The Boys and Girls Club of Greater La Crosse has received a statewide award for its work on mental health challenges with kids and their families, after leading the charge for several years.
The BGCGL Behavioral Health Program, a partnered program with Mayo Clinic Health Systems that places full-time mental health staff in the clubs to work directly with students, was awarded the annual Wisconsin BGC State Program of the Year for 2020.
âIâm really proud of the fact that our organizationâs being recognized as a leader in behavioral health and support for kids, and I would say, too, weâre just getting started,â said Jake Erickson, the executive director of BGCGL.
KAAL-TV Created: December 18, 2020 09:24 AM
(ABC 6 News) - Emergency crews responded to East Side Lake Park in Austin Thursday night around 10:30 after a report that someone could hear screaming coming from the park area but was not able to see anyone.
Austin Police Chief David McKichan said crews were able to determine the screams were coming from an open part of the lake. The APD said the officer was able to briefly locate the woman in the water but there was not a safe way to get to her. Additional crews were called in to help.
APD officers at the scene used spotlights, thermal imaging cameras and binoculars to keep the woman visible. A firefighter with the Austin Fire Department geared up and started making their way to the woman. The APD said the firefighter was able to locate the woman, at the time of her rescue she had begun to submerge and was just visible enough to be found.
Austin first responders pull woman with no pulse from icy water
A report of a woman who fell through the ice at a park in Austin resulted in a water rescue in challenging conditions.
Posted: Dec 18, 2020 9:20 AM
Updated: Dec 18, 2020 10:33 AM
AUSTIN, Minn. - A report of a woman who fell through the ice at a park in Austin resulted in a water rescue in challenging conditions.
Austin police responded to Eastside Lake Park at 10:27 p.m. Thursday after a report that a person was hearing screams coming from the park area.
Due to dark and foggy conditions, visibility was limited. The victim was briefly located bobbing in the water by responding officers before the Austin Fire Department and Mayo Clinic Ambulance Service responded. Shortly after, the victim was unresponsive and was floating in the water.
December 17: Weekly Driftless Region COVID-19 update
DRIFTLESS - Over the past week COVID-19, diagnoses statewide increased from 387,235 on Monday, Dec. 7 to 438,895 on Monday, Dec. 14. That is a statewide increase of 24,563 cases. The number of deaths increased from 3,758 to 4,068, an additional 330 deaths, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
Vaccine Q&A
On Friday, December 11, LaCrosse County Public Health Director Jennifer Rombalski, and Dr. Naik of Gundersen Health Systems and Dr. Morcomb of Mayo Health Systems, made a presentation about what citizens should know about and expect with upcoming vaccinations for COVID-19.
“The coming of the vaccine and improvement in our county’s metrics are both welcome news,” Rombalski said. “However, everyone needs to know that getting people vaccinated is going to take time, and things may very well get worse before they get better.