Wisconsin wildfire consumes 8,700 acres
Source: Belleville Times
Milwaukee :: WI :: USA | updated 2013-05-15 18:51:48 -0700 | travel-news
Authorities are investigating whether logging operations may have sparked a massive wildfire in northwestern Wisconsin that destroyed dozens of buildings and forced at least 60 people from their homes, state officials said Wednesday. The wildfire has consumed about 8,700 to...
Wis. congressmen propose crop insurance changes
Source: SF Gate
Milwaukee :: WI :: USA | updated 2013-05-15 11:49:03 -0700 | travel-news
Ron Kind and Tom Petri put forward a crop insurance reform plan Wednesday that they say will save the federal government $11 billion over the next 10 years. Kind, a Democrat, and Petri, a Republican, announced their plan as work...
Wildfire forces evacuations in Wisconsin's Douglas County
Source: Star Tribune
Milwaukee :: WI :: USA | updated 2013-05-15 06:31:03 -0700 | travel-news
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says the forest fire has grown to 5.5 square miles and is forcing some evacuations Tuesday in sparsely populated southern Douglas County. FM reports residents are being evacuated from lake homes and cabins in...
Fire causes evacuation at Prospect Heights hotel
Source: The Daily Herald
Milwaukee :: WI :: USA | updated 2013-04-13 11:24:22 -0700 | travel-news
One person was taken to the hospital after the fire, which began at 6:37 a.m. Prospect Heights fire crews were called to the scene when someone at the hotel noticed smoke on the top floor of the four-story building. They...
Wisconsin: Accident claims life of Grant Park truck driver
Source: The Daily Journal
Milwaukee :: WI :: USA | updated 2013-04-04 12:31:54 -0700 | travel-news
A 38-year-old Grant Park truck driver died Wednesday at the scene of a one-vehicle crash in Grant County, Wisconsin. Michael Schoenbeck, 38, a truck driver for Peotone's Ray Dettmering Farms, died from injuries after his semi-truck hauling railroad car wheels...
80-Year-Old Woman Lands Plane After Pilot-Husband Dies
Source: International Business Times
Milwaukee :: WI :: USA | updated 2012-06-04 17:14:21 -0700 | political-news
An elderly woman landed a twin-engine plane to safety after her pilot husband who was at the controls of the aircraft fell unconscious during mid-air, the Telegraph said. Eighty-year-old John Collins from Wisconsin fatally suffered a heart attack in the...
GM chief: Politics drove Volt inquiry
Source: Acushnet Community News
Milwaukee :: WI :: USA | updated 2012-03-26 04:24:54 -0700 | technology-news
General Motors Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson defended the Chevrolet Volt before a House of Representatives subcommittee Wednesday morning, saying no customer was ever in imminent danger of fire and that the hybrid electric vehicle seemed to be under attack...
Delta flight makes emergency landing
Source: Cincinnati Enquirer
Cincinnati :: OH :: USA | updated 2011-08-07 18:48:45 -0700 | political-news
A Delta flight out of Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport made an emergency landing at a Wisconsin airport late Monday, according to Delta Airlines. None of the 41 passengers and three crew members were injured, according to a prepared statement from...
Sinkhole in Wisconsin damages cars
Source: ITN
Milwaukee :: WI :: USA | updated 2011-05-14 21:42:16 -0700 | sports-news
The owner of one of the cars, musician Andrew Gelles, said he felt the ground vibrating before the road opened up. No one was hurt in Saturday's incident and the cars were removed by Sunday morning. Officials at the Milwaukee...
Man killed by fridge thrown from building
Source: The Courier-Mail
Milwaukee :: WI :: USA | updated 2011-02-14 21:48:41 -0800 | business-news
A MAN was killed in Milwaukee today after being crushed by a refrigerator that his co-workers threw from a building they were renovating. The workers said they yelled down to the ground before tossing the refrigerator at approximately 9.40am local...
Wisconsin road conditions worsen due to blizzard
Posted by: Claire87
Milwaukee :: WI :: USA | updated 2012-01-24 07:29:46 -0800 | travel-news
Due to a fierce snow blizzard, road conditions in Wisconsin have worsened. The current road conditions in Wisconsin have led officials to issue a travel advisory all over the state. No one is to travel on any Wisconsin Highway unless...
Pelosi to speak to American Legion convention
Source: SF Gate
Milwaukee :: WI :: USA | updated 2010-11-01 14:31:23 -0700 | health-news
00 PDT Milwaukee, WI (AP) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to speak to the American Legion's national convention in Milwaukee this morning. Spokesman Brendan Daly says the San Francisco Democrat will be thanking the American Legion for helping...
Biffle wins Pocono
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
Budapest :: Hungary | updated 2010-10-02 08:02:04 -0700 | sports-news
Pocono Raceway to snap a 64-race winless streak and take the checkered flag for injured owner Jack Roush. Biffle hadn't won since he took the first two races in the 2008 Chase for the Cup championship. Biffle won on Sunday...
General Mitchell Airport to remain closed throughout Friday morning
Posted by: Haiderk
Milwaukee :: WI :: USA | updated 2012-02-07 19:35:56 -0800 | travel-news
The General Mitchell Airport in Milwaukee has been closed down for the entire duration of Friday morning due to the heavy rains that lashed much of Wisconsin state yesterday. The state has not seen this much rain in such a...
Cartoons of The Day
Build Your Allvoices Brand. Gain Influence. Make Money.
News From Hot Locations
