Obituary

Lisa Rosenau, a sophomore at ARCC and a well-known local dog trainer, died Thursday at the age of 24.  Lisa was found dead in her home Thursday morning; an autopsy will be conducted Monday as there are some questions by police surrounding her death. 

            Lisa was enrolled in her sophomore year and entering the nursing program. She maintained a GPA above 3.0 and was looking forward to practical experience with nursing. Lisa also trained dogs locally for friends and relatives, eventually leading to other members of the community recruiting her expertise. Lisa worked with dogs in basic and advanced obedience, manners, and some agility training. 

            Lisa enjoyed spending time with family and friends and loved camping, which was a family tradition.  Lisa was involved in the organization Feed My Starving Children where she helped bag food for starving children all over the world.

            Lisa is survived by her mother and father, Gary and Ginnie Rosenau, her brothers, Brian and Chris Rosenau, and her sister-in-law, Mindy.

            Services will be held at the Cambridge Lutheran Church at 11 a.m. followed by a burial service and light lunch. 

News Story #2

There won’t be any more police cruisers or new officers hired this year for the county’s police force, according to a vote at the county commissioner’s meeting Thursday.

 The Commission President Anne Chenn along with 4 other members voted against Sheriff Gus Discesari, saying that they don’t have the money for the cruisers or the extra deputies. Two of the commissioners, Shenuski and Laybourne supported Sheriff Discesari, saying the county should spend more money on law enforcement rather than programs for the migrant workers who come to the country to work. President Chenn denied the migrants were the problem of the budget shortcomings this year.

 Increased costs of healthcare for employees, higher fuel costs, and the building of a new prison due to overcrowding all added to the inability for new cruisers and deputies.  Discesari says that they are in need of eight new cruisers because it’s no longer cost effective to repair and maintain the old ones. Chenn suggested the deputies not drive the cruisers home each night, stating this would preserve mileage on the cars and make them more available.  Discesari argued that driving the cruisers home at night is a deterrent to crime.  . President Chenn says they will have to make do as the county simply does not have the money for the law enforcement department this year.

News story #1

Lisa Rosenau

Exercise 2: Story 2 Chapter 9

            An accident involving four tractor trailers and 14 cars occurred this morning that left two people dead and 20 others injured.  Two people driving cars were killed and four others were seriously hurt with life threatening injuries. The accident began when two tractor trailers collided and started a chain reaction. Police are not through investigating the crash but that is the preliminary belief of events.  No charges have been filed against the tractor trailer drivers.

Sgt. Wei of the police department stated that one of the tractor trailers was hauling diesel fuel and was very lucky because it didn’t roll over or dump any fuel. The driver managed to pull the truck to the side of the road after being hit by a car. Fire chief Tony Sullivan said that the scene of the accident looked like something from a war zone; bodies lying along the road, people sitting in their cars covered in blood and emergency workers running all over attempting to help the injured.

The damage to vehicles was extensive, Sullivan mentioned that the firefighters had to cut the roofs off three of the cars to free the passengers trapped inside. The interstate where the accident occurred was closed completely for some time after the crash, causing major problems for rush hour drivers. Interstate 690 was used in place of Interstate 790 and traffic was backed up for three hours.