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wqow.com | Kristen Shill
CHIPPEWA COUNTY (WQOW) - Charges have been filed against the Lake Hallie man police say pulled a gun on him. Scott Brun, 59, was charged Friday with intentionally pointing a firearm at an officer and operating a firearm while intoxicated. As 18 News reported, officers responded to Brun's home last month after Brun called 911. Lake Hallie police said Brun came to the door with a fully loaded handgun and aimed it at an officer.
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1 week ago | 
wqow.com | Kristen Shill
WISCONSIN (WQOW) - A credible threat has been made against Congressman Derrick Van Orden's family, according to officials from his office. According to a post on Rep. Van Orden's social media, the threat was delivered via a letter to his office in D.C. The exact wording wasn't made public, but they did say it threatened his wife, children, and grandchildren.
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1 week ago | 
wxow.com | Kristen Shill
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1 week ago | 
waow.com | Kristen Shill
WISCONSIN (WQOW) - A credible threat has been made against Congressman Derrick Van Orden's family, according to officials from his office. According to a post on Rep. Van Orden's social media, the threat was delivered via a letter to his office in D.C. The exact wording wasn't made public, but they did say it threatened his wife, children, and grandchildren.
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1 week ago | 
wqow.com | Kristen Shill
BURNETT COUNTY (WQOW) - It's been eight months since a truck crashed into the Lilac Grove apartment building killing an elderly Siren woman. 18 News has learned that the driver of that truck will not be charged. As we reported at the time, authorities said Linda Hill crashed her truck into the building around 11:15 on the morning of September 6, 2024. She was 73 years old at the time. Dianne Kemp, 81, was inside her apartment and died.
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1 week ago | 
wqow.com | Kristen Shill
EAU CLAIRE (WQOW) - A competency exam was ordered Tuesday for the man accused of having a gun on the grounds of Putnam Heights Elementary School. As 18 News reported, police were called to the school nearly two weeks ago because a man who was banned from the property was trying to enter. The school went into a 'secure', which is a form of lockdown, because of it.
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1 week ago | 
wkow.com | Kristen Shill
MONROE COUNTY (WXOW) - A death investigation is underway in Monroe County after two people were found dead Sunday. According to a post from the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, they were called to the East Fork Lemonweir River around 2:45 Sunday afternoon. The caller had been in the area looking for two people they hadn't seen since the night before, when they found a body in the water. Authorities learned two people had left the Backwater Bar and Grill the night before and had not been seen since.
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1 week ago | 
wxow.com | Kristen Shill
MONROE COUNTY (WXOW) - A death investigation is underway in Monroe County after two people were found dead Sunday. According to a post from the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, they were called to the East Fork Lemonweir River around 2:45 Sunday afternoon. The caller had been in the area looking for two people they hadn't seen since the night before, when they found a body in the water. Authorities learned two people had left the Backwater Bar and Grill the night before and had not been seen since.
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1 week ago | 
wqow.com | Kristen Shill
POLK COUNTY (WQOW) - A Luck woman died after a 2-vehicle crash Saturday night. According to the Polk County Sheriff's Office, it happened at the intersection of Highway 8 and Highway 65 around 7:40 p.m. Saturday. Authorities said a truck pulling a trailer on Hwy 65 ran the stop sign at Hwy 8 and hit a car heading west. The driver of the truck, 40-year-old Melissa Johnson, was pronounced deceased at the scene. The driver of the car was flown to Regions Hospital with serious injuries.
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1 week ago | 
wqow.com | Kristen Shill
RUSK COUNTY (WQOW) - Prison time was ordered Friday for the driver who caused a fatal car crash in Rusk County last year. Jorge Sanchez Tzanahua, 23, was charged with homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle after the January 2024 crash. Authorities said at the time that the Jeep Sanchez Tzanahua was driving crossed the center line and hit a semi. The driver of the semi, Steven Nasholm from Clayton, died.
