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Kids in Crisis explores the state of mental health care for juveniles in Wisconsin.        Source: WisconsinRapidsDailyTribune.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

Madison Mayor Paul Soglin says he’s ready take on Governor Scott Walker. There are now ten Democrats in the race, and Soglin says his own polling shows him edging out state schools superintendent Tony Evers. “Evers is at 25, I’m at 23, and frankly what the poll says is the more information people get about […] Source: WRN.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

A 27-year-old man has been sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison and a matching period of time on extended supervision for his involvement in a gang rape.  Reginald Patton was in Dane County court Monday for his sentencing hearing after reaching a plea agreement with prosecutors in February.  The 17-year-old victim was attacked at a halfway house in the town of Blooming Grove.  Four men were taken into custody for the crime, all of them registered sex offenders.  The victim died later at a Dane County group home which has since been closed.  Her name hasn’t been released. Source: WRJC.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

The pay rate of 40-dollars-an-hour offered by the Wisconsin Public Defenders office is said to be too low, but it’s not going up.  That office assigns about 40 percent of its 138-thousand cases each year to private attorneys, but the state struggles to find attorneys willing to take the cases.  The Sixth Amendment Center says the break-even level for attorneys is 42-dollars-an-hour.  Wisconsin’s compensation is the lowest rate among the 50 states.  The Legislature rejected a bill raising the rate to 55-to-70-dollars-an-hour.  That would have cost taxpayers an additional 19-million dollars. Source: WRJC.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

The Green Bay Packers will hold two job fairs next month while looking for game-day employees for the 2018 season.  Those hired will help with Packer home games and events at Lambeau Field.  The job fairs will be held May 2nd and 3rd on the fifth-floor Terrace Suites in the south end of Lambeau Field.  Applicants must have strong communication skills, the ability to troubleshoot and stay focused on their job responsibilities and must be able to stand throughout the entire work shift.  Applicants have to be available for all home games, Family Night, any playoff games and other events at Lambeau Field, when called. Source: WRJC.com News At Other