Kenosha County Sheriff’s Deputy Colin Coultrip said he didn’t give much thought to the potential danger when he climbed into a canoe and began pushing the boat with his hands across a barely frozen pond toward a man who had fallen through the ice and was struggling in the water.
“I just went for it,” Coultrip said. - PUB DATE: 12/22/2020 7:21:31 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News
A fire destroyed a large playground set at a Fond du Lac Park on Monday, Dec. 21.
The Fond du Lac Fire Department was called to the park, located on Park Avenue, around 4:18 p.m.
The fire was put out by crews but not before officials say the equipment was destroyed.
“This is quite disturbing”, said Fire Chief Peter O’Leary. - PUB DATE: 12/22/2020 5:11:53 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
State officials say they’re expecting thousands of doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine to arrive later this week.
Monday afternoon, Governor Tony Evers announced the state will receive an initial shipment of 16,000 doses, and in the coming weeks, will receive a total of 100,000 doses.
Moderna’s vaccine can be stored in normal freezers, allowing it to be directly shipped to vaccinating units. - PUB DATE: 12/22/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
The pandemic didn’t stop Pepin County residents from seeing Santa this holiday season.
The Durand City-Rural Fire Department hosted it’s annual “Ride Along with Santa”. Flanked by firefighters. Fire truck hosting the jolly old fellow cruised through the streets of Durand.
The firefighters handed out candy canes to people along the route. - PUB DATE: 12/21/2020 8:05:27 AM - SOURCE: WLAX-TV FOX 25 La Crosse
A report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum shows greater cooperation among fire departments in small communities could help address a shortage of first responders in the state.
The report looks at fire and emergency medical services in the La Crosse area. Commissioned by La Crosse County and the La Crosse Area Planning Committee, it looks at opportunities for the departments to share resources given the growing need for services in many of the communities. - PUB DATE: 12/21/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin Public Radio
Afire in Wonewoc that destroyed a home near downtown was allegedly the result of arson and set by a juvenile, police say. According to Wonewoc Police Chief Mike Stahlke, the Wonewoc Fire Department was called to a house fire at 206 S. East St. in Wonewoc at about 8:30 p.m. Dec. 16.
“First responders observed the house fully engulfed along with a separate smaller fire in a detached garage,” Stahlke said in a press release. - PUB DATE: 12/19/2020 7:58:18 AM - SOURCE: Lacrosse Tribune
There are no reports of injuries after a house fire in Oconto Thursday.
At about 2:32 p.m., Oconto Fire Rescue crews were called to 225 Michigan Ave.
Crews arrived to find smoke and flames coming from a two-story, wood frame home.
The occupants escaped the home without injury. Crews used a hose line to fight the fire from the outside. - PUB DATE: 12/18/2020 6:22:38 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
An overloaded circuit on the second floor sparked an Uptown fire that damaged the Rockhead’s Comics & Games building.
The fire began around 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 16., at the structure at 2328 Roosevelt Rd.
To battle the fire, the Kenosha Fire Department called in an additional two units, Fire Chief Charles Leipzig said Thursday. - PUB DATE: 12/18/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Racine County Eye
Anew report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum lays out that more collaboration of fire and EMS services in the La Crosse area could cut costs while improving service quality.
Commissioned by La Crosse County a little over a year ago, the report examines what the best solution to a growing number of challenges area emergency service providers are facing might be. - PUB DATE: 12/17/2020 11:37:37 AM - SOURCE: Lacrosse Tribune
The building that was home to Rockheads Comics and Games was damaged by fire Wednesday afternoon.
A former fire station at 2328 Roosevelt Road in Uptown was home to the decades-old shop, which closed earlier this year. Neighbors said the building had been vacant and, according to property records, there were no apartments on the second floor. - PUB DATE: 12/17/2020 1:07:40 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News
Aplan delivered Wednesday to Gov. Tony Evers outlines dozens of actions to address hazardous “forever chemicals,” including testing of all municipal water systems, phasing out fluorinated firefighting foam and creating a strategy for communicating the risks.
Developed over the past year in response to an executive order, the PFAS Action Plan builds on work already begun by the DNR and other agencies to track, contain and clean up existing contamination and limit future exposures. - PUB DATE: 12/16/2020 3:27:49 PM - SOURCE: WISC News - Metered Site
Ashes are all that is left of a Rock County home after it was ravaged by fire Tuesday afternoon.
The Orfordville Fire Department and 11 other departments responded to 1430 S Murphy Road in the Plymouth township at 12:05 p.m.
The homeowners, Mike and Teri Havercroft, tell NBC15 they smelled smoke and immediately ran outside with their dogs. - PUB DATE: 12/16/2020 11:49:44 AM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison
The Madison Fire Department will stand alongside other healthcare workers as one of the first groups to receive Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, according to officials.
Che Stedman, the assistant chief of medical affairs, said its department of nearly 400 members qualifies as an EMT or paramedic, putting the group in Phase 1A of vaccine distribution. - PUB DATE: 12/15/2020 11:55:37 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison
Fire officials say no one was inside a Suamico fire station when a vehicle hit it Tuesday evening.
According to the Suamico Fire Department, firefighters who were at a nearby training facility quickly responded to the station, located on Riverside Drive, when it was hit at 7:30 p.m.
Officials say the male driver, who they say is not a firefighter, was treated at the scene before being released to the Brown County Sheriff’s Office. - PUB DATE: 12/15/2020 7:46:47 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
An 85-year-old man was found dead Monday evening following a blaze that destroyed a Town of Harris home.
According to the Marquette Co. Sheriff’s Office, the first report of the fire came with a 911 call around 5:10 p.m. Flames had completely engulfed the house, at W5268 Elk Rd., by the time firefighters and other emergency personnel arrived on the scene. - PUB DATE: 12/15/2020 9:41:48 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
Twelve deaths were added today to the total of those who have died due to COVID-19, according to the latest numbers from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
Deaths for each day are reported by DHS HERE.
DHS also reported 77 people were newly-hospitalized.
As of Sunday afternoon, 1,425 COVID-19 patients were being treated in Wisconsin hospitals, up-41 from the day prior. - PUB DATE: 12/15/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison
Five family members are displaced Monday afternoon after fire started in their kitchen.
The Watertown Fire Department received a call around 2:30 p.m. from the City of Watertown Dispatch Center about a building fire at 1153 Boughton Street. According to a news release, the occupants of Building 6 called 911 for a kitchen fire. - PUB DATE: 12/14/2020 5:36:31 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison
The Madison Fire Department responded to a structure fire on Madison’s west side Sunday morning, according to a firefighter at the scene.
The homeowner, Donna Gray, said she and her husband were relaxing by the fireplace this morning when she started to smell smoke. After realizing it wasn’t coming from the fireplace, her husband searched the house but couldn’t find where it was coming from. - PUB DATE: 12/13/2020 1:53:09 PM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison
Abel Sauceda was a young man on a mission Saturday morning. And he was outfitted and ready to go to work.
Sporting a police officer costume, Abel, 5, of Pleasant Prairie, hooked up with Pleasant Prairie Police Officer Zach Dutter and took to the aisles of the Kenosha Meijer store to scout out items from his Christmas wish list. - PUB DATE: 12/13/2020 1:03:02 PM - SOURCE: Kenosha News
One person is dead in a house fire in Medford early Saturday morning.
At 1:20 a.m., the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office received a call that a house was on fire at the 1100 Block of South 8th Street in Medford.
Officers on scene found an attached garage on fire and the house filled with smoke, according to a release from the Medford Police Department. - PUB DATE: 12/12/2020 5:46:33 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau
