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Water skipping turns fatal

A 17-year-old boy is dead after he attempted to skip over open water on his snow machine this past weekend. Sioux Lookout detachment OPP officers say they responded to a 911 call just before 8 p.m. Saturday of a snow machine going through the ice near Frog Rapids bridge on...
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Snowmobiler Jeremy Remter goes through Lake Winnebago ice at Menasha

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...
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