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A heads up if you are near our aiport tomorrow, it might look like there is an emergency. On Tuesday, August 13 emergency service and disaster response personnel will take part in training and a mock airport disaster drill. Thetraining will start around 2:00 PM on Tuesday and continue throughout the afternoon, with the mock disaster drill wrapping up around 7:30 PM Tuesday evening. During this event, you may notice increased emergency activity in the area including: response personnel, emergency

Specialty Cheese Company Inc., one of the nation’s top manufacturers of ethnic cheeses and baked cheese snacks, is expanding its facility operations in Reeseville—a $1.65 million project expected to create 36 jobs over the next two years. Specialty Cheese Company Inc. was founded in Reeseville in 1991, when the Scharfman family purchased five old cheese factories dating back to the 1860s. Since then, the company has continued to expand and modernize, purchasing a local high school and converting it into

A motorcycle crash with a deer leaves one man dead. Price County Sheriff Brian Schmidt reports on Sunday his Department received a call from Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office at 11:25 p.m. reporting a motorcycle versus deer crash with one person injured on State Highway 86 near State Highway 102 in the Township of Spirit.  Preliminary investigation revealed the motorcycle with one rider was traveling eastbound on State Highway 86 approaching West Road when the motorcycle struck a deer. The driver

A man is dead after his girlfriend reportedly stabbed him to death in Barron County.  The Turtle Lake Police Department says officers and county sheriff’s deputies got a call from a woman who claimed she stabbed her boyfriend over the weekend.  When they responded to the scene a man was found dead in a backyard and the woman was arrested. 

Tens of thousands of dollars are being raised for cancer research after a bike ride in Middleton.  The sixth annual Roll and Stroll was held yesterday afternoon.  Reports say it brought in more than 53-thousand-dollars for the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center. 

The man who killed three members of his own family then murdered a complete stranger called her and her father about a week before killing her.  Chippewa County Sheriff Jim Kowalczyk says Ritchie German Jr. called Laile Vang and her father on July 18th.  Both calls were less than a minute and came between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m.  The sheriff says German killed Laile Vang ten days later on July 28th.  It’s still not clear how German got her

Investigators are trying to figure out what caused a house in Waupaca County to explode.  The home blew-up yesterday morning.  The sheriff’s office says the man who owned the home in Manawa died in the explosion.  The house is a total loss.  No one else was hurt. 

Prison managers in Madison are apologizing after releasing some potentially sensitive inmate information.  The Wisconsin Department of Corrections on Friday admitted that they released information as part of a freedom of information request back in June that could allow people to see which inmates are receiving drug treatment.  That’s supposed to be protected health information.  DOC says the information was later deleted.  Prison managers are sending letters to about 14-hundred inmates who may have had their privacy violated. 

It was just after 5 on Sunday evening when 54 year old Henry Lee Gapinski was stopped by a WI State Patrol Trooper for traveling 80 mph in a 60 mph zone within a construction zone. The Trooper made contact with Gapinski and smelled the odor of intoxicants coming from the vehicle. Gapinski was asked to perform field sobriety tests and signs of impairment were observed. Gapinski was placed under arrest for Operating a Motor Vehicle While Intoxicated 7th offense

Photos of those arrested on OWI charges are going onto social media in Dodge County. The images are being posted on the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page.  Sheriff Dale Schmidt says the move is one more way to deter people from operating a vehicle while under the influence.  Sheriff Schmidt says perhaps public shaming will keep some people from drinking and driving since the laws against it and the severe consequences don’t work for everyone.  Nearly 120 OWI arrests