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Mayo Clinic Health System offers ‘prom trauma’ simulations to stop students from drinking and driving

EAU CLAIRE –– The scene is something out of every parent’s and friend’s worst nightmare. Young people talk at a party after they have been drinking alcohol. Next comes the sound of squealing tires, breaking glass, crushing metal. The intoxicated driver stumbles from the vehicle, distraught at the sight of injured friends, pleading with rescuers…

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Colfax Health and Rehab – 4-11-2018

News for the week of April 1st to the 7th:  We hope everyone had a great Easter Weekend. It was busy here at the Big Yellow House. We started out the weekend with our Annual Easter Egg Hunt and Petting Zoo. This fun event is sponsored by the 22ers 4-H and has been an Easter weekend…

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School safety: Elk Mound teachers armed with bee spray

By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND  — It’s a brilliant strategy, really, because how would you react if someone hit you in the face with a stream of bee spray from 30 feet away? The bee spray is part of the Elk Mound school district’s active shooter preparedness that is one component of the ALICE…

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Internet safety for kids: the cell phone never sleeps

By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND  —  With the increasing sophistication and availability of technology comes increasing opportunities for sexual predators to target children. One such example is a 45-year-old high school teacher in Glenwood City arrested April 5 for allegedly trading sexually explicit photos and messages with a sophomore girl who attends high school…

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