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Two Wisconsin residents electrocuted after trying TikTok trend
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DAY, Wis. (WFRV) – Two folks from central Wisconsin have been discovered useless and believed to have been electrocuted whereas doing an artwork type that has gained recognition on TikTok.
Based on the Marathon County Sheriff’s Workplace, two folks have been discovered useless on April 6 after an investigation of a construction fireplace. The victims have been 44-year-old Tanya Rodriguez and 52-year-old James Carolfi, each of whom are from the City of Day.
An investigation revealed that each of the victims have been useless earlier than the fireplace and foul play was dominated out. The deaths have been reportedly deemed ‘unintended’ and officers imagine the deaths have been attributable to electrocution from fractal wooden burning.
The investigation additionally confirmed that the fireplace began within the storage earlier than spreading to the house. Officers say that the fractal wooden burning gear that precipitated the electrocutions doubtless began the fireplace.
Officers described fractal wooden burning as an artwork type that has risen to fame on social media websites like TikTok. The fractal burning course of usually makes use of a high-voltage transformer to circulation present throughout wooden objects which have been soaked with a chemical answer.
The Marathon County Sheriff’s Workplace is warning of the risks of fractal wooden burning and says it ought to solely be carried out by skilled professionals.
The City of Day is simply over two hours west of Inexperienced Bay.
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The American Affiliation of Woodturners warns on its web site that fractal burning “has killed and will kill you.” In mid-2017 the AAW Security Committee issued a ban towards the approach.
The American Affiliation of Woodturners has banned the usage of this course of in any respect of its occasions and has banned articles about use of a fractal burner in all of its publications.
The reported circumstances of fractal burning deaths vary from hobbyist woodworkers by means of skilled woodworkers to an electrician with a few years expertise working with electrical energy. It solely takes one small mistake and you might be useless; not injured, useless. A few of those that died have been skilled at utilizing the method and a few weren’t. What’s widespread to all of them: fractal burning killed them.
Rick Baker, Chair, AAW Security Committee
Wisconsin
Thousands without power after severe storms in Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – Thousands of Alliant Energy, We Energies and MG&E customers are without power Tuesday night as severe storms rolled through southern Wisconsin.
Alliant Energy reported 3,428 Wisconsin customers were affected by power outages around 8:30 p.m. In Iowa, 20,659 customers were affected by the outages.
Around 8:30 p.m. We Energies reported 2,183 customers impacted by outages. Outagamie County and Jefferson County made up over 1,800 of those outages.
MG&E reported 251 customers affected by power outages as of 8:30 p.m.
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DNR: Cicadas are emerging in Wisconsin
LAKE GENEVA, Wis. (WBAY) – Cicada-geddon has begun.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources confirmed the first brood of cicadas in southern Wisconsin emerged in Lake Geneva. A resident took photos of insects on Friday, May 17, and the DNR confirmed they’re newly emerged Brood XIII cicadas, also known as the Northern Illinois Brood.
The person who snapped the photos said they saw dozens emerging in their yard. The DNR says eventually the brood could number in the hundreds of thousands per acre and their combined mating calls can be deafening.
Adding to this is the emergence of Brood XIX, also known as the Great Southern Brood. These broods haven’t come out of the ground at the same time for 221 years, since 1803.
If you live in Northeast Wisconsin, you have to travel to the southern counties to see and hear them.
Cicadas don’t bite or sting but are generally a nuisance. After they mate, they litter the outdoors with the carcasses they leave behind.
The cicadas are expected to party for four to six weeks and then they’ll be gone for another 17 years, until 2041.
ORIGINAL REPORT
APPLETON, Wis. (WBAY) – Rare cicadas are starting to emerge across the country. You have a chance to check out this historical moment with two periodic broods coming out at the same time — but it won’t be easy.
Scientists report billions of cicadas will emerge. Some are calling it “Cicada-geddon” or “cicada-palooza.”
