by Bob Hague | Mar 4, 2024
Wisconsin’s wildfire season is off to an early start. Lack of snowfall across the state means conditions are primed for fires. Already this year, the Department of Natural Resources has responded to 138 wildfires, burning nearly 300 acres. The 10-year average is four...
by Raymond Neupert | Dec 5, 2023
Even though there’s ice on some lakes and rivers already doesn’t mean it’s safe to walk or drive on it. Department of Natural Resources warden Jacob Holsclaw says no ice is safe ice, and even less so in the early season. “I always tell people...
by Bob Hague | Nov 20, 2023
Elected leaders and traffic safety advocates in Wisconsin’s two largest cities are working to bring attention to the victims of traffic crashes and reduce the toll of those killed and injured. The city of Madison has made a commitment to eliminate traffic deaths...
by Bob Hague | Aug 23, 2023
Red Cross volunteers from Wisconsin are assisting wildfire victims on the island of Maui. Jennifer Warren, regional communications director for the American Red Cross of Wisconsin said the organization currently has seven volunteers from the state that have deployed...
by Bob Hague | Jul 31, 2023
Three additional counties in Wisconsin have been declared natural disaster areas due to drought. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated Ashland, Bayfield and Douglas counties as primary natural disaster areas due to drought, according to a news release from...
by Raymond Neupert | Jul 31, 2023
Four people are dead and two more are injured in two plane crashes connected to EAA Airventure. Two aircraft, a helicopter and a gyrocopter, collided in the air around noon on Saturday at Wittman Regional in Oshkosh. Two people were killed and two were injured in that...
by WRN Contributor | May 30, 2023
Current fire danger is High across most of Wisconsin after an extended period of dry weather. According to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, contributing factors include warm temperatures, very low relative humidity and wind. Much of the state has not had...
by Raymond Neupert | Mar 10, 2023
While you’re changing your clocks this weekend, make sure to give your other safety supplies a once over. Andrew Beckett with Wisconsin Emergency Management says everyone should be sure to have some essentials in case the power and water go out. “Make...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 11, 2023
Damage could be in the millions following a Sunday night fire at a Whitewater disposal facility. Fire crews arrived at John’s Disposal Services to find a sorting and recycling building fully engulfed in flames. Officials say the fire went past five alarms due to the...
by Raymond Neupert | Sep 29, 2022
Wisconsin Public Service is gearing up to help those affected by Hurricane Ian in Florida and the southeast. WPS Spokesman Matt Cullen says contracted crews that usually help WPS are instead being sent south. “Instead of having them remain with us and continue...
by Raymond Neupert | Jun 7, 2022
A Waukesha County Judge has issued a stay on a ruling that could prevent the D N R from regulating PFAS contamination. Judge Michael Bohren says the state and business groups need to come to a solution pending appeal. “It puts the plaintiffs and the business...
by Raymond Neupert | May 9, 2022
Madison Police chief Shon Barnes couldn’t share much information about the arson at Wisconsin Family Action over the weekend. “I have no indication that this was an inside job, the person who owns the building wasn’t there at the time. And so I...
by Raymond Neupert | Nov 4, 2021
The Department of Natural Resources is now taking public comment on a proposed rule to regulate PFAS and other forever chemicals. That includes what has to be done to dispose of the chemicals, and how people who use fire-fighting foam have to respond to spills. At a...
by Bob Hague | Sep 7, 2021
September is National Preparedness Month. Andrew Beckett with Wisconsin Emergency Management explains the goal: “To get people to think about the ways that they can ‘prepare to protect.’ Prepare to protect themselves, the ones they love, their...
by Raymond Neupert | Jan 14, 2021
Wells downstream from the La Crosse airport are now showing PFAS contamination. Those wells are on Paris Island, which sits downstream from La Crosse Regional. All but one out of 100 wells tested showed some levels of contamination, while 40 wells have levels above...
by Bob Hague | Jan 4, 2021
The Wisconsin National Guard may once again be called on in Kenosha. The Guard was last deployed to the city following protests and looting after the August 23 shooting of Jacob Blake, a black man, by a white Kenosha police officer, leaving Blake paralyzed. Governor...
by Raymond Neupert | Dec 18, 2020
Governor Tony Evers wants the state to get its fair share of shipments of COVID-19 vaccines. Governor Evers says Wisconsin has only received around 35,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine this week, much less than the nearly 50,000 doses it was supposed to be getting....
by Bob Hague | Dec 10, 2020
A Wisconsin Air National Guard pilot has been confirmed killed in a crash this week. The Madison-based 115th Fighter Wing has announced the death of the F-16 pilot who crashed Wednesday in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. In accordance with Department of Defense policy,...
by Bob Hague | Dec 9, 2020
Emergency crews overnight were searching for the pilot of an F-16 fighter jet that crashed in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula while on a military training mission. The Wisconsin Air National Guard says an F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to its 115th Fighter Wing at Truax...
by Raymond Neupert | Nov 17, 2020
It’s been another record day of COVID-19 cases and deaths in Wisconsin as a surge of infections continues to move through Wisconsin. Your #COVIDWI_19 update shows a record number reported since yesterday of hospitalizations at 318 and deaths at 92. The 7-day...
