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Fires/Accidents/Disasters

Mother of fall victim recalls tragic event (VIDEO)

by Andrew Beckett 08/20/10 5:24 PM

It’s been three weeks since 12-year-old Teagan Marti went on a free-fall ride at the Extreme World attraction in the Dells, and was rushed to the Children’s Hospital in Madison after a net wasn’t deployed to catch her. Her mother, Julie Marti, says there are signs of recovery, even though Teagan is unable to breathe [...]

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Flood waters carry away herd

by WRN Contributor 08/12/10 10:45 AM

Home owners and farmers are cleaning up damage from flash floods this week in parts of St. Croix, Dunn, and Pierce Counties. The high waters also have one dairy farmer looking for what’s left of his herd. Flooding on the Rush River washed away 13 of dairy farmer Tim Wipf’s cows. The Pierce County farmer [...]

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Accident kills former district attorney

by WRN Contributor 06/29/10 8:56 AM

A long time Polk County attorney and former district attorney was killed in an accident on his property over the weekend. The Polk County Sheriff’s Department reports that 59 year-old John E. Schneider of Balsam Lake was attempting to demolish a small outbuilding that had been damaged during severe weather earlier this month, when a [...]

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Cause of Milwaukee parking garage collapse unknown

by Andrew Beckett 06/25/10 12:08 PM

The investigation continues into what caused part of a Milwaukee parking structure to collapse, killing a 15-year-old boy and injuring two other people. Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke says 15-year-old Jared Kellner of Greenfield was killed Thursday afternoon when a 27,000 pound slab of concrete fell from the facade of a parking garage along the [...]

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Teens in fatal crash not wearing seat belts

by WRN Contributor 06/23/10 11:18 AM

Investigators say three teens killed Tuesday when their car collided with a truck on the Interstate in Jefferson County do not appear to have been wearing seat belts. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office has identified the victims as 17-year-old Amanda L. Nowicki of Hartland and 17-year-old Sean R. White of Oregon, and the driver, 16-year-old [...]

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