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PITTSFIELD — The former Sunoco gas station on Center Street has been closed for four years, and Evan Skubel noticed it every time he drove to work. “My other business is right across the street,” said Skubel, who owns EMS Property Maintenance & Landscaping on South Church Street. “You drive by and it’s a wasted property. It’s got so much potential. It got my brain spinning.” So, Skubel decided to turn that idea into action. He has leased the former gas station from its owner, which is based in Greenfield, and is converting it into EMS Automotive, which he pl...

In a thrilling team battle, Indiana Tech regained the men’s crown at the 2021 NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championships that concluded Saturday at the Ruth Donohue First Dakota Fieldhouse in Yankton, South Dakota. The team race was amazingly close as the meet wound to its conclusion. The final session had six events and the team lead changed after all six – with four different programs continually swapping the lead. In the end, it was top-ranked Indiana Tech on top with 51.5 points, just ahead of second-ranked Dordt (Iowa) with 47. The winning margin of 4.5 points was the meet’s closest...

By Logan Rude Mar 2, 2021 8:37 AM DODGEVILLE, Wis. — Officers with the Richland-Iowa-Grant Drug Task Force arrested a woman Sunday on multiple drug charges after finding multiple drugs in her Dodgeville residence. Officers with the drug task force, alongside deputies from the Iowa County Sheriff’s Office and Dodgeville police, reportedly found methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, marijuana and other controlled substances when they searched a Dodgeville residence around 2:20 p.m. Erin A. Van Epps, 37, was subsequently arrested and charged with manufacture/delivery of cocaine, manufact...

January 22, 2021 By Shelley Byrne As it moves into 2021, the Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) has repositioned its legal advocacy arm and updated its website to better serve brown-water mariners. Following the retirement of Doug Stevenson after a 29-year career as director of SCI’s Center for Seafarer Rights, based in Port Newark, N.J., the organization has hired Phillip C. Schifflin Jr. as its new director of the Center for Mariner Advocacy, which now makes its home in Schifflin’s adopted hometown of New Orleans, La. The na...

And more. DDD can make changes when they get reports. They can tell workers to get more training. They can ask businesses to fire workers. They can take away money. Sometimes the reports are serious. DDD can work with Adult Protective Services to see if it is a crime.  The Independent Oversight Committees ask DDD questions about the reports. They do not work for DDD and get to choose their own members. That is what independent means. Reading the reports can take a long time. A committee member can spend 10 hours a month reading hundreds of reports. It is their job to point out Arizona coul...