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updated: Fri Jul 18, 2008 03:25 pm

Fitchburg News

Local news for Fitchburg, WI continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

16 hrs ago | The Capital Times

Fitchburg man convicted for wife's gruesome murder

Jurors in the Julio Marin-Garcia murder trial found him guilty Friday afternoon of first-degree intentional homicide for the brutal murder of his wife Oct.

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Related Topix: Dane County, WI, Violent Crime

Wed Jul 16, 2008

The Capital Times

Accused wife-killer testifies on romance undone

Jurors in the Julio Marin-Garcia murder trial will have to wait until Thursday to hear him describe the gruesome murder of his wife in the apartment they shared after making a trek from their native Mexico to ...

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Related Topix: Fitchburg State College

Tue Jul 15, 2008

The Capital Times

Jurors hear audio of Fitchburg woman's murder

Jurors in the murder trial of a Fitchburg man heard a gruesome audio recording Tuesday of the knife attack that killed 23-year-old Yuliana Hernandez-Hernandez last October.

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Related Topix: Dane County, WI, Fitchburg State College, Violent Crime

Mon Jul 14, 2008

The Capital Times

Fitchburg man will cop to killing wife, but says it was unplanned

Jurors were told today by Assistant Public Defender Jon Helland that Julio Marin-Garcia will take responsibility for killing his wife last October, though he didn't intend to commit the act.

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Related Topix: Dane County, WI, Fitchburg State College

The Capital Times

Young rockers hone face-melting skills at Music Foundry

When you live in Cambridge, Wisconsin, it's pretty hard to keep a rock band going.

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Related Topix: Cambridge, WI, Entertainment

Sat Jul 12, 2008

The Daily Page

Detective suspended, Fire in Fitchburg, CC Sabathia

A Rock County judge decides to leave Mark Staskal at the Mendota Mental Health Institute for now.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire, Madison, WI, Madison Metro

Thu Jul 10, 2008

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resou...

July 24 at UW-Baraboo: Public hearing on Lake Redstone

The Department of Natural Resources will hold a public hearing here on Thursday, July 24, to gather citizen input on portions of Lake Redstone that may meet the criteria for designation as Critical Habitat.

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Related Topix: Baraboo, WI

Tue Jul 08, 2008

WMTV Madison

Ten OWI Arrests Over the Holiday Weekend

' Despite a slow-no-wake ordinance in effect on the Madison lakes, state and county officers made ten operating while intoxicated arrests over the three-day July 4th weekend.

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Related Topix: Madison Metro, Madison, WI, Dane County, WI, Monona, WI

Mon Jul 07, 2008

WMTV Madison

Teen Arrested for Strong Armed Robbery

According to a news release from the Madison Police Department: On July 3, 2008, around 3:25 p.m., a Madison Police South District Officer saw a young man walking away from Penn Park towards Park Street.

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Related Topix: Madison Metro, Madison, WI

Wisconsin State Journal

Residents in disbelief after hot coals cause apartment fire

Residents stood in disbelief in the parking lot of their charred apartment building today, the bright blue water of an adjacent swimming pool a jarring contrast.

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Related Topix: Shorewood Hills, WI, Monona, WI, Oregon, WI, Verona, WI, Madison, WI

Channel 3000

Teen's Mistake Causes Fitchburg Apartment Complex Fire

Residents of the Fitchburg Springs apartment complex spent Sunday going through what was left of their apartments, trying to salvage anything they could after a fire.

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Related Topix: Oregon, WI, Verona, WI, Shorewood Hills, WI, Monona, WI

Sun Jul 06, 2008

WBAY

Teen could face $169 fine for starting $3.3M blaze

A Madison-area teenager could face a small fine for causing an apartment fire that caused $3.3 million in damages.

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The Capital Times

Some residents may return to Fitchburg apartments after blaze

The owner of an apartment building that caught fire late Friday night and burned into the morning has extended efforts to ensure that his displaced tenants have somewhere to live in the days ahead.

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WTMJ-AM Milwaukee

Grill Caused $3.3 Million Apartment Fire

Madison-area firefighters think they know what started a major apartment fire that caused an estimated $3.3 million in damages.

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Related Topix: Madison Metro, Madison, WI

Sat Jul 05, 2008

Channel3000

Fire Heavily Damages Fitchburg Apartment Complex

A Friday night apartment fire in Fitchburg has displaced around 40 people and caused $3 million in damages to the building.

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Related Topix: Madison Metro, Verona, WI, Madison, WI, Shorewood Hills, WI, Monona, WI

Channel3000

Inmate Declared AWOL By Dane County Sherriff's Department

Inmate Darriell L. Banks has been declared AWOL from the Custody Alternative Monitoring Program, according to the Dane County Sheriff's Department.

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Related Topix: Dane County, WI, Madison, WI

WMTV Madison

Fitchburg Apartment Fire

Around 40 people are displaced after a fire tears through an apartment building in Fitchburg.

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Fri Jul 04, 2008

The Capital Times

Fitchburg man charged with hate crimes

A Fitchburg man was charged Thursday with four separate hate crimes in connection with a confrontation he had with co-workers on June 30.

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Related Topix: Madison Metro, Madison, WI

Thu Jul 03, 2008

WMTV Madison

CrimeTracker 15: Man Tentatively Charged with Hate Crime

On July 1st an employee of a Dane County based temporary employment agency reported to Madison Police that he had been attacked by a fellow worker at a Lien Road job site around 1:15 p.m. on June 30, 2008.

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Related Topix: Dane County, WI, Madison Metro, Madison, WI

Tue Jul 01, 2008

Leader-Telegram

Explosion at prison injures 2 workers, inmate

A natural gas explosion at a minimum security prison in Wisconsin has injured two maintenance workers and an inmate.

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