VIDEO: A West Bend Police Officer is being called a hero, after rescuing a father and son from a home engulfed in flames. The family members and the officer are all doing okay. Police say last night is an example of how an officer's split second decision can save someone's life. Police say Officer Lee Goodman responded to calls of a fire a shortly after 11 last night. - PUB DATE: 12/29/2016 5:23:05 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
Oconomowoc officials responded to a fire near 3rd and Main Street Thursday, December 29th. Authorities say this was a cooking fire and it was out before firefighters arrived at the scene. According to fire officials, 11 people have been displaced as a result of water damage from the sprinklers. Some will stay with family and others are being helped by the American Red Cross. - PUB DATE: 12/29/2016 2:37:30 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6
Six residents were displaced after a Wednesday fire in Stevens Point. A resident in the building called the county's dispatch system around 10:40 p.m. Wednesday night to examine a scene where a fire had been but was reportedly already out. When the department arrived at the triplex in the 800 block of Second Street, flames were coming out of the kitchen, said Capt. - PUB DATE: 12/29/2016 9:43:00 AM - SOURCE: Stevens Point Journal
Firefighters from several communities battled a fire Wednesday afternoon in the Town of Randall in southwest Kenosha County near Wilmot. Kenosha County deputies arriving at the scene home in the 11800 block of Fox River Road found an active fire. They were able to determine that the house was unoccupied and that neighbors had rescued a dog from inside the residence. - PUB DATE: 12/29/2016 2:12:19 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times
Finding a few good men and women to join the ranks is not a new challenge for the Grafton Volunteer Fire Department. But as he and his staff continue to grapple with ways to attract members, Fire Chief William Rice would like the search to spark a more serious discussion about staffing needs. Recruiting firefighters and emergency medical technicians “has been a huge problem for a long time,” Rice said. - PUB DATE: 12/28/2016 1:03:34 PM - SOURCE: Ozaukee Press
The Brown County Sheriff’s Office has a message for drivers after a close call almost crushed a deputy and tow truck driver last week. The accident happened around 10:30 p.m. Friday night as that band of snow was wrapping up in northeast Wisconsin. A Brown County Deputy and tow truck driver were responding to a vehicle in the ditch on I-41, just north of County S in the Town of Lawrence. - PUB DATE: 12/28/2016 7:44:30 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9-Wausau
The four families who lost their homes because of an apartment-building fire in Southern Door County on Dec. 18 were on hand for an event where a teenage girl was hailed as a hero. The fire in a building — converted to living quarters from a tavern/dance hall/bowling alley on Rocky Road in the Town of Union — was discovered as one family sat down for a later supper. - PUB DATE: 12/28/2016 2:47:51 AM - SOURCE: Green Bay Press-Gazette
Two groups of ice fishermen, 10 individuals in all, have been given the greatest day-after Christmas presents it is possible to receive — their lives. The anglers, in two groups of five each, were stranded on ice floes that pulled away from the west shore of Chequamegon Bay and began drifting in the direction of Long Island. - PUB DATE: 12/28/2016 1:41:44 AM - SOURCE: Rice Lake Chronotype
VIDEO: A stretch of Highway 57 in De Pere has reopened, after being closed due to an overturned cattle truck, according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. The northbound and southbound lanes were closed between Old Plank Road and Rockland Road until 5 p.m. Tuesday night. “When he left the roadway, he hit a small driveway, which forced the vehicle onto its side. - PUB DATE: 12/27/2016 9:11:09 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
The 59-year-old man found dead at an apartment fire Monday died from smoke inhalation, according to a preliminary finding by an autopsy, according to the county coroner. The cause of death won't be confirmed until the toxicology reports come back from an autopsy done Tuesday at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wood County Coroner Dara Hammsaid. - PUB DATE: 12/27/2016 2:43:29 PM - SOURCE: Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune
VIDEO: A death investigation is underway in Milwaukee after police say a body was found in a vehicle near 54th and Capitol Drive on Christmas Day -- Sunday, December 25th. Police responded around 7:00 a.m. There was a vehicle fire at this scene. Milwaukee firefighters extinguished the fire and discovered the body. - PUB DATE: 12/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6
A man was found dead Monday evening in a Wisconsin Rapids apartment building following a fire. Tenants at the building at 520 Eighth Ave. called the Wisconsin Rapids Fire Department around 3 p.m. reporting they smelled smoke in the complex. When the fire department arrived, they weren't sure where the smell was coming from. - PUB DATE: 12/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wausau Daily Herald
Two people plunged into the water on Lake Kegonsa Saturday morning when their ATV broke through "bad ice," an official said. Dane County dispatch said crews responded to a report at about 7:20 a.m. that someone had fallen through the ice on Lake Kegonsa at Fish Camp County Park near McFarland. The Madison Fire Department said crews from McFarland, Monona, Madison and Stoughton were dispatched to east of Colladay Point on the lake. - PUB DATE: 12/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison
VIDEO: A nine-year old boy saved his parents from a Christmas morning fire. Zevin Jelic was trying to sleep on a couch on the first floor of his family's duplex when he noticed smoke coming from the basement. He immediately alerted his parents and they all got out of the home safely. Firefighters are calling him a true hero. - PUB DATE: 12/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire
“I want to get in the ambulance. I can't feel my legs.” That was Adam Walton, a Janesville firefighter/paramedic after his third dip into the frigid waters of the trout pond at Rotary Botanical Gardens on Friday. Walton, a fishing guide in his spare time, had voluntarily jumped into winter waters once before, about three years ago. - PUB DATE: 12/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Gazette Extra - Metered site
Wednesday afternoon at approximately 4:54 PM, the Bayside Communications Center received a 911 call from the resident at 695 W. Calumet Road in River Hills reporting a fire on the second floor of his home. When firefighters arrived, crews found heavy smoke coming from one side of the structure. They quickly confirmed all occupants of the home had evacuated safely and then initiated an aggressive interior attack on a fire in a second floor bedroom. - PUB DATE: 12/22/2016 6:43:33 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
The Lake Delton Police Department says a boy has died after falling from an outdoor water slide at Mt. Olympus Water and Theme Park. Police said the boy and two others entered the park Wednesday night. The outdoor portion of the park is closed for the season. The area is fenced and all gates were locked, according to Lake Delton Police. - PUB DATE: 12/22/2016 6:35:46 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9-Wausau
A 12-year-old local boy was honored by the Racine Fire Department Wednesday with an Outstanding Citizen Award for the way he responded last month after his grandfather fell down a long flight of steps. Three Racine firefighters honored seventh-grader Lucas Condill at Mitchell Middle School, 2701 Drexel Ave. - PUB DATE: 12/22/2016 2:17:03 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times
VIDEO: Three best friends putting out an ice fishing shelter isn't an uncommon sight in Northcentral Wisconsin, but it's something angler Jared Kiepke knows can turn dangerous quickly. He doesn't like fishing alone because "It's pretty boring alone and it's a lot more dangerous," said Kiepke. That's why the Wausau Fire Department trained for hours Wednesday afternoon in the cold waters of the Wisconsin River. - PUB DATE: 12/21/2016 8:34:17 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau
VIDEO: Things are looking up for an Appleton family that lost a lot earlier this month. However, Andy and Megann Hooyman along with their children Callie, Rylee and Zoey are very thankful. "We just got more donations today," said fire victim Megann Hooyman. "It really has not slowed down." Earlier this month, their Appleton home at 1706 W. - PUB DATE: 12/21/2016 7:44:40 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV Green Bay
