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Time To Immunize
Monday, 08 August 2011 11:35 | 
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The La Crosse County Health Department- Public Health Nursing Division is dedicated to promoting wellness and preventing disease in individuals by offering childhood immunization programs. Partnering with Every Child by Two and the CDC, they work to raise awareness of the critical need for timely immunization and to foster a systematic way to immunize all children by age two.
Children’s vaccine is available for children under 19 years-of-age; there is no cost for the vaccine itself. There is a $15 dollar administration fee per person.
Appointments can be scheduled by calling the Public Health Nursing Division at 608-785-9723; hours are Monday-Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Community clinics will be held at the following locations: Wednesday the 10th at the Holmen Middle School from 3-6pm and next Tuesday at the Onalaska Middle School from 3-6pm.
Should There Have Been Signs???Monday, 08 August 2011 11:32 | | |
Should there have been no swimming signs posted in an area where a 6 year old boy drowned in the Mississippi River last week? The family of Jr. Thao thinks so. The boy disappeared in the water last Monday at Pettibone Park. His body was recovered two days later. The boy's sister, Shoua Thao, says that the area should have had signs warning that it was dangerous to swim there. We checked with the Lacrosse city attorney's about the matter....they did not want to comment until a review of policies had been done first. Officials say the area where the family was swimming last Monday is dangerous because it's next to the main shipping channel and the currents are swift. Fight Over Presumed Theft Leads to ArsonMonday, 08 August 2011 11:22 | | |
A squabble over a couple bucks and a coat have led to an arson charge against a homeless guy in La Crosse. Cops say Thomas Hitchins was ticked off at his buddy for stealing some cash and his jacket. So the 78 year-old decided the appropriate response was to light up the guy's camper, piled high with his personal belongings. Hitchins at first told a cop he had nothing to do with the fire but later admitted the arson, tying it directly to the squabble between the two men. Multiple Accidents, Scuffle With Cops, 5th OWI; Rough Week-end for La Crosse GuyMonday, 08 August 2011 11:10 | | |
A La Crosse parking cop helped nail a drunk driver this week-end. Police say the off-duty Civilian Service Employee--or, CSE--stopped to help at an accident on the southside on Saturday. Apparently a truck had run into a lawn mower. Dude in the truck, 38 year-old Kim Hebel, took off and the CSE followed him. At one point, cops say Hebel tried to ram the CSE's car. Dispatch got a play by play of the pursuit. County cops eventually nabbed Hebel after he hit two cars. They say he was pretty solidly drunk. He faces a couple hit and run charges and a couple charges for his scuffle with deputies. They say it's also Hebel's fifth OWI. Spikes Pulled From Rails Stall Train Traffic in La CrosseMonday, 08 August 2011 11:08 | | |
Trains were running a little late out of La Crosse last night. Blame it on booze. Appears to have at least something to do with why 54 year-old Gregory Davis decided it would be a good idea to pull spikes out of the rail bed by the northside Amtrak station. They say Davis had been drinking when he pulled out up to a dozen rail spikes. Davis told cops he pulled out the spikes because they were loose. He got charged and rail bosses had to shut down all traffic until the spikes were replaced and the tracks were inspected. |