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Hillsboro Fire Among Agencies that Helped Locate Missing Woman in Kickapoo Valley Area
On Saturday March 6, 2021 at approximately 8:05 PM the Vernon County Dispatch Center received a phone call from the sister of Elizabeth R. Cooper, 31 of Waukesha WI. The sister reported Elizabeth Cooper as missing on the Kickapoo Valley Reserve as they had been in contact in the afternoon. At that time Elizabeth reported being lost prior to her phone going dead and no one had been able to reach her. The last phone contact with Elizabeth was at 6:50PM.
LaFarge Fire Department was dispatched right away, conducting searches of all hiking trails. After being unable to find her, additional manpower for a grid search was requested from; Viola Fire Department, Ontario Fire Department, Westby Fire Department, Cashton Fire Department, Hillsboro Fire Department, Yuba Fire, and Viroqua Fire Department. Also on scene was the Vernon County Department of Emergency Management with their mobile command post an
Viroqua police officer involved in accident with semi-truck
The officer was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries
January 16, 2021 11:39 AM Tyler Job
Courtesy of the Viroqua Police Department
VIROQUA, Wis. (WKBT) – A Viroqua police officer was involved in an accident with a semi-truck and trailer at 9:22 Friday morning on Main Street at Willow Street near the Bus Garage, the police department says.
According to the department, the on-duty officer was driving southbound on Main Street, while the semi-truck driver, identified as Scott Kunda of Winona, was driving northbound on Main Street. Kunda attempted to turn right, but he was driving too fast for the road conditions at the time and his trailer jackknifed into the squad car driving in the southbound lane.