Three Madison officers are on administrative leave Saturday morning after a man is shot multiple times on the city’s east side and dies. It started as a standoff between the 43-year-old and police when the man barricaded himself into a house in the 900 block of Rockefeller Lane, as an eviction notice was being served Friday. Dane County Sheriff’s officials eventually calling off attempts to get him to peacefully leave the home later in the day.

A police spokesperson says the man came out to walk his dog around 9 p.m. carrying a sword and when officers tried to talk to him, he charged and that’s when police first fired bean bags. But the spokesperson says the man charged again, and several officers then fired the shots leading to his death. His name isn’t yet released. An internal investigation is underway as part of police procedure.

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Sgt. Gundlach is reunited with Casey (Photo: Radio Iowa)

A Marine from Wisconsin who promised to adopt the bomb sniffing dog he served with in Afghanistan received a surprise Friday, during a ceremony at the Iowa State Capitol.

Sergeant Ross Gundlach traveled to Des Moines to appear at a hearing, where the 25-year-old planned to make his case for being allowed to adopt Casey. The four-year-old purebred lab came to the Iowa Fire Marshal’s Office as a bomb detection dog after serving in Afghanistan. Before the hearing, state officials asked Gundlach to attend a ceremony for Armed Forces Day in the Capitol rotunda. It was actually a ruse though, and State Fire Marshal Ray Reynolds soon revealed that they had already taken care of the adoption and Gundlach would be returning home with his dog.

Gundlach was reunited with Casey as the crowd looked on, saying afterwards that it was a total surprise and “pretty overwhelming.”

AUDIO: Sgt Ross Gundlach (:19)

The Iowa Elks Association donated money for the Fire Marshal’s Office to buy a replacement dog. Casey was promoted to special agent, and then Iowa Governor Terry Branstad immediately issued a proclamation retiring her from duty.

Gundlach is bringing Casey back to Madison where he plans to go to school in June to become a physical therapist.

Dar Danielson, Radio Iowa

There’s still no evidence of a deadly bat disease in Wisconsin. The Department of Natural Resources reports that a recent survey of 73 hibernating locations found no evidence of white-nose syndrome. The fungal disease has killed close to six-million bats in the eastern U.S. since 2006.

Wisconsin wildlife and agriculture officials are particularly concerned, because bats protect farm crops by killing insects. The disease causes bats to wake up during their hibernation. It rapidly depletes their energy supplies. Wisconsin has performed three studies, and nothing has turned up so far. Illinois confirmed white-nose syndrome in four counties so far this year. It was detected in 2012 in a cave in Iowa about 30 miles from the Wisconsin border.

The DNR has said it’s a matter of time before white-nose syndrome reaches Wisconsin, and the agency has procedures in place aimed at delaying that arrival. Visitors to caves are often asked to wipe off their shoes before entering and leaving, to prevent any disease from spreading. A recent UW Madison study found that infected caves where bats hibernate continue to have white-nose syndrome for at least two years after all surviving bats have left. That means that bats might not be able to rebuild their populations in a cave where the disease hits.