A downtown restaurant temporarily shut down over the weekend after a laundry fire broke out in the restaurant’s basement.
Madison firefighters responded to the 100 block of South Butler Street shortly before 5 p.m. Friday for a report of a basement fire. When they arrived, crews found a clothes dryer and the items around it on fire. - PUB DATE: 4/12/2021 10:13:22 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison
A Slinger celebration was born out of the good deed of a 7-year-old girl.
Students saluted Girl Scout Britney Bohn with signs and a parade. She even earned a ride in a fire truck. It all happened on March 26.
Britney Bohn explains, "I got a ride home from the fire truck this year because I was trying to help the firefighters in case there was a fire, they just had to hook up the hose"
In the dead of winter, she cleared the snow off dozens of fire hydrants as part of a girl scout project. - PUB DATE: 4/12/2021 4:52:14 AM - SOURCE: WTMJ-TV NBC 4 Milwaukee
"It looked like those old pictures of World War II bombings. Where there's a little bit of a tree of a tree sticking up, and everything's demolished."
Twenty-five years later, those are the words former Oakfield Village President Tony O'Malley uses to describe the chaos left behind by the last F-5 tornado to strike the state of Wisconsin. - PUB DATE: 4/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLUK-TV Fox 11 Green Bay
Area firefighters were able to get some realistic training Saturday.
The Town of Shelby Fire Department hosted a Live fire training.
The house was donated to the fire department almost nine months ago and has been used for various training purposes. The training gives fire departments the chance to practice their skills without anyone or anything being in harm’s way. - PUB DATE: 4/10/2021 6:21:28 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse
The 23-acre park, nestled directly west of Mitchell Park, runs along the Menomonee River and features part of the Hank Aaron Trail.
The Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee owns the park. Dave Misky, assistant executive director of the Redevelopment Authority, said there have been at least three fires at the park since December. - PUB DATE: 4/9/2021 3:08:31 PM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A driver needed to pulled from a creek in the Town of Sun Prairie Friday morning after his pickup truck went off the side of a bridge.
According to Sun Prairie Fire & Rescue, the 70-year-old Marshall man was heading west on Hwy. T around 10:30 a.m. when his mid-size truck drove off the bridge and fell 30 feet into the creek. - PUB DATE: 4/9/2021 1:49:43 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison
VIDEO: For Kimberly Pillman and Ryle Olsen it is about helping others during an emergency and serving the community they call home.
Pillman and Olsen are two of the 10 female firefighters/paramedics who currently work for the Lake Geneva Fire Department. Pillman said she considers it an honor to be a member of the fire department, as she is able to help people during a difficult situation. - PUB DATE: 4/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lake Geneva News
For many years, the Black Bear Bar & Grill has sat next to the Eau Claire river near Augusta.
Locals said it’s one of the iconic buildings of the area. Now all that’s left are its charred walls and the name on a sign.
Someone in the house near the bar noticed smoke coming from the building around 10:45 p. - PUB DATE: 4/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV NBC 13 Madison
An upcoming day of home fire safety will help people in La Crosse stay safe.
On May 8th, the La Crosse Fire Department and American Red Cross will partner to help educate community members about fire safety.
It’s part of a national ‘Sound the Alarm’ effort. Volunteers will meet with residents by appointment outside their homes to share fire safety information. - PUB DATE: 4/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKBT-DT CBS 8 LaCrosse
The Fox Crossing Fire Department responded to a garage fire Thursday that left three residents and their dog without a home.
According to a release, the fire came from an attached garage on the 1300 block of Linda Avenue. Fire crews say a large number of flames came from the back of the garage while smoke rose through the roofline. - PUB DATE: 4/8/2021 10:11:07 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV CBS 5 Green Bay
Replacing Fire Stations No. 2 and No. 4 continues to spark fireworks among La Crosse Common Council members, including an often-volatile debate Thursday night.
After a lengthy kerfuffle during a Zoom meeting, the council voted 8-4 to adopt an amended resolution to proceed with replacing Station No. 2 with a new building on La Crosse Street this year but put Station No. - PUB DATE: 4/8/2021 7:40:50 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse
When a home in the town of Ripon went up in flames, firefighters struggled to get water and faced a slew of other challenges.
In 2019, the house was engulfed before fire crews were on the scene. Although firefighters worked through the night and into the next day, the home ended up being a total loss after the fire reduced it to rubble. - PUB DATE: 4/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ripon Press
The city of Milton has asked the Wisconsin Policy Forum to evaluate the city’s fire and EMS options and cost-sharing alternatives as the city weighs whether to consolidate fire services with Janesville.
The Milton City Council on Wednesday approved a proposal from the organization—a statewide, nonpartisan policy research group—and authorized paying up to $7,650 for the evaluation. - PUB DATE: 4/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Gazette Extra - Metered Site
Two men were seriously injured in a crash near the intersection of Highway 54 and Miller Road in the town of Black Creek at 6:50 a.m. Tuesday, according to the Outagamie County Sheriff’s Office.
A pickup truck traveling east by a 67-year-old man from Minnesota crossed the center line and struck a pickup truck traveling west by a 27-year-old New London man, according to the initial scene investigation by the sheriff's office. - PUB DATE: 4/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGBA-TV NBC 26 Green Bay
A $1.3 million referendum in Fond du Lac to hire additional firefighter-paramedics and police officers has passed.
According to results posted on the Fond du Lac County website, the referendum passed by a vote of 5,085-2,355.
As previously reported by Action 2 News, the referendum asked taxpayers to pay an additional $43 per year for property tax valued at $100,000 or more. - PUB DATE: 4/6/2021 11:13:23 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
The Madison Fire Department says used charcoal is to blame for a large dumpster fire on the city’s far west side earlier this week, and it’s part of a larger trend they’re seeing lately.
Ladder 7 was called out to the 6500 block of Raymond Road just after 9 a.m. Monday for a fire in a fenced-in dumpster area. - PUB DATE: 4/6/2021 1:36:16 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison
Firefighters in Lakewood were busy Monday. They responded to two fires. One blaze spread to a home.
At 11:14 a.m., the Town of Lakewood Fire Department was called to a “large fire” in a residential back yard on Brer Rabbit Ln. They found a camper on fire. The fire spread to a wooded area near the camper. - PUB DATE: 4/6/2021 5:23:24 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
VIDEO: Wood County Sheriff's Department say that shortly after noon on Monday, an individual reported a fire in a ditch with a person down in the fire.
The fire was located at CTH A at Marshfield Road in Marshfield.
Police say upon arrival, they located a 79-year-old man dead in the burn area.
Police say in a press release they believe the man tending to the fire when he "suffered an unknown issue and succumbed to the fire. - PUB DATE: 4/6/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau
Firefighters continue their search for a cause for Friday evening’s fire on La Crosse’s Northside. Crews used half a million gallons of water to put the fire out.
Last Friday La Crosse fire crews fought an industrial fire at Alter Metal Recycling in the La Crosse Industrial Park on the Northside. The thick black smoke shot in the air came from, what La Crosse Fire Department officials confirm, were 100 cars burning in a scrapyard. - PUB DATE: 4/5/2021 5:28:05 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse
PHOTOS: Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has declared a state of emergency due to elevated wildfire conditions.
The entire state of Wisconsin is under very high fire danger, according to the Department of Natural Resources. There have been 320 wildfires in Wisconsin this year. More than 1,400 acres have burned. - PUB DATE: 4/5/2021 11:12:34 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
