This afternoon’s top stories from the Northwest Wisconsin News Center: — A motorcycle rider was injured and airlifted after a crash Sunday on Highway 53; — Avian influenza is in some dairy herds, but experts say milk is safe to drink; — Jeld-Wen in Rusk County is closing, affecting 350 jobs; — and the fire…
RICE LAKE, Wis. (WJMC) — A motorcycle rider was injured and airlifted to a hospital in Eau Claire after a crash Sunday afternoon, April 14. The bike crashed in the median, just before 1 p.m. Sunday, on Highway 53 in Rice Lake, just south of Highway 48. It was not known at this time what…
MINONG, Wis. (WJMC) — More details are known about the Smith Bridge wildfire in Washburn County. The Department of Natural Resources said two trailer homes and five outbuildings were destroyed. Another ten homes and 23 outbuildings were threatened but saved from the fire that burned an estimated 191 acres near Gilmore Lake, northwest of Minong.…
HAWKINS, Wis. (WRN) — The closure of a northern Wisconsin manufacturing plant will result in the loss of hundreds of jobs. Employees of Jeld-Wen in the Rusk County Village of Hawkins were informed on Thursday that the facility will close, along with a plant in Vista, California. The Hawkins plant manufactures wood windows and doors…
MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — Dairy milk remains safe, despite avian influenza being detected in some herds. Adam Brock is with the state ag department’s Bureau of Food Safety. “There’s a very low risk of anybody contracting avian influenza from their milk supply. There’s procedures and hurdles in place. And as always pasteurized milk from your…
This morning’s top stories from the Northwest Wisconsin News Center: — A motorcycle rider was injured and airlifted after a crash Sunday on Highway 53; — Avian influenza is in some dairy herds, but experts say milk is safe to drink; — Jeld-Wen in Rusk County is closing, affecting 350 jobs; — and the fire…
MINONG, Wis. (WJMC) — A wildfire destroyed a building and burned around two hundred fifty acres yesterday in Washburn County, according to the Department of Natural Resources. The fire, named the Smith Bridge Fire, was several miles northwest of Minong, near Gilmore Lake. The DNR said 10 firetrucks, 11 plows and four aircraft, including two…
Helen Miels, 90, of Cumberland, passed away on April 9. She is survived by her children, Eugene Miels, Elizabeht Deuhs, Fern Peterson, Susan Allard, John Miels; and brother Robert Braun. The funeral service for Helen Miels will be held at St. Paul Lutheran Church, in Cumberland, on Monday at 11 a.m. Visitation is 9:30 until…
Wallace Mitchell, 89, of Grantsburg, passed away on March 24. The memorial service for Wallace Richard will be held at Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, in Grantsburg, on Sunday at 3 p.m., with military honors to follow. Visitation is 2 until 3 p.m. on Sunday at the funeral home.
Wallace Mitchell, 89, of Grantsburg, passed away on March 24. The memorial service for Wallace Richard will be held at Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, in Grantsburg, on Sunday at 3 p.m., with military honors to follow. Visitation is 2 until 3 p.m. on Sunday at the funeral home.