The owners of Pizza Man restaurant, which was destroyed by a multi-alarm fire in Milwaukee almost 15 months ago, said Thursday they have decided not to reopen the business.

Family health issues and the workload generated by their growing Stinky Gringo brand of pre-mixed margaritas resulted in the decision not to reopen Pizza Man, said Deanna Amidzich, owner and president of Stinky Gringo Inc. and co-owner of Pizza Man along with her husband, Mike.

The couple had been negotiating to reopen the pizza restaurant at a site on Milwaukee's south side. When the talks broke down, they decided that starting over in the restaurant business was not something they wanted to do.

The old saying "don't spit in the wind" can apply to tossing cigarette butts out the door during high winds.

A mobile home resident found out Tuesday night that doing such a thing can cause major problems, having to call 911 to have the Madison Fire Department come put out a fire in his home on Mockingbird Lane on the city's northeast side.

Department spokeswoman Lori Wirth said the homeowner tossed the cigarette outside at about 2 p.m. Tuesday.

"The wind was blowing hard, and the storm door blew off as he threw the cigarette out the door," Wirth said. "The cigarette blew back inside, where it started a fire in a crack in the floor."

• A "person down" was reported in Janesville. The person hadn't moved for 20 minutes. Police and fire responded to find that the person was taking a nap.

• Moooooo! A 150-gallon milk tank was stolen from a farm along Highway 14.

• A man charged with possession of improvised explosives told investigators he was a "pyro" who tried to make a "little thing that blows up," according to the criminal complaint.

• R-E-S-P-E-C-T: A battery was reported at Road Dawg Saloon. Members of the Outlaws motorcycle gang are suspected of assaulting a patron after he disrespected them.

• A caller told police a Janesville man was keeping chickens in his garage, violating the livestock and poultry ordinance.

Ted Sullivan can be reached at (608) 755-8253, tsullivan@gazettextra.com or follow him on Twitter or Facebook at Rock County Crime.

River Falls fire and ambulance personnel responded to reports of a snowmobile on fire in a field off of Quarry Road at 12:24 p.m. Sunday Jan 23.

Firefighters rode snowmobiles about a quarter mile into the field to reach the burning snowmobile. Once there, they used fire extinguishers to douse the flames.

Safety first out on the trails! Thankfully this snowmobiler stopped and called the fire department.

By BILL NOVAK

Firefighters on Wednesday morning remained at the scene of a fire in DeForest that broke out late Tuesday night, destroying an adult bakery and novelty store.

The fire at Naughty Novelties, 6011 U.S. 51, was reported at 11:40 p.m. by a passerby calling 911. No injuries were reported.

Dane County Sheriff's Office Lt. David Dohnal said traffic on 51 was not shut down as firefighters fought the blaze, and morning rush hour shouldn't be affected.

"We still had units at the scene as of 6:30 a.m. putting out hot spots," Dohnal said.

...fire destroying any home or business is a bad thing, but the whole "adult bakery" part is rather inventive...don't you think?