Wisconsin
38-year-old Wisconsin Rapids woman dies in one-vehicle crash Friday morning in Biron
The crash happened shortly after midnight near the address of 471 N. Biron Drive.
BIRON – A 38-year-old Wisconsin Rapids woman is dead after a one-vehicle crash early Friday morning.
The crash happened shortly after midnight near the address of 471 N. Biron Drive. The initial investigation shows the vehicle was traveling north on Biron Drive at a high rate of speed and failed to negotiate a curve, according to a news release from the Wood County Sheriff’s Office. The vehicle left the road and hit a tree.
The Wisconsin Rapids woman was the only person in the vehicle, and she was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
The crash remains under investigation.
The Grand Rapids Police Department, Wood County Rescue, Biron Fire Department, Biron First Responders, Wisconsin Rapids Ambulance, Wood County Dispatch Center and Neiman’s Tow Service assisted at the scene.
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Wisconsin
Thousands remain without power after Wisconsin storms
About 12,000 customers were without power as of 9:19 p.m. June 10 after severe storms moved across Wisconsin, according to the We Energies outage map.
The 279 outages were affecting 12,095 customers.
The number of outages is down from the nearly 38,000 customers reported around 5:10 p.m.
Which counties had the most power outages?
Kenosha County reported the highest number of We Energies customers without power, with 5,881, down from 10,221 around 8:45 p.m. Racine County had 1,631 customers without power, a change of just 13 customers in an hour and a half.
Other impacted areas include Dodge County with 1,491 customers without service, and Waukesha County with 1,438.
This story was updated to add new information.
Wisconsin
Severe thunderstorms bring power outages, wind damage to northeast Wisconsin
GRAND CHUTE, Wis. (WBAY) — Severe thunderstorms moved through northeast Wisconsin on Wednesday afternoon, leaving thousands without power and causing widespread wind damage.
According to poweroutage.us, as of 4 p.m. Fond du Lac County has 2,900 customers without power and Dodge County is at 3,600.
A tornado warning for Fond du Lac County expired last hour, but severe thunderstorms continued across the region with large hail, high winds and heavy rainfall. Trees and branches were reported down across the area.
Rain began in Grand Chute as winds picked up just after 2 p.m. A severe thunderstorm warning issued for the area warned of 80 mph winds and asked residents to take shelter and move away from windows to an interior room.
The storms produced widespread wind damage across Oshkosh, where 1,400 customers were without power. WPS reported more than 3,000 customers without power in Winnebago County.
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Wisconsin
Chris Borland heads back to Wisconsin as Hall of Fame inductee
Chris Borland’s spot in Wisconsin’s Athletic Hall of Fame came with the kind of résumé that represented the modern Badgers defense: massive production, big-game hardware and Midwestern toughness.
Wisconsin selected Borland as one of 12 athletes, staff, and supporters in the class of 2026 Hall of Fame inductees. The group will enter the Hall of Fame the weekend of Sept. 18 this fall, with Borland and the rest of the class honored during Wisconsin’s matchup against Eastern Michigan on Sept. 19 at Camp Randall Stadium.
Borland starred at linebacker for Wisconsin from 2009 to 2013 and finished as one of the program’s most decorated defenders of the era. He earned 2013 first-team All-America honors, won Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, and closed his career with 420 tackles. He also played in three Rose Bowls, anchoring a defense built around physicality, instincts and tackling that excelled in big moments.
Borland’s induction adds a football centerpiece to a nine-sport Hall of Fame class, and it lands on a weekend that will bring a full Camp Randall spotlight back to former Badgers. Wisconsin fans will get their on-field Hall of Fame moment on Sept. 19, when the Badgers host Eastern Michigan and Borland’s career highlights take center stage again in Madison.
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