Sauk Prairie Police Officers, Sheriff's Deputy, Save Local Woman's Life
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VOL. 3, WK. 40 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2019 $1.00 Sauk Prairie police officers, sheriff’s deputy, save local woman’s life by AUTUMN LUEDKE ane’s husband told dispatch she fore Endres started coming to. Contributing Writer was gasping for air,” Hansen Hansen kept the EMT’s who said. “From a medical perspec- were en route apprised of every Two members of the Sauk tive, her breathing was agonal, step they took: compressions, Prairie Police Department which means she was breath- shock, compressions. A team along with a member of the ing slowly and inconsistently. from Sauk Prairie Ambulance Sauk County Sheriff’s Depart- They believed she might have arrived soon after – by Han- ment received commendations arrested. She was considered as sen’s account, about two min- for their part in the life sav- having a pulse, but not breath- utes. The EMT’s got right to ing efforts of a Prairie du Sac ing.” work, charging their defibril- woman in March. By the time they arrived, lator and delivering a second Sauk Prairie Police Sergeant Diane Endres didn’t have a shock to Endres. Josh Sherman and Officer Jess pulse. Sherman and Schlough “We are trained no mat- Hansen responded to a call of a pulled Endres onto the floor ter what the screen (on the female subject who was having and Hansen, who previously AED) shows, we keep doing difficulty breathing after hear- served as an EMT with Sauk compressions because it takes ing the call come across the Prairie Ambulance, gave En- time to get the heart going,” EMS scanner. dres a sternal rub, a technique Hansen said. “Fortunately, she Often, if an officer isn’t re- often used to determine the was showing signs of life after sponding to another call, they integrity of a victim’s brain a bit.” will assist with emergency situ- and function. It involves ap- Endres would go back into ations. Hansen, who previously plying painful stimuli with the ventricular fibrillation, which is served for years with the Sauk knuckles of a closed first to the where the heart quivers instead Prairie EMS, pulled up to the center chest of a person who is of pumping due to disorganized home about the same time as not alert and doesn’t respond to electrical activity in the heart’s Sherman and Sauk Prairie area verbal stimuli. ventricles; otherwise known as resident Brian Schlough, who “I could tell she wasn’t cardiac arrhythmia. serves with the Sauk County breathing, so I told (Schlough) Endres was shocked a third Sheriff’s Department. The call to check her pulse,” Hansen re- time, started showing signs was for Schlough’s mother, called. “He did, but he wasn’t of life and was provided with Diane Endres. finding one. So, we got the defi- oxygen. Compressions were Based on accounts from all brillator going and the pads out. stopped, and she was trans- three first responders, Schlough I remember asking (Schlough) ferred to Sauk Prairie Hospi- ran into the house and found his to start compressions. He was tal. There, Diane was put into mother on the couch, struggling the first one to do CPR on his a medically induced coma and to breath. Hansen grabbed his mom. As soon as the defibrilla- her temperature was lowered - department-standard medical tor was in place, we delivered a method used to decrease the gear and followed Sherman into a shock.” likelihood she would suffer the house. CPR was continued and two brain damage. Then she was Sauk Prairie police officers Sherman and Hansen and Sauk County Deputy Schlough received “We had received further in- more shocks were delivered be- lifesaving plaques and pins at a police commission meeting in March. From left: Sgt. Sherman, formation at that point, that Di- SEE LIFE, PAGE 14 officer Hansen, Diane Endres, Sheriff’s Deputy Schlough. PHOTO BY JOE BLOCK Village of Mazo residents could see cutbacks in senior services by JOE BLOCK period, NWDSS has been ask- from municipal contributions. how can we justify cutting a SP police increasing patrols Editor ing for $5 per person, roughly The remainder of the operat- program that is so crucial to se- $8000 per year. Since the cut ing budget is funded through niors?” She added “NWDSS is in response to burglaries “Tell us where they want in contributions, the village has donations, fundraising, grants, not a cushy, recreation program these people to go.” received services on a pro bono, newsletter ads, event sponsor- for seniors. They provide life- Sept. 26. That’s the message to the or free, basis. ships, and other fees. Requests saving, crucial services in our by JOE BLOCK At approximately 1:30 Editor village of Mazomanie from If the village does not meet for municipal