The author of a package of anti-heroin bills says he’s pleased the state senate has approved the measures. The bills would crack down on tracking prescription drugs as a way to combat heroin abuse. State representative John Nygren says one bill would require opiate dispensers to enter prescriptions into a statewide database within 24 hours. Other bills would require police who find an opiate prescription at an overdose scene to enter it into the database, methadone and pain clinics to register with the state and require methadone treatment programs to report the number of people receiving medication. Nygren was a guest on AM 1170 WFDL’s Between the Lines program.
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photo: waupun mayor rohn bishop The Waupun Common Council has postponed action on wage increases for paid on call firefighters and elected officials to get more public input. The council discussed the matter, sometimes heated, at their meeting this week and will take up the issue again at their April 8th meeting. If […]
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A house fire near New Holstein claimed the life of a child. Shortly after 2am Wednesday firefighters were called to the scene on Honeymoon Hill Road near County Road T. A child in the home was pronounced dead at a hospital. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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