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A rainfall milestone for Madison. For only the second time in history, the city has eclipsed 50 inches of precipitation in a calendar year. In a typical year, southern Wisconsin receives just over 34 inches of rain. Madison's all-time wettest year was in 1881 with just under 53 inches of rain. Following Thursday's rainfall, Madison has received fifty-point-zero-two (50.02) inches of rain in Governor-elect Tony Evers on Friday named three people from Madison as his latest selections to serve in his incoming administration. So far, all his appointees have been from Madison and Milwaukee. They're two areas that have a lot of people living there, so I don't think our selections are extraordinarily surprising, Evers said. Republicans have previously complained that Evers has not picked anyone from Governor Elect Tony Evers has named his successor as State Superintendent of Schools. She's current As*istant State Superintendent Carolyn Stanford Taylor. Evers says Stanford Taylor “is a dedicated, thoughtful leader, who puts the best interests of kids before all else.” “She is known and respected throughout the education community for her commitment to equity and her work to help A contractor could be fined over an explosion that killed a Sun Prairie firefighter. VC Tech could face up to a half million dollars in fines for this summer's deadly explosion in downtown Sun Prairie. The state Public Service Commission is being asked to consider the penalties against the drilling company, which is accused of failing to notify Diggers Hotline before work started on the site on July 10th. The crew of a UW Med Flight helicopter were targeted during a Tuesday evening run. The Columbia County Sheriff's Department is trying to find out who aimed a laser pointer at the chopper at about 5:00 P-M. The flight attempted to circle the area and the laser beam followed their flight path. Med Flight was forced to abort the landing and had to return to its home base. The seriously-injured 17-year-old patient