hospitals tonight after a twocar crash in Bay ViewDistrict 2 police said the intersection at S Kinnickinnic and W Oklahoma avenues would be blocked for approximately 45 minutes while officers investigate and clear the vehicles from the scene Both had significant frontend damage after the collisionPolice said victims were taken to St Luke's and St Francis hospitals with nonlife threatening injuries A district sergeant said injuries consisted of primarily bumps and bruises Flynn nominates 2 for assistant chief http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/beetown/content/b381579c5ec86f4478e572668f7fefc0.html Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn nominated two captains to fill the remaining assistant chief positions in his new administration during the city's Fire and Police Commission meeting tonight Capt James Harpole and Capt Gregory Habeck will be interviewed by the commission in closed sessions before the commission decides whether to approve the nominations during its Sept 18 meeting Harpole is currently assigned to District 3 and Habeck is currently assigned to the Neighborhood Task Force Flynn's reorganization of the department created four assistant chief positions There had only been one assistant chief post before the reorganization and it was vacant His first two nominees for assistant chief Dale Schunk and Monica Ray were unanimously approved by the commission in June Schunk had been serving as acting assistant chief of police Ray had been deputy chief of the administration bureau Also tonight Milwaukee Fire Chief Douglas Holton nominated two captains for the position of battalion chief Capt Ralph Gallow and Capt Daniel Holton will also be interviewed by the commission in closed sessions before the commission decides whether to approve the nominations at its Sept 18 meeting Capt Holton and Chief Holton are brothers Girl 14 hurt in hitrun outside school http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/beetown/content/ac2815ee622ea1404e5d5433bcc256ff.html A 14yearold Tremper High School student was in critical condition this afternoon after being struck by a hitandrun driver who was later arrested inside the school according to Kenosha policePolice reported today that the girl ran into traffic in the 8500 block of 26th Ave and was struck by a southbound 2002 silver Pontiac Grand Prix whose driver fled the sceneKenosha Fire Department rescue personnel took the victim to a Kenosha hospital with a serious head injury She was later taken to Children's Hospital in WauwatosaWith the help of a witness police located the Pontiac a short time later in the high school parking lot It had front end and windshield damage according to police The driver a 16yearold Tremper student was found inside the school Another 16yearold boy also a Tremper student had been a passenger in the car police noted The driver was taken into custody and transported to the police department He provided a statement and was later released to his parentsPolice reported that they will seek from juvenile authorities a charge of hitandrun causing great bodily harm against the driver Alcohol was not a factor in the crash police noted Parents offer reward in Zimmermann slaying http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/beetown/content/37bff38ecb9ab71b3821537f6245dbd3.html The parents of Brittany Zimmermann a University of WisconsinMadison student killed in her apartment in April pledged today a reward of at least 5000 for those who help turn in her killerThe days since Brittany's death have been very dark and we are desperate to find justice for our daughter the Zimmermans said in a statement released by Madison police The past five months have been agonizing and today we still have no answers as to who took our daughter from usZimmermann 21 of Marshfield who was considering going into medical school was slain April 2 in the downtown apartment she shared with her fiance Madison police said the fiance is not a suspect Investigators haven't mentioned publicly any promising leads in the caseZimmermann's parents filed and then later dropped a lawsuit against Dane County and a former sheriff's dispatcher Her parents claimed the dispatcher hung up on their daughter when she placed a 911 call the day she died then failed to call her backThe statement released today thanks police department investigators for their ongoing efforts with the investigation and indicates the reward is a way to help them get answersThe reward would be paid to anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest and conviction of Zimmermann's killerThe Zimmermanns are accepting contributions to the fund which can be sent to: Brittany Zimmermann Reward Fund co Marshfield Medical Center Credit Union 302 W Upham StMarshfield WI 54449Anyone with leads in the case can call Madison Area Crime Stoppers at 608 2666014 City holds hearing on pothole disparity http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/beetown/content/72d2f0ba546d5ed4b9eacdbd97899919.html More pothole repair crews should have been dispensed to Milwaukee's north side earlier this year to prevent a disparity of service city officials acknowledged before aldermen todayWe did try to shift work and resources said Jeff Mantes Department of Public Works commissioner Could we have done better In hindsight certainlyThe meeting came in the wake of a Journal Sentinel investigation that found pothole repairs in predominantly minority areas waited longer than mostly white census tracts Some aldermen lashed out against the department for failing to recognize and respond to slower fixes on the city's far north sideOther alderman questioned the Journal Sentinel's analysis and said it was using inaccurate evidence to evaluate the city's performance The Journal Sentinel used a city database of pothole fixes for January through midJulyWatchdog Report: Race gap found in pothole patching