The Baraboo District Ambulance Service Commission approved a five-year lease Wednesday between the service and the Baraboo Fire Department.
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GALLERY: Baraboo EMS
ambulance rollover
A Sauk Prairie ambulance rolled over on Highway 78 south of Highway Z in Prairie township on Thursday.
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Interim Baraboo EMS Chief John Rago speaks to members of the Ambulance Commission during a meeting Wednesday at the Baraboo District Ambulance Service offices. Rago replaced Dana Sechler, who resigned and served his last day Jan. 17 after an audit of the service revealed losses related to negligent financial management.
Baraboo Ambulance Service meeting
Baraboo EMS Captain Caleb Johnson, right, talks during the first Baraboo District Ambulance Service Ad Hoc Transition Committee as fellow members Betsy Larsen, BDAS human resources director, and committee president Terry Turnquist listen in late January at Baraboo City Hall.
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Emergency responders put an injured climber into an ambulance Friday afternoon at the East Bluff Trail entrance in Devil's Lake State Park.
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Baraboo EMS Chief Dana Sechler explains the department has run "lean" in recent years during the Oct. 8 council meeting at Baraboo City Hall.
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Baraboo Fire Chief Kevin Stieve advocates for city money to be spent on "essential services" like a new fire and EMS station while speaking Tuesday at the Baraboo Common Council meeting.
VFW dedicates benches
Baraboo EMS Chief Dana Sechler admires his agency’s logo -- showing emergency workers during a rope rescue operation -- on a bench Tuesday morning after a dedication ceremony at the Baraboo municipal building. The bench was donated by the Greenwood Memorial VFW Post 987 and Auxiliary to honor service personnel, including police, fire and EMS.
Year-end blood drive
Dorrene Martin of Baraboo donates blood Monday at the Baraboo Fire Department. Baraboo Lt. Mark Willer said the New Year's Eve blood drive was the first held at the department. Willer, who has organized blood drives at Baraboo EMS, said he wanted to hold more drives and use a larger space, which the fire department offers. He expected to net almost 40 units in donations Monday, above the 33-unit goal. "It's been amazing," he said. "I'm just ecstatic and glad this many people showed up on a holiday and in this weather."
Car vs. trees: Trees win
A car sits damaged at the trunk of two trees in a yard along the E12000 block of Highway 33 just outside of Baraboo. The one-vehicle crash occurred around 1 p.m. Wednesday, rerouting traffic for about a half-hour and causing delays for longer as emergency personnel worked at the scene during the afternoon.
Serious head-on crash (copy)
Baraboo emergency personnel work around one of the vehicles involved in a head-on crash on Halloween in the town of Baraboo along City View Road near Jefferson Street.
