News 03.20.18
20 March 2018 News
One person has died after his truck broke through the ice on Beaver Dam Lake in Dodge County. Rescue personnel were called to the scene shortly before 7am Monday for a report of a truck partially submerged in the lake. One person was pulled from the lake and transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office Dive Team assisted at the scene.
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The Beaver Dam Fire chief is praising area fire departments for assisting during the controlled fire last week that burned down a Beaver Dam apartment complex where a fatal explosion occurred the week before. About 20 area fire departments including Fond du Lac, Waupun and Ripon were on the scene last week. Beaver Dam Fire Chief Allen Mannel admits he was nervous, not knowing how dangerous chemicals in one of the apartment units would react to the heat and flames. Mannel says to his knowledge this type of controlled burn to neutralize explosive materials had only been done once before in southern California in 2010. Mannel says the decision was made to protect a nearby building by stacking metal storage containers between it and the building that was being burned.
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A surge in domestic crude oil production has helped Wisconsin’s frack sand industry overcome a slump that idled mines two years ago, but it now faces new competition. Producers and industry analysts expect demand for U.S. frack sand to grow this year after a strong 2017. Frack sand is used in the hydraulic fracturing process to extract oil and natural gas from rock. Falling oil prices in 2015 slowed drilling and caused many of Wisconsin’s sand mines to lay off workers. The industry rebounded after overall domestic crude production growth. Several new mines in Texas will begin operations this year, but experts don’t expect them to cut into the Wisconsin market because Texas’ finer grain sand is different from Wisconsin’s northern white sand.
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New London police have sent piece of candy from a St. Patrick’s Day parade to the State Crime Laboratory to see if it’s tainted. Police warned people not to eat candy they got at Saturday’s parade over concerns it may be contaminated. They received about 10 complaints about children and others developing temporary numbness or rash since Saturday. Authorities sent a Tootsie Roll from one complainant to the lab for testing. No one has been hospitalized as a result of eating the candy.
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