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A second body has been recovered following a house fire and explosion in Dane County near Middleton. Police say there were reports from local residents of gunshots in the house during the fire at about eleven last night. Responders say they were likely set off by the high temperatures of the flames. A dog was also recovered from the scene alive and taken to a local emergency vet.

Getting to Packer games this season just got easier. Airport managers in Appleton yesterday announced new flights to some of Green Bay’s away games this year. Allegiant Airlines is offering flights to Nashville, Los Angeles, and Jacksonville. Green Bay plays the Tennessee Titans on September 22nd, the LA Rams on October 6th, and the Jacksonville Jaguars on October 27th. The Tennessee flight leaves Saturday and returns on Monday, while the other two flights leave Friday night and come back to

The man who police say pointed a gun at an Eau Claire officer on Friday was released from jail yesterday. Thomas Burback was in court yesterday. He was possibly shot by an officer on Friday after police responded to Burback’s house for a drunken domestic violence situation. The officer fired a shot at Burback after she said she saw him point a gun at her. Burback was taken to the hospital, but Eau Claire Police have never said if he

Nobody was injured in a house fire and the cause remains under investigation after Marshfield Fire and Rescue responded with 11 personnel to a report of a house fire. When fire units arrived on scene, black smoke was seen coming from open windows and doors of the house. Contact was made with the homeowner who stated everyone was out of the house and believes the fire is in the basement. Additional manpower and Central RIT were requested. Interior attack crews

The city says crews have cleaned up the raw sewage from the bike path along Blazing Star Boulevard. The sewage came from a backup at the Eau Claire River Lift Station. The city says 500 gallons of sewage seeped out onto the trail Monday. Crews spent the day yesterday powerwashing the area and shoveling gravel away. Eau Claire says the pipe that backed up has been replaced.

Wisconsin’s latest Drug Take Back Day took back a lot of drugs. The state’s Department of Justice yesterday said this month’s Take Back Day netted over 55 thousand-pounds of unwanted prescription medicine. That’s the most ever, in any state in the United States. Wisconsin’s attorney general said taking that much unwanted medication off the streets simply makes the state a safer place. Since Drug Take Back Day began in 2010, Wisconsin has taken back more than a million-pounds of medication.

The blue emergency phones at UW-Eau Claire are going away. The school this week said they are removing the iconic blue telephone poles and phones that allowed students to call the police. UW-Eau Claire Police say no one really uses them. Officers say they’ve seen only three legitimate emergency calls from the phones since 2015. Instead, officers say, students use their cellphones. UW-Eau Claire’s Brain Drollinger says cell phones are faster and more reliable. The university says crews will remove

Wisconsin is looking to private money managers to help jumpstart startups and entrepreneurs in the state. Governor Evers today will announce a plan to dedicate 100-million dollars to the new Wisconsin Investment Fund. The idea is to allow private sector money managers to handle the money, and find a way to use it to benefit new companies and new projects here in the state.

The group that wants to oust Wisconsin’s top Republican says it has enough signatures this time. The Racine Recall organizers yesterday dropped-off eight thousand with the Wisconsin Elections Commission. They need just over 65 hundred valid signatures to force a recall election against Speaker Robin Vos. The same group failed in its first attempt to recall Vos earlier this spring. They not only fell short with the number of signatures, they also submitted hundreds of either fake signatures or signatures

Have you seen this UTV? It is believed to have been stolen from Ridgeland between 3:30am and 8:30am on Monday, May 27, 2024. If you have information, you are asked to please contact authorities in Dunn County, agency reference case 24-00857. To remain anonymous, contact Dunn County Crime Stoppers Inc.