• WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2015 • VOLUME 83 • NO. 1 • 2 SECTIONS
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&'( & POLK COUNTY - Owen Williams, a longtime prominent trial lawyer in Northwest Wisconsin, died Monday, Aug. 17, at his home in rural Amery. He was 76 years old. His body was discovered when he failed to show up for a court hearing. Authorities said he may have died from carbon monoxide poisoning after accidentally leaving his car running, something he had done frequently in recent weeks due to a substantial hearing loss. However, autopsy results are not yet known. Williams served as the St. Croix County district attorney for several years in the 1970s and spent the last 40 years in private practice. Funeral services are pending. â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ MILLTOWN â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A grand opening/ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Angels Island playground next to the Milltown Community Center will be held Sat Saturday, Aug. 22, beginning at 1 p.m. Activities at the event will include a picnicstyle lunch that will be served after the program until gone, kids activities, a guessing game with a family prize, music, a bounce house and dunk tank. The release of a CD written for Angels Island will be available for a freewill dona donation. There will also be an opportunity to write a message to the angels and send it up in a helium balloon at 3 p.m. The Angels Island playground was built to honor the memory of three young cousins, Laynie Jo Amos, Lydia Milberg and Clara Pavek, who were killed in a tragic car accident in December 2013. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; with submitted information â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ STATEWIDE - Bicycle deaths in the U.S. have gone down over the last four decades, but adults are dying at a higher rate than children children, a new report shows. A review of data from the federal Fatality Analysis Reporting System shows the rate of fatal bike collisions with cars declined 44 percent between 1975 and 2012. Jason Vargo of the University of Wisconsinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nelson Institute wrote about the issue in the Centers for Disease Controlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. He speculates fewer children may be dying on their bikes because they travel fewer miles. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What we think might be happening is that those are the groups that are cycling less, in the case of children. And the - Photo by Shoehorn99 groups that are cycling more, in the case of adults,â&#x20AC;? said '*;08 ,,8;-270 =8 <=*=. .9*;=6.7= 8/ &;*7<98;=*=287 H0>;.< =1.;. 1*?. been eight bicycle fatalities so far this year in Wisconsin. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s higher than all of last year. - Shamane Mills | WPR Radio
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