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CRIME & SAFETY
Menomonee Falls bakery cancels drag queen story hour children's event after threats
The owners of a Menomonee Falls bakery Monday canceled a Drag Story Hour and Cupcake Making children’s event scheduled for June 2 because they said they were receiving threatening phone messages. "The goal was to do a fun event about being inclusive," said Brittany Wohlfeil, who owns Batter &...
Wisconsin driver suffers only non-life-threatening injuries after rollover crash on I-41
SLINGER, Wis. (WFRV) – Authorities in southern Wisconsin say one driver suffered only non-life-threatening injuries after a rollover crash on I-41 left them stuck inside their vehicle Monday afternoon. According to a release from the Slinger Police Department, officers, as well as crews from the Washington County Sheriff’s Department,...
Prison for 2020 road fatality
PHILLIPS — A Park Falls man was sentenced to 11 years prison followed by extended supervision for a 2020 crash that killed a Jefferson County motorcyclist and injured his wife in the town of Lake. Price County Circuit Court Judge Kevin Klein on April 10 sentenced John Henry Page Jr., 61, to nine years confinement in prison, followed by nine years of extended supervision for homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle while having prior intoxicated conviction or revocation. Page received a two year consecutive...
Fire Suppression Tool from Slinger helps rescue 2 dogs from house fire in Minnesota | By Fire Suppression Solutions
Washington Co., MN – Fire Suppression Solutions, 3744 Lover’s Lane, Slinger, WI, learned of the successful outcome of a fire in neighboring Minnesota following the use of its Fire Suppression Tool (FST). On February 19, 2024, tragedy struck the Gisselquist Family in St. Paul Park, MN, as their...
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