The Sun Prairie Police Department is hosting an alcohol traffic safety program at the Preforming Arts Center of Sun Prairie High School.

The seminar on Tuesday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. will focus on the health and safety risks of teen drinking and driving.

The program will also have a guest speaker who lost her daughter to a crash involving alcohol.

Reservations are encouraged. Contact Brian Dean at 608-834-6728 to declare the number of people attending.

A Sun Prairie photographer and former speech pathologist, Carrie Anciaux, takes pictures of people with autism as part of an online storytelling project that helps individuals with the disorder speak in another way.

April is Autism Awareness Month. To contribute, Anciaux has dedicated a part of her professional blog, in a section  called "Stories of Autism 2013," to increase acceptance of individuals on the spectrum, she said.

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A report on the near-drowning of a seventh-grader at Sun Prairie High School Wednesday was released Friday, showing he took off his life jacket immediately prior to the incident.

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services report showed life jackets were not required during the Sun Prairie High School swimming lessons, though students could wear them if they chose. The 13-year-old boy who was found unresponsive in the pool during lessons this week had taken his off prior to the incident, according to the report.

The report also described the student as a ?weak swimmer.?

Sun Prairie police and emergency responders were called to the high school at 888 Grove St. at 8:56 a.m. for a report of an unresponsive 13-year-old boy.

Police said the Patrick Marsh Middle School student, one of 130 students bused to the school, was attending a swimming lesson as part of a physical education program.