Archive for January, 2012
Monday, January 30th, 2012
A man was airlifted to the hospital Sunday evening after crashing his ATV near Bloomer. The Chippewa County Sheriff’s Department says the man crashed on Marsh Miller Lake around 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Deputies say the driver of the ATV was headed north on Marsh Miller Lake near the Birch Point Resort. Witnesses told WEAU that [...]
Monday, January 30th, 2012
Wisconsin has extended the contract of football coach Bret Bielema through the end of the 2016 season. Bielema, who got a raise to $2.5 million last February, had his five-year deal extended through Jan. 31, 2017. Bielema led the Badgers to their first back-to-back Rose Bowls in a dozen years. The Badgers lost to Oregon, [...]
Monday, January 30th, 2012
The cast and crew of the PCHS One-Act Play will be advancing to Section Finals for an unprecedented fifth year in a row, following their first place finish Saturday at Sub-Section Festival here in Pine City. Pine City’s comedy, “slasreveR neveS” by Alan Haehnel, can also be seen again by the public in an encore performance this Friday night at 7pm at the Pine City Elementary Auditorium. (photo courtesy of Erin Gaffaney)
Monday, January 30th, 2012
A Sandstone man was killed in a car crash Saturday night in Burnett County.
Sunday, January 29th, 2012
Two people from Wisconsin are dead after a two-vehicle crash. Douglas County authorities say a northbound vehicle crossed the center line in the Village of Superior on Friday afternoon and was struck by a southbound vehicle. The northbound vehicle rolled into a ditch. According to a Duluth News Tribune report, the vehicle’s driver and passenger [...]
Saturday, January 28th, 2012
A Wisconsin man is now being charged with breaking into a woman’s home and threatening to kill her and her child. The Barron County Sheriff’s Department says that last week 20-year-old Jack Bauer broke into the home with a screwdriver and threatened the mother of his child. She was able to get away with the [...]
Saturday, January 28th, 2012
A faulty propane tank is likely the cause of the carbon monoxide fumes that sent 13 workers to the hospital in Jackson County on Thursday, according to authorities. Authorities were called to Chippewa Bi Products near Alma Center on Thursday, after a report that at least one worker had passed out. Emergency responders determined that [...]