by Bob Hague | Aug 27, 2019
Send the kids to school with a Family Communication Plan. That’s a recommendation from Andrew Beckett with Wisconsin Emergency Management. “A Family Communication Plan is very important, because it allows kids to have a list of emergency contact numbers so...
by [email protected] | Aug 26, 2019
If you’re not sure if your home or business’s flood insurance is up to date, now’s the time to check. FEMA flood insurance liaison James Sink says flood insurance is separate from regular insurance, and it works differently as well. “There is...
by [email protected] | Aug 23, 2019
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation will be distributing a million dollars in loans to companies and businesses affected by last month’s severe weather. WEDC vice president Mary Gage says these loans are designed to help get businesses back on their...
by Bob Hague | Aug 20, 2019
Governor Tony Evers is requesting a federal disaster declaration, for areas of Wisconsin that were impacted by tornadoes and flooding last month. Evers sent a letter to President Trump requesting a federal disaster declaration for 18 counties and two tribes Monday....
by WRN Contributor | Aug 12, 2019
Emergency personnel in Waupaca County dealt with two deaths Sunday, including one in a house explosion. The man killed in the house explosion around 8:45 Sunday morning is believed to be the owner of the home. It happened near a rural intersection about five miles...
by Bob Hague | Aug 2, 2019
The Dane County Sheriff’s Department has set up a GoFundMe page for the family of a boy killed in a farm accident. Eight-year-old Jefferson Rodriguez was killed one week ago when he was run over by a skid steer loader being operated by his father on a Town of...
by [email protected] | Jul 26, 2019
State agencies and the Children’s Hospital are investigating a rash of lung injuries in teens that might be due to vaping. Eight children have been brought to Children’s Hospital with severe lung problems in the last month. Chief medical officer Dr....
by [email protected] | Jul 25, 2019
The state division of consumer protection says travelling road crews are following last weekend’s storms and are looking to make a quick buck. Spokesman Jerad Albract says that the scammers take advantage of people who are in immediate need of home repairs, and...
by [email protected] | Jul 25, 2019
Work is nearly complete to restore power to northern and central Wisconsin. Wisconsin Public Service spokesman Matt Cullen says We Energies crews have been joining them at repair sites now that most of the work in the Fox Valley is complete. “We certainly...
by [email protected] | Jul 22, 2019
Utility crews have been steadily restoring power to homes in Central Wisconsin and the Fox Valley. As of Monday morning, roughly 39,000 Wisconsin Public Service and 21,000 We Energies customers remain without power. WPS spokesman Matt Cullen says anyone who is...
by Bob Hague | Jul 19, 2019
Thousands of people are without power in Madison, following a power station fire. Initial reports had over 13,000 Madison Gas and Electric customers are without service due to a transformer explosion and fire at MG&E’s downtown Madison facility. A second...
by [email protected] | Jul 12, 2019
The Madison fire department is putting out a warning to Japanese and sushi restaurants after two of them had fires this spring due to an unusual source. Investigator Kara Nelson says the fires started when baskets of fried breading used to top sushi rolls caught on...
by WRN Contributor | Jun 25, 2019
Six people are dead, including four children, following a Tuesday morning house fire in Langlade County. WAOW-TV reports that the victims, including four children, died in the fire of a multi-family dwelling in the community of Pickeral. The fire was reported at...
by [email protected] | Jun 20, 2019
A series of crashes on I-94 in Racine County killed two people and closed down the interstate for several hours. Sheriff Christopher Schmaling says the chain reaction crash was started by a semi in a construction zone. “A semi tractor trailer travelling...
by [email protected] | Jun 11, 2019
A second man who was pulled from Lake Monona during Sunday’s Ironman Triathlon has died. The second victim has been identified as Madison firefighter Todd Mahoney. Mahoney had been in critical condition since being pulled from the water and died on Tuesday....
by WRN Contributor | Feb 26, 2019
The release of some of the 911 calls for a major pileup on Interstate 41 at Neenah demonstrates just how helpless those involved in were. One woman was frightened and inconsolable as she watched others crash into surrounding vehicles. The woman then exited her vehicle...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 26, 2019
The person killed in Sunday massive pileup on I-41 at Neenah has been identified. Winnebago County Sheriff John Matz identified the man killed as 30-year-old Andrew Schefelker of Oshkosh, a teacher with the Iola-Scandinavia School District. During a Monday press...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 25, 2019
Whiteout conditions in eastern Wisconsin have caused a fatal series of highway crashes. Over 130 vehicles crashed into one another in the southbound lanes of I-41 near Neenah on Sunday. At least one person is dead and over 70 others were injured. Sections of the...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 22, 2019
State utility regulators will investige whether the contractor that caused a fatal explosion in downtown Sun Prairie last summer broke state law. The Public Service Commission’s investigation will ask if V-C Tech broke state law — by not calling...
by Bob Hague | Feb 12, 2019
Investigators are getting a picture of what led to a massive pile up on I-94 nears Osseo. Conditions were deteriorating at the time of the pile up shortly after noon Sunday. Lieutenant Les Melsna with the Wisconsin State Patrol in Eau Claire says it was icy....
