http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/fulton/ Fulton, WI News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/fulton/content/1f7d0e1667bcfe9cc5b18df6d6fafad4.html As December gets underway so does the season for yearend bestof listmaking in the worlds of music movies books games and just about every other type of media out there One particularly rich list is the voluminous collection of album and local live show picks from BSide Records which released its 2008 edition on Monday http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/fulton/content/ac1f07df61e2b7791a2f114686adb665.html The Oshkosh Common Council is expecting a long meeting on Tuesday that will include finalization of the citys 2009 budget and tax rate and determining how to pay for new recycling bins if the city adopts singlestream recycling a term sheet for the tax incremental financing district for a northside Shopko and other businesses and transferring a liquor license held by the Supple Restaurant Group to the Oshkosh Convention Center http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/fulton/content/b98ed16815450003ae4460f155e033ec.html Oshkosh police responded to the following incidents in patrol districts 2 and 5 District 2 is south of New York Avenue and east of North Main Street and District 5 consists of most of the area north of Ninth Avenue and West of Ohio Street The information is compiled by the districts patrol sergeants Reports from other patrol districts will be added as the information becomes available http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/fulton/content/5fbd676610fe2618cb097e8e05b57664.html MANITOWOC The city has wordforword records of what Detective Sgt Brian Swetlik Lt Karl Puestow and former Chief Perry Kingsbury told attorneys hired to investigate the Manitowoc Police Department but Alderman Justin Nickels says he has been denied access to the transcripts http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/fulton/content/18a8ab815f8fe3de2c6e01d82985aeb6.html Edgewood High School students presented their research findings last week at the St Croix River Research Rendezvous 8212; concrete evidence of their days of wading knee deep navigating through dense brush and searching forests for mushrooms Eleven students in Edgewood39;s advanced environmental field education class spent two weeks this summer studying mussel rusty crayfish mushroom beaver and frog populations in Minnesota39;s enormous St Croix State Park A first for the school seven of the students http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/fulton/content/1f7c38d59df493914ddd14d1993ec2f5.html Close to a month after opening its new emergency department at Luther Hospital Luther Midelfort is planning to launch a new building project that includes a cancer center a comprehensive women's health center and an outpatient surgery centerWe are building tomorrow today said Dr Randall Linton Luther Midelfort president and chief executive The new building will be a huge advancement in the way we care for our patients Specifically it will allow us to continue to provide highly integrated and coordinated care between inpatient and outpatient settingsThe 1125 million project expected to be completed in early 2011 includes a fivestory 358000squarefoot addition which will be built to the west of the existing hospital and replace aging Luther Hospital facilities some of which date to 1905 The current building will remain in useThere is never a lack of need for space Linton saidA groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for 10 am Thursday outside Luther Hospital's current front entrance at 1221 Whipple St The groundbreaking will be followed by a ribboncutting ceremony at Luther Midelfort's new fourlevel 800space parking ramp at Chestnut and Fulton streets The ramp will open to patients WednesdayLuther Midelfort officials have been planning the addition for the past five to six years and their efforts have included input from patients about their needs Linton saidThe input from patients and their families including what's important to them is extremely helpful in planning he saidThe addition will allow needed updates so patients will have access to the newest technology while meeting their needs and the needs of their families The addition includes:Cancer center first floor: Currently located in the basement of the hospital radiation oncology cannot update equipment or expand because of a lack of space The new project will allow for a consolidated medical oncology and radiation oncology cancer center Patients will have a separate entrance and parking lot which will offer them privacy and convenience when receiving treatment Dr Dan Burns a Luther Midelfort oncologist is looking forward to the center's opening We're pretty excited he said It's going to be a nice new space and patients won't need to remember if they're going upstairs or downstairs for treatment on a particular dayOutpatient surgery first floor: Four additional treatment rooms and increased pre and postoperative space will help accommodate demand in this area Older operating rooms also will be enlarged and standardized to 650 square feetWomen's health second floor: Labor and delivery rooms currently are small and do not have showers The new project will offer larger patient rooms with whirlpool tubs and showers family lounges kitchenettes and a special care areaWe have been waiting for this project for a long time said Carie Martin Luther Midelfort director of women's health We're located in one of the oldest parts of the hospital and remodeling just hasn't been a costeffective thing for usToday some patients expect to have more hotellike accommodations for their birth experiences she saidInpatient medicalsurgical third floor: An additional 10 beds in this area plus 15 beds in other units will accommodate increasing demand without overbuilding Larger patient rooms family lounges and kitchenettes will be includedThe lower level of the new addition will be shelled with plans for an auditorium and the fourth and fifth floors also will be shelled for future expansionThis project will augment our existing health care facilities ensuring that Luther Midelfort remains a hub for patientfocused health care services Linton saidO'Brien can be reached at 8305838 8002367077 or christenaobrienecpccom http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/fulton/content/550cda3c26a64dc41d9c3074ce09e691.html Rock County power line afirst in Midwesta http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/fulton/content/8917ffcf2010bc3b313cab22035b6dab.html Sidewalk requested for safety reasons