George Hesselberg
The Capital Times
Madison, WI, United States
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George Dreckmann, city garbage guru, recollects before retiring
After 26 years of putting the city of Madison's spin on garbage and related issues, George Dreckmann, the consummate pitch-it man is retiring Jan. 19 at age 65. → Read More
SOS: When the tax people take your money and you don't know it
SOS has been busy helping people with their holiday shopping, sometimes with limited success. Such was the case with SOS's effort to get Joanne Huntley an explanation for a large debit from her credit union account. (Spoiler alert: Nobody loses any money in this case.) In early November, Huntley, a former State Journal editorial assistant, discovered Verizon had made two October debits from her… → Read More
Take my Blue Book and map, please: Proposal allows legislators to turn down freebies
Two state publishing tradition freebies - the foldable pocket highway map and the Blue Book - are merging on the Wisconsin legislative off-ramp. → Read More
Beloit teen charged in apparently accidental shooting death of best friend
The 17-year-old boy was charged Wednesday with homicide by negligent handling of a dangerous weapon. → Read More
New state lottery director is Department of Revenue veteran
The Department of Revenue has tapped a veteran administrator, Pat Lashore, to lead the state lottery division, starting Jan. 10. → Read More
Body identified as missing Sauk City man, unofficial caretaker of Mazo nude beach
A body discovered Friday near the Wisconsin River has been identified as Charles H. Wise, 63, of Sauk City. → Read More
Madison police property room leftovers get a new sales pitch
The Madison Police Department's recent move from a national online auction company, propertyroom.com, to Wisconsin Surplus will improve access and sales of leftover and confiscated items, said Lorie Anderson, police → Read More
Holiday Story 2015: In the roundabout
There was once a brown rabbit named Horatio who couldn’t hop. He was very unhoppy. → Read More
Found body may be missing man known as unofficial 'mayor' of nude beach
A male body was found Thursday afternoon along the Wisconsin River near where longtime resident Charlie H. Wise parked his car and went missing three days ago. → Read More
Body found along Wisconsin River
A male body was found Thursday afternoon along the the Wisconsin River near where a longtime resident, Charles Wise, was reported missing three days ago. → Read More
Christmas cards mailed from Madison, cancelled in Milwaukee
The 2015 holiday season marks the first time Christmas cards mailed from Madison will not have a Madison cancellation stamp. → Read More
State, UW experts to report from Paris and COP21
UW-Madison and Wisconsin researchers and related leaders will provide a live report next week from the COP21 in Paris, the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties to the → Read More
Motorist, 83, dies in Walworth County crash
A Bloomfield man was killed Thursday morning when the car he was driving turned from Mound Road into the path of a cargo van on at Highway F in Walworth → Read More
Mailbox wrecked in a snowstorm? Plow not always at fault
Depending on the season's snowfalls, municipal and county plows can clip dozens of mailboxes in Dane County each year. → Read More
Craig Schuff, paralyzed researcher, UW-Madison engineering graduate student, dies
Craig Schuff, 30, a UW-Madison graduate student paralyzed since 2011, died Oct. 24, months from finishing his doctorate in nuclear engineering. → Read More
Craig Schuff, paralyzed researcher, UW-Madison engineering graduate student, dies
Craig Schuff, 30, a UW-Madison graduate student paralyzed from the neck down since 2011, died Oct. 24, only months away from finishing his doctorate in nuclear engineering. His research, however, → Read More
Telecom company settles over no-call complaints
An Ohio-based telecommunications company will pay $75,000 in fines and fees to settle a consumer protection lawsuit. → Read More
City operating budget amendments reflect differing philosophies
Council members offered 23 amendments to Madison's operating budget Friday, from paying for Mansion Hill signage to staffing a police station that doesn't exist yet. → Read More
UW-Madison putting closer eye on use of drones on campus
Claiming uncertainty over liability and federal rules, officials abruptly pulled plans Wednesday for a drone-shot video of seasonal foliage at the UW Arboretum. → Read More
Game of drones policy shuffle on UW-Madison campus claims Arboretum promotion
A UW-Madision official abruptly pulled plans Wednesday for a drone-shot video of seasonal foliage scheduled to promote the UW-Arboretum, claiming liability uncertainty. → Read More