A new report shows the lung cancer survival rate in Wisconsin is improving. The second annual report shows that while an estimate 4,150 Wisconsinites will be diagnosed with the disease this year, more Americans than ever are surviving the disease. Dona Wininsky with the American Lung Association in Wisconsin says lung cancer is the number one cancer killer of women and men in the United States. Wininsky says in Wisconsin the survival rate is 22.3 percent. Wininsky says part of the reason that lung cancer is so deadly is because most cases are diagnosed at a later stage after the disease has spread.
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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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