funding are based community.” a.m. the Dane County Sher- Paulette Glunn, Executive Di- the ask of $8300 for 2020, ser- on a per capita amount. At this year’s finance meet- In response to a recent rash iff’s Department was in a rector of Northwest Dane Se- vices will have to be cut. The village of Mazomanie ing, Glunn was given three of thefts of automobiles and pursuit with a stolen auto nior Services (NWDSS). The Northwest Dane Senior Ser- met NWDSS’s ask every year minutes to explain NWDSS’s out of the Madison area. The village’s yearly contribution to burglaries to residences in a vices is a nonprofit organization until 2016. That year, accord- request for funding. She was Sauk Prairie Police Depart- NWDSS declined in 2016 to multi county area, the Sauk that since 1975 has served older ing to Village Administrator told that due to last August’s ment observed this stolen $3000, and since 2017 has re- Prairie Police Department is adults and their families in Peter Huebner, who was on the flood, the budget would be flat, auto entering the Village on mained at $500. Over the same assigning additional officers northwest Dane County. They finance committee at the time, with no increases in spending to patrol neighborhoods in the Highway 12. Multiple Sauk offer adult day except two per- Sauk Prairie area. As a result Prairie officers attempted to care, mobile and cent raises to of this extra patrol the Sauk stop this vehicle, and spike on-site meals, NWDSS municipal contributions staff salaries. Prairie Police Department strips were deployed. After transportation, In an inter- was involved in a pursuit at the vehicle avoided the spike and critically, Municipality 2019 2019 2020 view, Glunn approximately 1:30 a.m. on case manage- request actual request noted the reduc- ROBBERY, PAGE 4 ment services. tion in funding Vicki Beres, the Village of Black Earth $7190 $5000 $8094 “hasn’t been NWDSS case Village of Cross Plains $19,210 $19,210 $23,052 just because of manager, pro- Village of Mazomanie $8300 $500 $9960 the devastat- A message from the editor vides seniors Town of Berry $5965 $5965 $6834 ing flood.” She with support, Town of Black Earth $2435 $0 $2922 continued, “the “If anything can go wrong, by using the search box at the services, oppor- Town of Cross Plains $7595 $7500 $9114 flood, we un- it will.” top right corner of the web- tunities, and re- Town of Mazomanie $5450 $5500 $6540 derstand.” That’s Murphy’s Law, and site. Within the next month or sources needed Town of Roxbury $9020 $4600 $10,824 “I reminded when it came to the new Star so, Google will index the ar- to remain safe Town of Vermont $4080 $4080 $4896 them not only News website rollout, it was chives, which means they will and indepen- was the village true. turn up in Google searches. As dent in their of Mazomanie The top page reached by Star mentioned last week, links to homes. This impacted, so News readers in the six days articles older than two weeks includes prescription drug and the contribution was cut be- were the other villages who do since the website has gone live won’t work. But that’s what Medicare supplemental insur- cause “we wanted to make sure support us.” is “page not found.” It’s been Google and the search box are ance help, medical assistance the money was going back to NWDSS also played a role seen nearly 800 times. for. coordination, assistance with taxpayers.” in Mazomanie flood recovery The reason is simple: the We apologize for this incon- Federal and County benefit pro- Mazomanie village trustee efforts. They housed Team Ru- paper’s archives--the 7,000 or venience, and will keep you grams, as well as Life Lines (a Natalie Beil said the following, bicon for free during their stay. so stories printed prior to Sept. updated on our Facebook site discounted phone service) and “Since [the village] has been Team Rubicon helped with 19--can’t be accessed right and this article on the website medical equipment loans. putting an emphasis on active cleanup and recovery. Beres, now. We are working on a fix at www.wiscstarnews.com NWDSS’s yearly operating seniors in our community, like also a village of Mazomanie as I write this, and it should be budget is roughly $350,000. the senior survey, etc., and mak- resident, estimates NWDSS resolved quickly. Joe Block Dane County contributes ing Mazomanie welcoming and helped 12 senior village resi- Once the archives are acces- Editor $81,000, with $52,000 coming accommodating for seniors: SEE CUTS, PAGE 13 sible, you can find all stories PAGE 2 STAR NEWS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2019 Meyer Insurance celebrates 100 years in business When Rolf Meyer started Meyer Insurance back in 1919, the county board, he helped get parks like White Mounds and Lake rica.