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
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Vernon County Man Injured in Accident
A single-vehicle crash occurred Friday afternoon, December 18, 2020 at approximately 2:15 PM, in the town of Webster. Donald L. Bell, age 33, of rural La Farge, WI was operating a Chrysler Sebring convertible northbound on Salem Ridge Road. The vehicle crested a knoll just south of the 4-way intersection with East Salem Ridge Road, Smart Hollow Road, and Bloomingdale Road. The vehicle continued straight onto Bloomingdale Road and met an oncoming, southbound vehicle in the intersection. Bell reported steering slightly and lost control. The vehicle spun around and went off the right (east) side of the roadway. The vehicle traveled down an embankment, struck a fence, and overturned also striking a tree. The vehicle came to rest upright. Bell was wearing a seatbelt and sustained only minor injuries. Bell was transported by La Farge Ambulance to Vernon Memorial Healthcare, in Viroqua, WI where he was treated and released. Assisting at the scene were