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Waterford (WI) Fire Chief Quits After Fire/EMS Split; Public Demands Answers
The Journal Times, Racine, Wisc. May 15—WATERFORD — Waterford Fire Chief Kevin Hafemann has resigned following a nearly two-year tenure that was punctuated by budget cuts and firehouse manpower shortages. Hafemann’s resignation Monday comes less than a week after Village Board members approved a fire department restructuring plan...
Milwaukee County police chase, crash; boy hurt, man charged
OAK CREEK, Wis. - A Franklin man is charged with seven felonies related to a police chase and crash that injured an 11-year-old boy on Thursday, May 9. Prosecutors accuse Griffin Johnson, 19, of fleeing officers across Milwaukee County in a stolen pickup truck twice in one night. It all came to an end with a crash near I-94 and Drexel in Oak Creek.
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