Local news briefs News-Chronicle BROWN COUNTY Candidates hold forum Brown County candidates will participate in a forum on Monday that is designed to help voters choose their representatives on Nov. 2. Topics of discussion include the Medical Assistance program deficit, long-term care, community options program waiting list, senior care and mental health insurance reimbursement. Sign language interpreters and Communication Access Realtime Transcritpion will be available at the forum. Fourteen nonprofit agencies are sponsoring the forum to be held from 6:15-8:45 p.m. at the Riverside Ballroom in Green Bay. Planning to attend are state Sen. Bob Cowles and challenger Roy Leyendecker; state Sen. Dave Hansen and challenger Gary Drzewiecki; state Rep. John Gard and challenger Bruce Berman; state Rep. Karl Van Roy and challenger Helen Schaal; state Rep. Frank Lasee; state Rep. Garey Bies; Tracy Vandeveer, challenger to state Rep. Phil Montgomery; and Dan Aude, challenger to state Rep. Judy Krawczyk. ASHWAUBENON House fire leaves firefighters in need of treatment Neighbors called for help when they saw smoke escaping from the basement of 2336 Dorn Drive on Saturday morning. Firefighters searched the house and found it was vacant at the time of the fire. The family's pets, outside at the time, were temporarily housed at the Humane Society to protect them from heavy smoke. Two Ashwaubenon firefighters received medical treatment for minor cases of heat exhaustion and smoke inhalation. De Pere Rescue and Hobart Fire Department assisted in the search-and-rescue efforts, and the Brown County Fire Investigative Unit and Ashwaubenon Public Safety Fire Investigators are exploring the cause of the fire. DOOR COUNTY Sexual assault suspect found A convicted sex offender accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl on Friday was found hiding under a pile of logs on Saturday. The Door County Sheriff's Department and Sturgeon Bay Police were searching for Anthony F. Paschke, 37, in the Forsetville area. A caller tipped police as to where Paschke might be. He was arrested without incident and taken to Door County Memorial Hospital for medical clearance. Paschke is now in the Door County Jail. The search for Paschke began Friday when he led police on a high-speed car chase before fleeing on foot. The Brown County K-9 unit, Eagle II helicopter, Civil Air Patrol and the Kewaunee County Sheriff's Department. GREEN BAY Liquor store robber sought Police are looking for a man who robbed the Festival Foods liquor store, 2250 W. Mason St., on Friday. A white man, 5 feet, 6 inches tall, told the cashier he had a gun and fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of money. He was wearing a red shirt and black hat the day of the crime. Anyone with information about the suspect can call the Green Bay Police Department at 448-3200. GREEN BAY Elizabeth Edwards, Jim Rassmann campaign for Kerry in Green Bay today, Monday The wife of vice presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards will campaign in Green Bay today after attending worship at a Baptist church in Milwaukee. Elizabeth Edwards will address women about jobs, the economy and middle-class issues in De Pere. She last visited Wisconsin on Sept. 13. A fellow Vietnam veteran to presidential candidate John Kerry will campaign for Kerry-Edwards in Green Bay on Monday afternoon. Jim Rassmann served in the U.S. Army 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam in 1968 and 1969. Kerry saved Rassmann's life by pulling him out of a river under enemy fire. Rassmann is a retired Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department lieutenant. He will speak with veterans and activists on the president's policies harmful to the military at 4 p.m. Monday at 404 Dousman St. BROWN COUNTY Officials could be recalled The Committee of People for Common Sense Government filed a statement of intent to circulate recall petitions for eight officials in the towns of Pittsfield, Angelica and Chase and in the village of Pulaski. The group says the officials have not followed county codes, state laws or procedures. BROWN COUNTY Brown County candidates will participate in a forum on Monday that is designed to help voters choose their representatives on Nov. 2. Topics of discussion include the Medical Assistance program deficit, long-term care, community options program waiting list, senior care and mental health insurance reimbursement. Sign language interpreters and Communication Access Realtime Transcritpion will be available at the forum. Fourteen nonprofit agencies are sponsoring the forum to be held from 6:15-8:45 p.m. at the Riverside Ballroom in Green Bay. Planning to attend are state Sen. Bob Cowles and challenger Roy Leyendecker; state Sen. Dave Hansen and challenger Gary Drzewiecki; state Rep. John Gard and challenger Bruce Berman; state Rep. Karl Van Roy and challenger Helen Schaal; state Rep. Frank Lasee; state Rep. Garey Bies; Tracy Vandeveer, challenger to state Rep. Phil Montgomery; and Dan Aude, challenger to state Rep. Judy Krawczyk.