Firefighters stumped by severed tree branch

October 3, 2011 by Edgar Mendez

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A recent storm split a tree on the 1800 block of W. Washington St. in Clarke Square, and caused extensive damage in the city as high winds blew through the area. (Photo by Edgar Mendez)

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Firefighters examine a tree, damaged during a midweek storm, which remained wedged against a house after they departed. (Photo by Edgar Mendez)

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Edgar is a senior staff reporter for the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service. Mendez is a proud graduate of UW-Milwaukee, where he double majored in Journalism and Sociology, and of Marquette University, where he earned a master’s degree in Communication. As an accomplished journalist, Edgar’s awards include a 2018 Regional Edward R. Murrow award, several press club awards and a Society of Professional Journalists’ regional award for columns dealing with issues such as poverty, homelessness and racism.