Wisconsin
Extra Narcan doses given to Wisconsin law enforcement because of opioid settlement funds
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MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – Funds from opioid lawsuit settlements will go toward providing additional Narcan to Wisconsin State Patrol, Wisconsin Department of Justice officials announced Thursday.
Attorney General Josh Kaul explained that over the last few years, his agency has seen the work of the DOJ, county and local governments hold opioid companies accountable for the opioid crisis. Their work has secured over $750 million that will be distributed across the state to fight the opioid epidemic, and provided more than 31,500 additional doses of Narcan to Wisconsin law enforcement agencies.
Wisconsin State Patrol Superintendent Tim Carnahan said all officers in the agency carry Narcan on duty, and noted it is important because there is a growing number of incidents where a quick response is needed to save someone’s life.
“Law enforcement access to naloxone, or Narcan, means an overdose call has the potential to become an opportunity for recovery,” Carnahan said.
Julia Olsen, Public Health Supervisor at Public Health Madison & Dane County, explained that giving Narcan to those who use drugs and their loved ones allows for better outcomes in the community, and emphasized the importance of the life-saving drug.
“Drug overdose is a growing epidemic that continues to steal lives every year,” Olsen said. “Wisconsin lost more of our family, friends and neighbors to drug overdose in the past year than we ever have.”
Olsen also noted that access to Narcan hasn’t been high in the past.
“For many years, Narcan has not been easy to get, even for our emergency responders and paramedics, due to the high costs and the need for prescription,” Olsen said. “As an organization working with community partners, we are very thankful for the state’s efforts to make Narcan more accessible.”
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Olsen said there are plans to put three Narcan vending machines in different locations in Dane County, with the expectation that more will come.
Kaul said their work is not done yet and those dollars earned for its investigations can transform the epidemic.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (WTAQ-WLUK) – A bipartisan bill honoring a Wisconsin State Trooper who died in the line of duty is one step closer to fruition.
On Monday, legislation introduced in Sept. 2023 by U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-6th District) to rename the U.S. Post Office located on Fremont Street in Kiel the “Trooper Trevor J. Casper Post Office Building” passed through the House of Representatives.
Grothman led the entire Wisconsin Congressional delegation on the bill. Now, it awaits consideration in the U.S. Senate.
Casper was fatally shot in Fond du Lac on March 24, 2015 while trying to apprehend a bank robbery and murder suspect. It was Casper’s first solo assignment. He was 21 years old when he was killed, making him the youngest police officer in Wisconsin history to die in the line of duty.
Casper was a Kiel native who participated in wrestling and soccer and coached youth sports. Just months before his death, Casper graduated from the State Patrol Academy and was stationed at the State Trooper Base in Fond du Lac.
He received a Criminal Justice degree from Lakeshore Technical College, where he was active in the Color Guard and held the position of President of the LTC student government.
CAMPBELLSPORT, Wis. (CBS) — A Wisconsin high school track star had ruled ineligible to compete because of a technicality— but the ban was reversed, and over the weekend, he won two state titles.
Josh Onwunili of Campbellsport, Wisconsin—in Fond du Lac County about an hour north of Milwaukee—had been forbidden from running for Campbellsport High School because his parents weren’t living in the state.
They were in Ghana, in West Africa, working as missionaries.
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association rulebook says: “A full-time student… is ineligible for varsity interscholastic competition only at the school within whose attendance boundaries his/her parents reside.”
But the high school sports governing body reversed its decision, and Onwunili was allowed to compete with a special waiver.
He went on to sweep the 100m and 200m state championships this past weekend.
“I made it, I persevered,” Onwunili said. “It wouldn’t have been possible without everybody. Everybody helped along the way, and it’s been amazing.”
Wisconsin state Rep. Jerry O’Connor (R-Fond du Lac) had been working with the WIAA to get the waiver granted so Onwunili could compete.
“All WIAA was ever asked was to ‘LET JOSH RUN!’ And, wow, did he run,” O’Connor said in the statement. “Congratulations Josh!”
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