Four people, including a 12-year-old boy, died in separate house fires early Saturday in Grant and Jefferson counties, officials said. The 12-year-old boy and a 33-year-old man died from injuries caused by a fire at 105 Jay St. in the village of Blue River reported at about 3:40 a.m., the Grant County Sheriff’s Office said. - PUB DATE: 1/24/2021 1:26:20 PM - SOURCE: WISC News
COVID-19 doses are a "very precious resource." That's the message the Department of Health Services' deputy secretary is sending to vaccinators. So what happens when there are extra doses?
"Once you've opened a vial and reconstituted it, you cannot put it back in the refrigerator or the freezer. You have to use all the doses in that vial," said deputy secretary Julie Willems Van Dijk. - PUB DATE: 1/22/2021 9:16:08 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
No one was hurt during a fire at a nursing home in Oconto Thursday evening.
At about 7:40 p.m., Oconto Fire and Rescue was called to the Bay at Oconto Health and Rehabilitation Center at 101 First St.
Oconto Police arrived on scene to find all residents evacuated to a safe location within the building. - PUB DATE: 1/22/2021 6:47:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
With a generous gift from Husky Energy, the Superior Fire Department is now equipped with four brand new ice rescue suits.
Husky Refinery had reached out to the fire department at the end of last year, asking about making a donation to help out with some winter gear.
The refinery gave $2,500 for the new suits, which will replace the previous ones that had begun showing their age including some that leaked. - PUB DATE: 1/22/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KQDS-TV Fox 21 Duluth
The Oshkosh Fire Department is joining a national pilot program that uses the latest technology to collect data, analyze the risks for a potential fire, and help the fire department educate neighbors about those risks.
As one of only 250 fire departments across the country selected, Oshkosh will soon be able to build a community risk assessment digitally. - PUB DATE: 1/21/2021 11:45:16 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
Raelynn Wankowski is only 10 weeks old, and she already has been to her first reunion.
The newborn and her parents, Justin and Rachel Wankowski, went to the local firehouse Wednesday to reunite with the firefighters who helped to deliver Raelynn into the world.
It was the first baby delivery in the nearly 70-year history of the Tichigan Volunteer Fire Co. - PUB DATE: 1/21/2021 2:33:26 PM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times
Three people were seriously injured when a pickup crashed into a large tree at 9-1/2 Avenue and 21st Street in Prairie Lake Township around 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 20. Two helicopters were called in to airlift two injured occupants.
At the scene, a Ford F-150 pickup had collided head-on with a large pine tree. - PUB DATE: 1/21/2021 1:06:47 AM - SOURCE: Barron News Shield
A house fire in western Wisconsin on Wednesday night left a man dead and a woman hospitalized.
The Hudson Police Department says officers and fire crews responded around 6:30 p.m. to the fire at a single-family home on the 400 block of Locust Street. When they arrived at the home, they found it fully engulfed in flames. - PUB DATE: 1/21/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCCO-TV CBS 4 Minneapolis
The American Red Cross is providing temporary lodging for 25 residents from 14 units that were affected by Wednesday’s apartment fire in Menasha.
According to a release, the American Red Cross is presently providing comfort, temporary lodging, food and health resources to those that were affected by the fire. - PUB DATE: 1/21/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV Green Bay
The city was growing and needed additional fire protection in the 1890s. There were calls made to build a second fire station.
Back in October 1892, according to a newspaper clipping from the 1890s provided by Katie Reilly of the Sheboygan County Historical Research Center, the city decided that a new fire department house would be built by the city on the south side of the river. - PUB DATE: 1/21/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sheboygan Press
No one was injured in a house fire at 210 22nd St. S. early Wednesday morning, according to the La Crosse Fire Department.
The department responded to a report of a house fire at 4:38 a.m. Wednesday, arriving in 4 minutes and 57 seconds to find heavy smoke coming from the front and side of the home. - PUB DATE: 1/20/2021 7:44:18 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse
Toxic fumes caused the occupants of a Fieldwood Road home to get sick Friday after they mixed chemicals to clear a sink drain.
Engine Co. 11 and Medic 4 with the Madison Fire Department responded to the 6900 block of Fieldwood Road just before 4 p.m. on Friday, according to an MFD report. When crews arrived, the residents said they had tried to use sulfuric acid to clear a sink drain. - PUB DATE: 1/20/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison
The Madison Fire Department is investigating the cause of a small fire that occurred at the former Oscar Mayer headquarters Tuesday night.
MFD spokesperson Cynthia Schuster said officials received a call at 9:10 p,m. for a report of a fire alarm that went off on the 900 block of Oscar Avenue. An ambulance and other units were also sent after an initial crew arrived and smelled smoke. - PUB DATE: 1/19/2021 9:12:22 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison
As more people are becoming eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in Wisconsin, state health officials say they’ve been told vaccine shipments will remain the same over the next three to four weeks.
Starting on Monday, people 65 and older will be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine in Wisconsin.
With people above the age of 60 accounting for 92% of Wisconsin’s coronavirus deaths, state health officials say it was a no brainer deciding who should be vaccinated next. - PUB DATE: 1/19/2021 8:10:02 PM - SOURCE: WNFL-AM 1440 / FM 101.9
Firefighters responded to two structure fires Monday in less than an hour that caused more than $10,000 in damage and killed a pet cat.
Fire crews responded to the first fire around 1:50 p.m. on Plank Road in Menasha, according to Neenah-Menasha Fire Rescue. Officials said fire spread to an attic in a detached garage and estimated it caused about $10,000 in damage. - PUB DATE: 1/19/2021 1:03:37 PM - SOURCE: Appleton Post-Gazette & Post Crescent.com
The Kenosha Police Department says one of its sergeants has died in a snowmobile crash in northern Wisconsin.
The department announced Sunday that Sgt. Trevor Albrecht was killed in a crash in Iron County.
Sheriff’s officials there say his snowmobile veered off a trail in the Town of Knight Saturday afternoon and hit several trees. - PUB DATE: 1/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJMN-TV CBS 3 Escanaba
A home on Highland Avenue where 10 people live was damaged Saturday by a fire that broke out in the basement, officials said.
The Racine Fire Department said no injuries were reported. The Red Cross was assisting the three adults and seven children.
The fire was reported Saturday evening in the 1200 block of Highland Avenue, and firefighters found heavy smoke coming from the building’s basement. - PUB DATE: 1/17/2021 11:27:33 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times
A structure fire Friday night in Sparta completely destroyed one suite, according to fire chief Mike Arnold.
The building houses eight tenants. Two tenants had fire and smoke damage and another two had smoke damage, the fire department says. No other tenants reported any damage.
The Sparta Area Fire District was dispatched at 6:43 p. - PUB DATE: 1/16/2021 3:08:25 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse
Firefighters extinguished a blaze in a commercial building Friday night in the 900 block of Tile Drive.
The affected business, Riverside Automotive, in a Facebook post on Sunday gave thanks to first responders, various community members and whoever called 911 to report the fire.
"You saved the building. - PUB DATE: 1/15/2021 11:08:16 PM - SOURCE: Rivertowns
According to a press release from the Eau Claire Fire department, on Thursday night crews responded to a fire at a local warehouse.
Around 10:30 PM the Eau Claire Fire Department responded to a fire alarm at the Indianhead Warehouse on White Avenue. When crews arrived they found an ongoing fire and requested more units to help control the blaze. - PUB DATE: 1/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire
