Responders were on scene of a crash a bit before 8am on Monday February 13, 2023. The crash occurred on WIS 64 EB at Hwy 25 North in Dunn County near Boyceville. The Wisconsin State Patrol responded to a crash at the intersection of Hwy 64 and Hwy 25 N involving a semi unit and a passenger car resulting in injury. A preliminary investigation shows the driver of the car made a left-hand turn in front of the semi unit.
Read MorePublic Health Madison and Dane County is working to make State Street a safer place. The health department has put together a council that’s using crime data to determine what areas need improvement. The health department is also enacting other strategies like improving lighting and offering bystander awareness training. More information is available on the health department website.
Read MoreABOVE PHOTO: This ball of fluff, affectionately named Kitty, is lucky to be alive after curling up under the hood of a Chippewa Valley Technical College work truck, only to be discovered by two maintenance technicians who quickly found the kitten a good home. As Andy Fenner was wrapping up his workday, he slid behind the wheel of his work truck to put it away for the night. “As I was driving, I could hear this little meowing going on,
Read MorePrime Cuts Meat Market in Rice Lake, Wis., is issuing a voluntary Class I recall for packaged pork products sold from its store. The recall includes the following products purchased from Jan. 25 to Feb. 6, 2023: This is a Class I recall, initiated based on evidence collected during routine inspection activities. Evidence shows that the products were produced without the benefit of inspection. More information on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recall classifications is available below with an
Read MoreThere will be a line of squad cars and men and women in blue in Brookfield this afternoon, all to say goodbye to a murdered Milwaukee police officer. Officer Peter Jerving’s funeral is today. He was killed last week while trying to arrest an armed robbery suspect in Milwaukee’s south side. Jerving is the first Milwaukee police officer killed in the line of duty since 2019. There is a public visitation at the Elmbrook Church starting at 9 a.m. this
Read MoreIt was a series of crashes that closed Highway 53 near Altoona Friday night. Altoona Police say they first responded to a report of a truck on fire near the River Prairie exit. As they were clearing that, there were a couple of rear-end crashes in the backed up traffic. As crews were finishing with those crashes, police say a drunk driver caused another crash. There were injuries in the crashes, but no reports of any serious injuries. In all,
Read MoreThe sheriff in La Crosse County is not saying why a child’s death over the weekend is considered suspicious. Deputies found the child dead at a home in the Town of Medary Saturday morning. Detectives say their investigation is on-going. There is an autopsy scheduled this week.
Read MoreThe jets that shot down the unidentified object over Lake Huron came from Madison. The Pentagon yesterday said F-16s out of Truax Field found and destroyed the object. It was the fourth flying object shot down by American fighter pilots in the past week or so. The mission temporarily closed the airspace over part of Lake Michigan. The Pentagon says the F-16s found the flying object over the UP, and blew it up when it was about 15 miles off
Read MoreThere is growing support at the Wisconsin Capitol to send more state money to cities for their public safety needs. Milwaukee Democrat Lena Taylor and Racine Republican Van Wanggaard were on UPFRONT over the weekend, and both said they could see an agreement on shared revenue this spring. Shared revenue is the money that the state shares with local governments. Taylor and Wanggaard said the sticking point is going to be how that money can be spent, and home much must go
Read MoreOshkosh will not build the next wave of troop transports for this country. The Pentagon last week awarded the 8 billion-dollar contract to build the next round of Joint Light Transport Vehicles to Indiana-based AM General. Oshkosh has been one of the military’s largest building partners for years. The company says it’s going to sit down with Pentagon officials and try and figure out why it lost the contract.
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