CONDO WATCH Lawyer needed to handle barred renters

Q. We have a situation at our six-unit condo building. A unit wassold by its original owner to an individual, who later sold it toanother individual. The new owner is renting out the condo to a womanwith unruly children. Per our by-laws, we do not allow renters in ourunits.

We were not given the name, address and phone number of the newestowner until recently. At this point, a renter has already moved in.

We want the renters out. The police have already been calledtwice about their behavior. She leaves them at home without anyguidance.

What kind of recourse do we have? Do we go after the originalowner or …

Power company acquires composting sites

Minnesota utility subsidiary creates synergy by sending organic residuals from refuse derived fuel process to composting operations, which in turn sends noncompostables to RDF production.

IN 1983, Carl Bolander and Sons, Inc., a Minnesota construction and demolition company, established SKB Environmental in St. Paul to function as its environmental arm, allowing cost-effective disposal and recycling alternatives for C&D debris. Over the years, SKB initiated recycling programs for the full range of construction and demolition materials, including wood residuals. Eventually, its services expanded to include yard trimmings management and mulch production, with a total of eight …

Deputy uses his Taser to try and wake inmate

A Pinellas County detention deputy was suspended for using the sound of his stun gun to try and wake up an inmate. According to an internal affairs report, the deputy thought the crackling sound of his Taser would rouse an inmate on July 27. It did not.

The inmate had fallen asleep at on the …

Bozo's circus has nothing on Cubs

Some thoughts while waiting for next year at Wrigley Field . . .

The dear old ballpark has become our country's favoritetelevision studio for live audiences. How else can you explain whythe Cubs, when 23 games out of first place, drew 33,343, despite grayskies and persistent rain, for yesterday's doubleheader with the Metsand had averaged 30,407 for the previous 13 home games?

It has become a "must" for fans from the hinterlands, passingthrough Chicago in vacation time, to stop off at Wrigley and see inperson the show they have enjoyed on cable TV. Winning and losingdon't really matter. The show is the thing.

Unlike WGN-TV's other popular long-running show, …

Night lights

Boats sparkle and the sun sets over the Kanawha River during theclosing of this year's Charleston Sternwheel Regatta. Next year,organizers want to …

Death toll from Joplin, Mo., tornado climbs to 116

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — Rescue crews dug through piles of splintered houses and crushed cars Monday in a search for victims of a half-mile-wide tornado that blasted much of this Missouri town off the map and slammed straight into its hospital.

At least 116 people died, making it the nation's deadliest single tornado in nearly 60 years and the second major tornado disaster in a month. An unknown number of people were hurt.

Authorities feared the toll could rise as the full scope of the destruction comes into view: House after house reduced to slabs, cars crushed like soda cans, shaken residents roaming streets in search of missing family members. And the danger was by no means over. …

Cops: Break-in suspect reports his car was stolen

OLD SAYBROOK, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man was arrested after police said he burglarized three condos then called officers to report that the car he allegedly used in the break-ins had been stolen. Police said 33-year-old Geraldo "Tito" Figueroa, of Waterbury, reported late Monday to Fairfield police that his car had been taken.

An officer responding to the burglaries in Old Saybrook, …