Heroin Campaign Being Launched

MADISON, Wis. (AP) Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen is set to launch a new heroin awareness campaign.

Van Hollen is set to appear at Madison news conference Wednesday with University of Madison Police Chief Susan Riseling, Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney, Madison Police Chief Noble Wray and Madison Fire Chief Steven Davis to kick off the campaign and highlight heroin’s impact on Madison, Dane County and surrounding areas.

The attorney general is slated to hold a number of other news conferences around the state on Thursday to promote the campaign. He’s scheduled to make stops in Sheboygan, Appleton, Wausau and Eau Claire.