Nobody was injured in a fire that started on an apartment balcony. Fire chief Pete O’Leary says the fire at the Courtyard apartments on Berger Parkway Sunday was started when someone discarded a cigarette into a bucket next to the side of the building. The apartment owner extinguished the fire with a fire extinguisher before it spread. O’Leary says its another example of careless use of smoking materials…in this case improperly discarding of a cigarette. O’Leary says if it had been at night, it could have had an entirely different outcome.
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photo: waupun mayor rohn bishop The Waupun Common Council has postponed action on wage increases for paid on call firefighters and elected officials to get more public input. The council discussed the matter, sometimes heated, at their meeting this week and will take up the issue again at their April 8th meeting. If […]
todayMarch 27, 2025
A house fire near New Holstein claimed the life of a child. Shortly after 2am Wednesday firefighters were called to the scene on Honeymoon Hill Road near County Road T. A child in the home was pronounced dead at a hospital. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
todayMarch 27, 2025
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