“It’s a strange phenomenon,” UW-Green Bay Professor Michael Draney explained. “There’s three thousand species of cicadas on the planet but there’s only seven of these periodic cicadas that live in Eastern North America.”
Bad news for bug lovers in Northeast Wisconsin. You have to travel to the very southern part of our state — south of Milwaukee and Madison — to see what’s called the Northern Illinois brood.
The Northern Illinois brood only comes out every 17 years. For the Great Southern brood, it emerges every 13 years.
“The clock ticks and they’re like, ‘Hey, it’s time to become an adult!’ They crawl out at sunset. They climb out of their baby shell. Their wings inflate. The next day you see cicadas!” Professor Draney said.
Both are popping out at the same time for the first time since 1803. For perspective, Thomas Jefferson was president; that’s the year he purchased the Louisiana Territory.
Draney said cicadas are basically trying to avoid predators by coming out all at once.
“The adults are kind of helpless against predators… if they just kind of came out every year they’d probably just get eaten but when they all come out all at once every 13 years it takes the predators by surprise and some of them survive.”
In our neighborhoods, Draney told Action 2 News it’s going to seem like a usual cicada summer.
“We do have cicadas in this area but they mostly actually emerge later in the summer. As you know, in August is when you hear the noise but it’s a different genus, different species, and it’s not happening here for us,” Draney said.
If you’re really interested, there are a few sweet locations around Illinois where both periodic cicadas are coming out at the same time.
“If it’s a good spot you can get thousands and thousands of these coming out in your backyard. Millions per acre. It can be really dramatic. It can make the roads slippery. It can be a real thing. Still, it’s very spotty.”
Just keep the pets at home.
“You have to actually be careful. Pet dogs can get a taste for cicadas, and they can get very sick because the shells of the cicadas — the exoskeletons — can cause a blockage if they eat way too many of them,” Draney explained.
Draney said the peak is likely the middle of this month into June, so the clock is ticking if you want to make the trek to check out this rare cicada emergence.
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Wisconsin football offers one of nation's best class of 2026 edge rushers
Wisconsin football extended an offer to four-star class of 2026 EDGE McHale Blade on Monday.
Both 247Sports’ composite ranking and On3’s industry ranking have Blade as a four-star recruit. The Country Club Hills, Illinois native already holds offers from 19 schools including Michigan, USC, Miami (Florida), Florida, Notre Dame, Texas A&M, Missouri, Nebraska, Cincinnati and Tennessee.
247Sports has Blade as the No. 23 defensive lineman in the class of 2026, No. 6 recruit from Illinois and No. 192 overall player in the class. On3, on the other hand, has Blade as Illinois’ No. 1 recruit for 2026.
He currently stands at 6’4,” 230 pounds, representing Hillcrest High School in Illinois.
His first gridiron offer arrived from Florida in December 2023. Alongside Michigan, USC, Missouri and Texas A&M, Wisconsin became the latest program to offer Blade in May 2024.
Blessed to receive an offer from The University Of Wisconsin! @BadgerFootball @CoachWhit_UW @Coach_Mitch_ @AllenTrieu @EDGYTIM @Hawks4Football @KoachWeaver pic.twitter.com/7xIf2xmsZQ
— McHale Blade (@McHaleBlade) May 20, 2024
247sports has yet to release a crystal ball prediction, but On3’s recruiting prediction machine has in-state Illinois as Blade’s most likely landing spot.
Whether it be through recruiting cycles or the transfer portal, Wisconsin is certainly looking to bolster its defensive front.
Over the past week, UW’s recent DL transfer targets have committed elsewhere. Those include C.J. West to Indiana, Khurtiss Perry to Virginia Tech, Jay’Viar Suggs to LSU and Brandon Lane to Louisville.
Wisconsin has offered several 2026 recruits over the past few weeks, including Brayden Trimble, Kaleb Woods, Jarin Mock, Nick Reddish Brayden Robinson, Amari Sabb, and Will Conroy.
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