WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — A Wausau woman is the last link in a 68-person kidney transplant chain of donations that started in Minnesota, spread across the country and ended at the University of Wisconsin. After living with renal insufficiency for 30 years, 77-year-old Mitzi Neyens says that her condition had begun to worsen in the past two years. She was included in the chain after De Pere school teacher Megan O’Leary donated a kidney to a matched recipient in exchange for a matched kidney for Neyens, her long-time family friend. The chain began in Minnesota with a woman who wanted to donate a kidney to no one in particular. The National Kidney Registry and 26 hospitals nationwide helped coordinate 34 kidney exchanges between 68 people.
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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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