MADISON, Wis. (AP) ? The Wisconsin Legislature is set to approve making permanent a 55 mile-per-hour speed limit for snowmobilers after dark.
The speed limit has been in place off and on since 2006 but will expire July 1 if lawmakers [...]
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Eau Claire (WQOW) – A snowmobiler is fined after he led police on a chase down Main Street in Chippewa Falls. The chase happened in February. Tim Hatlevig was fined $1,000 recently for drunken snowmobiling and illegally operating a snowmobile on a highway. Police say Hatlevig ended up crashing into a telephone pole with [...] MENASHA — One of two snowmobilers attempting to skim their machines across open water near Jefferson Park went through the ice on Lake Winnebago about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, authorities said. Neenah Menasha Fire Rescue personnel using an ice rescue boat pulled Jeremy Remter, 24, of Appleton, from the water about 20 minutes after [...] Police arrested Zachary L. Trezek, 18, Adam J. Hollis, 17, Gregory C. Lehr, 18 and Dylan R. Lambert on Tuesday in the 400 block of Center Avenue in Janesville. Authorities say since November, they stole from storage facilities in Janesville, Beloit and other townships. During Tuesday’s search, detectives recovered a snowmobile, motorcycle, go-kart, a flat screen TV [...] Snowmobile trail grooming equipment is now exempt from taxation as personal property, and a new two-year pilot program allows “utility terrain vehicles” (UTVs) on ATV trails with local consent, said State Sen. Jim Holperin, D-Eagle River, who wrote both measures, which were signed by Gov. Jim Doyle. Holperin said the snowmobile trail groomer tax exemption is [...] MONROE, Wis. (AP) – A 44-year-old woman suspected of drunken snowmobiling after a crash in southern Wisconsin tells Green County sheriff’s deputies the sled wouldn’t stop. The Wisconsin State Journal reports that on Saturday afternoon the woman was driving her snowmobile across a field when she claims she found it wouldn’t stop. The snowmobile struck a parked [...] MADISON, Wis. (AP) ? The Wisconsin Assembly is expected to vote Thursday on a plan to make permanent a 55 mile-per-hour speed limit on snowmobiles after dark. The speed limit has been in place off and on since 2006 but will expire July 1 if lawmakers don’t act. Supporters say the limit helps reduce the number [...] ONEIDA COUNTY, Wis. (WTAQ) – At least 20 people have died in Wisconsin snowmobile accidents this winter. The latest victim is 29-year-old Grant Folland of Okemos Michigan. Oneida County authorities said his machine hit a tree next to a trail near Tomahawk on Saturday. Folland also lived in New York City. Officials said he was [...] GREEN LAKE (WFRV) – A man struck an ice shanty and died while snowmobiling in Green Lake County early Monday. Early Monday the Green Lake County Sheriff’s office received a missing person report concerning a snowmobiler. Later that morning the snowmobiler was located and pronounced dead at the scene on Little Green Lake. Authorities believe that the man [...] Another man, Walter Engel, also pleads not guilty WAUPACA – A man suspected of running down deer on a snowmobile has pleaded not guilty to charges he drove drunk and killed a man in 2004. Rory Kuenzi entered the plea in Waupaca County court Wednesday. Prosecutors say the 25-year-old Kuenzi killed 20-year-old Kevin McCoy after a party [...] A private funeral was held Sunday night for a former Bloomingdale man who died in a snowmobiling accident Saturday, according to the Vilas County Sheriff’s Department in Eagle River, Wisconsin. Dustin E. Thomas, 27, was killed after the snowmobile he was driving crashed into a tree at about 1:45 p.m. in Boulder Junction, police said. The cause [...] Some tense moments unfold on the ice as a teenager’s snowmobile and a pick up truck collide. A 14-year-old boy is recovering Sunday night after his snowmobile hit a truck in Marathon County. // The accident happened just after three this afternoon near the Schofield Dam… Off the Eau Claire Flowage. Everest Metro Police say the teen was [...] EAGLE RIVER, Wis. – Two men have died in separate snowmobile crashes in northern Wisconsin. An Illinois [...] Eau Claire (WQOW)-With four snowmobile crashes in three days in Western Wisconsin, a lawmaker says something has to be done. One of those recent crashes was fatal. Dale Frederick, from Chippewa Falls, was killed yesterday. He was 81. Two of the biggest factors in most snowmobile crashes are speed and alcohol. The DNR is working with [...] Thirteen people have died so far this snowmobile season in Wisconsin, but the DNR says the vast majority of these crashes could be avoided if people slowed down and avoided alcohol while driving. Western Wisconsin (WQOW) – Two snowmobilers are taken to the hospital after separate crashes. In one case, the Dunn County Sheriff’s Office says a 30-year-old man from Clear Lake is in critical condition after his sled ran into a tree. It happened in the Town of Lucas Saturday night. A friend came upon the scene a few [...] A once-prominent Kenosha businessman was in a Duluth, Minn., hospital Wednesday night with severe injuries he suffered in a snowmobiling accident over the weekend in northern Wisconsin. Michael Wells, former chairman of the now-defunct manufacturer Frank Wells Co., was at St. Mary’s Hospital with severe head and neck injuries, according to an area newspaper. A story published [...] PHILLIPS – A man accused of hitting and killing a snowmobiler in Price County has been charged with a felony. A criminal complaint filed Tuesday charged 26-year-old Joseph Weiher of Park Falls with homicide by negligent operation of vehicle. The Department of Natural Resources says Weiher is accused of striking 27-year-old Samuel Klein of Park Falls after [...] A Waukesha County teen who ended up in a coma after being thrown from a speeding snowmobile has died. WISN-TV (Channel 12) reported that 17-year-old Chelsey Lobenhofer of the Town of Vernon was riding on the back of a snowmobile Dec. 23 when the driver lost control. The teen was in a coma for three days and [...] WOLF RIVER — A 45-year-old Larsen woman who sustained serious injuries Saturday night in a snowmobile crash on Lake Poygan remained hospitalized in critical condition Sunday. The Winnebago County Sheriff’s Department said the crash happened shortly before 5:40 p.m. near the mouth of the Wolf River. The woman was thrown from her snowmobile after hitting a [...] |
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