Wisconsin family action articles
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My cancer scare’s proof early diagnosis saves lives – Deborah wasn’t so lucky, says Dame Debs’ dad as family urge action
“CANCER is a big scary word,” Dame Deborah James said just over a year before she died. “But the earlier it’s caught the better your chance of survival.” It was a message the 40-year-old repeated t
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Boy, 5, is shot dead by cousin, 6, with pump-action shotgun grandpa used to kill critters: Family hold heartbreaking memorial with victim's face printed on cupcakes
Braxton Dykstra, 5, was shot dead by his cousin in Garfield Township, Michigan. His relative, six, fired the gun in their grandparents bedroom, killing Braxton. The incident has one side of the family feuding with the other as his dad calls for charges to be laid, and says gun safety could have prevented the tragedy
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Boy, 5, shot by cousin, 6, with pump-action shotgun Grandpa used to kill living things: Family holds heartbreaking memorial service with victim’s face printed on cupcakes
The heartbroken family of a five-year-old boy shot dead by his young cousin celebrated his life with a memorial with the victim's face printed on cupcakes. Braxton Marvin Scott Dykstra was at his maternal grandparents' home in Garfield Township, Michigan, watching television with his sister on April 1 when the gun went off. The six-year-old relative had found the 12-gauge pump-action Remington shotgun that her grandfather had used to kill living things. Braxton's sister got up to tell an adult...