Prescriptions contribute to accidental poisonings, Dane County's largest injury-related cause of death  

Police, pharmacies and clinics are drawing awareness to National Prescription Take Back Day, happening Friday and Saturday at several locations.

The goal of the collection day is to reduce the number of expired, unused and unwanted medicine.

Poisoning deaths are more common than automobile deaths in Dane County. Unused prescriptions contribute to accidental poisonings, the number one cause of injury-related death, according to the Middleton Police Department.

A statement by Middleton police emphasized pain medications as an especially dangerous prescription group.

Five years later, countless leads have still led to no answer for the friends and family of Brittany Zimmermann, the University of Wisconsin student who was murdered in her home.

However, it's not enough to stop them from working hard to keep her memory alive in hopes of continuing their healing process.

On April 2, 2008 Zimmermann, 21 years old at the time, was found dead in her Doty Street apartment. She was discovered by her fiance after a Dane County 911 dispatcher dropped her cell phone call for help.

Despite numerous tips and efforts to solve her murder, police have not identified her killer.

Five years after the crime, a new crop of students and neighbors do not know Zimmermann's story.

"I hear about the Brittany Run every year, but my sister's a freshman here, and I don't think she has a clue what it's even about," said UW senior McKenzie Kirkland, who lives near Zimmermann's former apartment on Doty Street.

A 23-year-old Madison man was pushed and robbed and a 26-year-old bouncer was punched and knocked unconscious during a disturbance in downtown Madison Friday morning.

The victim told police he was in the 400 block of West Gilman Street when he was pushed down and handed over money to the man who shoved him. He said he had met three men in a bar and that they were outside when the disturbance took place.

A witness told police a bouncer saw the commotion and was punched and knocked unconscious when he came to investigate.

The bouncer had a bump on the back of his head and was taken to a hospital.

The 23-year-old victim told police he unable to get a good look at the attackers.