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Legislature Set To Approve Snowmobile Speed Limit

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 don’t act. The state Senate is set to approve...
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Snowmobiler fined in February police chase

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...
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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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Janesville Teens Arrested with $40K Worth of Stolen Property

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...
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New snowmobile/ATV laws rid taxes, permit 'UTVs' on trails (WI)

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...
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Woman suspected of drunken snowmobiling in Wis.

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...
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Wis. Considers Extension Of Snowmobile Speed Limit

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...
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