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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Latest Snowmobile Death In Oneida County
ONEIDA COUNTY, Wis. (WTAQ) – At least 20 people have died in Wisconsin snowmobile accidents this winter. The latest victim is 29-year-old Grant Folland of Okemos Michigan. Oneida County authorities said his machine hit a tree next to a trail near Tomahawk on Saturday. Folland also lived in New York...
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Man dies in snowmobile accident (WI)
GREEN LAKE (WFRV) – A man struck an ice shanty and died while snowmobiling in Green Lake County early Monday. Early Monday the Green Lake County Sheriff’s office received a missing person report concerning a snowmobiler. Later that morning the snowmobiler was located and pronounced dead at the scene on...
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Kuenzi pleads not guilty to hit-and-run charge
Another man, Walter Engel, also pleads not guilty WAUPACA – A man suspected of running down deer on a snowmobile has pleaded not guilty to charges he drove drunk and killed a man in 2004. Rory Kuenzi entered the plea in Waupaca County court Wednesday. Prosecutors say the 25-year-old Kuenzi...
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Major storms heading to Midwest and Mid-Atlantic
Kevin Roth, Lead Meteorologist, The Weather Channel Feb. 8, 2010 10:27 am ET Two storm systems combine to bring a sprawling snowstorm to the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and Northeast Tuesday and Wednesday. The northern storm swirls southeastward from the upper Mississippi Valley today to the lower Ohio Valley Tuesday. Light to...
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Bloomingdale man killed in Wis. snowmobile crash
A private funeral was held Sunday night for a former Bloomingdale man who died in a snowmobiling accident Saturday, according to the Vilas County Sheriff’s Department in Eagle River, Wisconsin. Dustin E. Thomas, 27, was killed after the snowmobile he was driving crashed into a tree at about 1:45 p.m....
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Snowmobile and Pick-up Collide On The Ice In Marathon County
Some tense moments unfold on the ice as a teenager’s snowmobile and a pick up truck collide. A 14-year-old boy is recovering Sunday night after his snowmobile hit a truck in Marathon County. The accident happened just after three this afternoon near the Schofield Dam… Off the Eau Claire Flowage....
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2 die in separate snowmobile crashes in Wisconsin
EAGLE RIVER, Wis. – Two men have died in separate snowmobile crashes in northern Wisconsin. An Illinois man died Friday in a crash in Vilas County. Authorities say 26-year-old Dustin E. Thomas of Bloomingdale, Ill, died after his snowmobile hit a tree in Boulder Junction. That crash is being investigated....
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Lawmaker pushes for tougher recreational OWI laws (WI)
Eau Claire (WQOW)-With four snowmobile crashes in three days in Western Wisconsin, a lawmaker says something has to be done. One of those recent crashes was fatal. Dale Frederick, from Chippewa Falls, was killed yesterday. He was 81. Two of the biggest factors in most snowmobile crashes are speed and...
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