Madison
Ace Portables, a portable-toilet business based out of Janesville, Wis., is the target of a complaint Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager filed Thursday on grounds that the company allegedly has been dumping its sewage onto an open Rock County field for years.
According to the complaint, which was requested by the Department of National Resources, the company illegally deposited untreated septage from its toilets two to three times a week onto a nonagricultural field. The dumping allegedly occurred from at least May 2001 until September 2003.
The complaint additionally alleges Ace Portables used septic systems not designed for the waste it was acquiring, which would be both a violation of state statute and DNR regulation. Other alleged DNR infractions included insufficient record-keeping and operating without an operator-in-charge.
Madison
Three women with ties to UW-Madison are among the six recently named by Madison's YWCA as recipients of 2005's Women of Distinction Awards.
At its May 17 ceremony the YMCA will honor UW-Madison consumer-science Senior Lecturer Jeanan Yasiri for her work with service innovation at Dean Health System.
Martha \Meg"" Gaines, a faculty member at UW-Madison's law school, will receive the award for her work as director of the university's Center for Patient Partnerships. The center provides free assistance for individuals with chronic medical problems.
Shiva Bidar-Sielaff, manager of interpreter services and minority/community relations at University Hospital, is also among the recipients.
Janesville
Sylvia Feingold, the mother of U.S. Sen. and UW-Madison alum Russ Feingold, died Wednesday at age 86.
Mrs. Feingold died at the family's home in Janesville after a brief illness, according to friends of the family.
In a statement, Feingold said his mother ""was a wonderful woman who imparted a deep love for life to everyone she knew.""
Funeral arrangements are pending. In lieu of flowers, the family is asking that contributions be sent in her memory to two charities.
A scholarship named in Mrs. Feingold's honor helps students who are learning foreign languages. Contributions to the Sylvia Feingold Scholarship Fund may be sent in care of David Feingold, Feingold and Associates, 20 E. Milwaukee St., Janesville, WI 53545.
-The Capital Times
