MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Fewer Wisconsin children died as a result of child abuse and neglect in 2013. That’s according to a new report by the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families. Twenty children died compared with 23 in the previous year. But the state has seen an increase in alleged and substantiated abuse cases over the five-year period beginning in 2009. The number of substantiated cases of abusive head trauma, so-called shaken baby syndrome, increased from 43 to 80. Wisconsin Department of Children and Families spokesman Joe Scialfa says the agency is monitoring closely the rise in head trauma cases. In Milwaukee County, the number of fatalities more than doubled from three in 2012 to eight — all of them children under the age of 7.
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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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