The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Obituary; Madison Soldier Dies From Injuries; in Iraq, Fantasy Baseball Kept Him in Touch with Home

A Wisconsin Army reservist who had friends across the country through an Internet fantasy baseball league and kept tabs on his team's progress while serving in the Iraq war has become the 48th Wisconsin service member killed in that conflict. Sgt. 1st Class Matthew R. Kading, 32, of Madison died Monday at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Tuesday.

Patrick Mcilheran; Top-Notch Science Deserves Citizens' Hard Thought

Very soon, Gov. Jim Doyle will veto a bill to ban human cloning. By some reckoning, the bill will have harmed the state merely by making it to the governor's desk. The bill, however, serves the state by raising a critical question.

Quick Hit

I've been getting conflicting advice on Wisconsin lawn care of late. Did I really have to mow my grass one more time before snow falls? (Hint: It's now November.) After all, the woolly mammoth didn't get a haircut during the Ice Age. Some tell me to trim that lawn; others, to let it grow. I should note, however, that folks who tell me to mow also tell me I should have drained the snowblower's gas tank from last winter. Ha! What do they know? O. Ricardo Pimentel, editorial page editor

Your Opinions

HALLOWEEN Madison police have set quite an example

Troubled Waters; Control the Seaway

Here's what not to do about the St. Lawrence Seaway, whose serious problems were outlined in a just-concluded, three-part series in the Journal Sentinel: Make it bigger. Here's what should be done: 1) Enact tighter federal controls on ocean-going vessels entering the Seaway by having Congress finally approve the National Aquatic Invasive Species Act. 2) If Congress continues to sit on its thumbs, the states that are home to the lakes, including Wisconsin, should take matters into their own ha...

Accident Injuries Kill Big Bend Woman; She Was Hurt Friday Driving Rented Vehicle

Muskego A Big Bend woman has died from injuries she suffered when she crashed in a rented Jaguar that she wasn't authorized to drive, officials said Tuesday. After taking a friend home, Charline A. Robinson, 35, was driving to a bar to meet her boyfriend when she lost control of the vehicle, left the road and crashed into an embankment near the bar, police Capt. Paul Geiszler said.

Man to Appear in Court On Drug Charges

Waukesha A Milwaukee man has been ordered to make his initial appearance Monday in Waukesha County Circuit Court on drug trafficking charges stemming from his arrest in Menomonee Falls in February. Romero M. Carter, 41, has been charged with possession of cocaine with intent to deliver, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and maintaining a drug trafficking place.

Wright Items Displayed

An exhibit of recently acquired artifacts related to Frank Lloyd Wright is on view through Nov. 26 at the Wisconsin Historical Museum on Madison's Capitol Square. The items include a 1938 cardboard model for a home Wright designed for a Life magazine promotion; original Wright furniture; and 33 rare images of the first Taliesin complex in Spring Green. The museum, at 30 N. Carroll St., is open Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Police Report

Assault 2100 block of N. 24th Place: A 37-year-old man is accused of hitting his live-in girlfriend in the left eye, while holding a drinking glass, causing a cut that required stitches. He's also accused of taking her money and purse at 11:21 p.m. on Oct. 19.

Inside Tv & Radio; If It Seems Goofy, It Probably Is

Listeners to WXSS-FM (103.7) the last couple of days have been wondering what's going on with a supposed hacking of the Web site for the teen-skewing station better known as Kiss FM. If you went to www.1037kissfm.com on Tuesday, you saw a picture of a piece of paper with the hand-scrawled message reading: "I've got your 10 grand . . . I'll be in contact."

Police Report

Assault 1900 block of S. 7th St.: A 23-year-old man is accused of striking a 19-year-old woman, the mother of his child, in the head about 8:30 p.m. Oct. 21. The victim required stitches.

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