This year's City of Milwaukee Christmas tree arrived at its new home, Deer District, after being harvested Tuesday morning.
The tree was donated by lifelong Milwaukee resident Erwin Boehme, 93, who said he planted the tree's seeds back in the mid-1980s on land he owned in Columbia County. When it grew to over a foot tall, he transferred it to the front yard of his Milwaukee home on North 58th Street. - PUB DATE: 11/1/2022 1:27:16 PM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Online
An exhaust fan fire caused about $10,000 worth of damage to a De Pere apartment complex Tuesday morning.
Crews were called to 1015 Coral Street on the city's east side around 9 a.m. for a report of a fire in a second floor bathroom.
All occupants safely evacuated and within minutes, crews extinguished the fire. - PUB DATE: 11/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLUK-TV FOX 11 Green Bay
A chemical leak occurred at Jennie-O located in Barron County Monday morning.
Highway 8 was temporarily closed and a temporary preventative shelter in place was implemented by the Sheriff’s Department, according to a social post via the Barron County Sheriff’s Department Facebook Page.
According to a media release from the Barron County Sheriff’s Department, preventable shelter in place precautions that the Sheriff’s Department had out have been removed. - PUB DATE: 11/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV NBC/CW+ 13 Eau Claire
VIDEO: Milwaukee firefighters battled a house fire near 24th and Burleigh on Monday.
According to the Milwaukee Fire Department, the call came in around 7:30 p.m. Crews did multiple searches and determined no one was inside the building.
We Energies was contacted, but gas and electricity had already been cut to the building. - PUB DATE: 10/31/2022 10:31:56 PM - SOURCE: WTMJ-TV NBC 4 Milwaukee
The Beaver Dam Fire Department recently received a grant from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. The agency is getting $10,000 from the Forest Fire Protection grant program which is available to state fire departments and county fire associations.
The money, along with funds from the Beaver Dam Community Fire and Rescue Association, will help the Beaver Dam Fire Department replace its 2003-year model UTV and skid unit. - PUB DATE: 10/31/2022 10:30:00 PM - SOURCE: WBEV-FM 95.3 Beaver Dam
Door County now has almost twice as many chances to help save the lives of people experiencing a cardiac episode because of the Door County Fire Chiefs Association's Defibs4DoorCounty fundraising campaign.
The campaign, which started in February and ran through Labor Day, raised $79,898 and combined those funds with a $75,000 challenge grant from an anonymous donor for a total of nearly $155,000. - PUB DATE: 10/31/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Green Bay Gazette - Metered Site
A man and a boy died at the scene of an early morning apartment fire Sunday in Kenosha, according to authorities.
Kenosha Police and Fire department personnel responded to the fire just after 1 a.m. that was discovered in a building in the 4900 block of 36th Avenue, according to a release from the Kenosha Police Department. - PUB DATE: 10/30/2022 1:30:00 PM - SOURCE: The Journal Times Online
Two individuals were taken to a local hospital after a duplex fire in Beloit Friday night.
The City of Beloit Fire Department responded to a duplex fire on the 700 block of Moore Street around 7:15 p.m. and additional fire departments from the surrounding area assisted.
Fire officials reported one resident and a responding firefighter were taken to a local hospital. - PUB DATE: 10/30/2022 11:40:00 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison
The Western Youth Fire Fighter Training Program runs into it's second year. In a joint program between the Onalaska Fire Department and Western Technical College, high school students from around the Coulee Region got hands on training Saturday morning. A class of 13 students spent time getting familiar with firefighting equipment. - PUB DATE: 10/29/2022 10:07:00 PM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 LaCrosse
Multiple agencies battled a large fire at a house in Lake Delton on Saturday night.
According to a news release from Lake Delton Police Chief Daniel Hardman, the fire at 940 Parkway Drive happened just after 9:00 p.m.
Crews arrived to find the house fully engulfed with flames.
Hardman says everyone was out of the house by the time crews arrived on scene. - PUB DATE: 10/29/2022 8:57:00 PM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison
The Ettrick Fire Department hosts a number of fundraisers throughout the year. Recently, they received a couple of large donations that helped them purchase hydraulic jaws of life equipment. The jaws of life are used to pry apart vehicles after a car accident in order to reach the passengers inside.
Ettrick Fire Chief Dennis Bishop said his crew has already used the new tool at a time when every second counted. - PUB DATE: 10/29/2022 1:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 LaCrosse
This election, the Village of Holmen and Town of Holland are asking residents to approve a public safety referendum to fund police and fire-EMS.
In this segment of “How it Works,” News 8 Now’s Ken Kosirowski explores the budgetary constraints that make municipalities turn to the ballot to maintain critical services. - PUB DATE: 10/28/2022 1:46:02 AM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse
State Representative Katrina Shankland (D-Stevens Point) joined members of the Portage County EMS Association last night at the association’s annual awards banquet in Plover. She was honored with the President Award in recognition of her bipartisan efforts to introduce and pass 2021 Wisconsin Act 115 into law. - PUB DATE: 10/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin Politics
A ‘large’ warehouse fire in downtown Manitowoc affected traffic early Wednesday morning, and the Manitowoc Fire Rescue Department is thanking all those who assisted.
In a Facebook post by the Manitowoc Fire Rescue Department, it states, “Fires of this size max out a department’s resources quickly and assistance from our neighbors is greatly appreciated. - PUB DATE: 10/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay
A fire Wednesday night, Oct. 26, caused $40,000 in damage at a home on Queens Street, according to Sun Prairie Fire Chief Chris Garrison.
At 4:07 p.m., Garrison said, Sun Prairie Fire, Police, and EMS responded to the report of a structure fire on the 200 block of Queens Street.
Garrison said the home's residents arrived home, opened the door, realized the house was filled with smoke, and called 911. - PUB DATE: 10/27/2022 3:45:00 PM - SOURCE: Cambridge News & Deerfield Independent
Three people in Wisconsin were taken into custody after a woman allegedly set her ex-boyfriend’s vehicle on fire, which led to a confrontation.
According to a release, around 3:30 a.m. on October 23, Madison Police Department responded to the 400 block of Parkwood Lane for a report of a vehicle on fire. - PUB DATE: 10/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay
A two-vehicle crash sent two people to local hospitals, after a pickup truck and a minivan collided in Outagamie County.
According to a release from the Outagamie County Sheriff’s Office, the incident happened around 7:40 a.m. on Wednesday at the intersection of WIS 54 and French Road in the Town of Osborn. - PUB DATE: 10/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay
VIDEO: Crews battled a fire at a large commercial building used for storage in Manitowoc.
The scene is located at 102 Revere Drive. Part of S 21st Street is blocked near the fire.
No one was inside the building when the fire broke out.
At about 3:17 a.m., dispatchers received a 911 call reporting fire at the building. - PUB DATE: 10/26/2022 3:42:17 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
The six people found dead after an apartment fire in a southern Wisconsin village last week had been shot in an apparent case of murder-suicide, according to police.
The bodies of a couple and their four children were found early Friday after firefighters were called to their burning apartment in Hartland. - PUB DATE: 10/26/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Greater Milwaukee Today
A flammable ink product was found leaking from a truck trailer Monday evening on Interstate 41 just south of Fond du Lac, according to city of Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue.
Law enforcement noticed a semi truck trailer leaking a liquid from underneath the cargo doors as the semi was traveling around 8:30 p. - PUB DATE: 10/25/2022 8:29:54 AM - SOURCE: Fond Du Lac Reporter
