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Public meeting set on postal processing consolidation

Submitted by Channel3000 Web Staff
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013, 9:43am

A public meeting is set as part of the U.S. Postal Service study of possible consolidation of its Madison and Milwaukee processing and distribution operations.

The Postal Service is down $16 billion this past year, and a study at the Madison Processing and Distribution Center will focus on the possible consolidation of some Madison operations to the Milwaukee Processing and Distribution Center.

Postal Service officials cite declining mail volumes and the large financial deficits the decline has created as the reason for the study.

The meeting is scheduled for May 29 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Alliant Energy Center inside Exhibition Hall B.

Through an Area Mail Processing study, the Postal Service said it's examining the Madison plant's efficiency in order to decide whether the center should consolidate.

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Motorists warned to watch for speed enforcement

Submitted by Channel3000 Web Staff
Monday, May 13th, 2013, 2:55pm

Madison area motorists are being warned about special traffic enforcement in the city this week.

The Madison Police Department's Traffic Enforcement Safety Team, is targeting the following areas for special enforcement:

  • Speed enforcement on Tuesday at 3700 Speedway Rd.

  • Speed enforcement on Wednesday at 2800 International Ln.

  • Speed and pedestrian safety enforcement on Thursday at 1400 Williamson St.

Madison police say they rely heavily on the cooperation of the public to follow all traffic laws.

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Traffic to slow on John Nolen for training drill

Submitted by Channel3000 Web Staff
Sunday, May 12th, 2013, 4:48pm

Emergency responders plan to assess response skills and train in a multi-agency drill Monday afternoon, organizers said. Due to the nearly four-hour exercise taking place near the Monona Terrace and Olin Park, traffic will be affected and public access to some areas will be restricted, organizers said.

The City of Madison and Dane County Metropolitan Medical Response System plans to conduct a training operation at Monona Terrace on John Nolen Drive from noon to 3:30 p.m., according to a news release.

Madison Fire Department Spokesman Eric Dahl said the drills will mean increased emergency response vehicle traffic throughout the exercise areas. He said eastbound John Nolen Drive will be reduced to one lane in the area in front of Monona Terrace for responder safety. Public parking and the bike trail at Monona Terrace will remain open during the drills, Dahl said.

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Sheriff says missing inmate located

Submitted by Channel3000 Web Staff
Thursday, May 9th, 2013, 11:02pm

Authorities said a man who went missing from the county?s work release program earlier Thursday had turned himself in by Thursday evening.

A spokeswoman for the Dane County Sheriff?s Office said Carnell A. Perkins, 34, of Monona, left the Ferris Center on Rimrock Road at 10 a.m. Thursday to report for work.

Dane County Sheriff?s deputies said Carnell never showed up to his place of employment and he had not returned to the Ferris Center as of Thursday afternoon.

Sheriff?s press information officer Elise Schaffer said Perkins was declared AWOL but had been located by 11 p.m.

According to a report, Carnell is serving a nine-month probation sentence with Huber for battery causing substantial bodily harm.

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Pedestrians report near misses

Submitted by Channel3000 Web Staff
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013, 10:19am

The growing number of people outside because of warmer weather is leading to an increase in reports of vehicles nearly striking pedestrians in Madison.

Madison?s Traffic Engineering and Parking Department said some of the near misses have occurred on neighborhood business streets, like Monroe Street and Williamson Street.

Motorists are asked to be careful when traffic slows or stops and to figure out why the traffic slowed or stopped before passing. City officials said many pedestrian crashes occur when a pedestrian steps out from in front of a stopped vehicle as another driver is trying to pass.

Pedestrians are also asked to walk defensively and not to assume that motorists are watching them.

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LaFollette wins City Track Meet

Submitted by Channel3000 Web Staff
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013, 7:52am

It was a picture perfect night at the City Track meet at Lussier Stadium in Madison.

In the girls 400 meter dash Madison West's Gabriella Gaus holds off a late charge from Edgewood's Kayla Sampson winning in 1:02.6

In the boys 400 meter dash Madison LaFollette's Daniel Freiberg wins in 49.49 seconds.

LaFollette's boys and girls sweep the team titles. It's the 12th title in the last 15 years for the boys and the eighth in the last 10 years for the girls.

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Report outlines problems with Mifflin Street Block Party

Submitted by Channel3000 Web Staff
Friday, May 3rd, 2013, 5:01pm

On the eve of the first weekend in May, Madison officials are reminding residents the Mifflin Street Block Party will not take place Saturday as it has for decades.

A report released Thursday by Public Health Madison and Dane County showed the Mifflin Street Block Party cost city taxpayers $196,000 in policing efforts last year. Mayor Paul Soglin said he hopes to save some of the money spent on Mifflin policing and put it toward youth activities.

"We will reduce that check," Soglin said in a statement. "We will make those funds available for summer youth programming."

Madison Police Chief Noble Wray and Soglin said in the statement that the annual student event has grown out of control, and they want to reduce the burden on the community and the police department.

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