FEMA plans to inspect Wis. flood damage next week

WPS works to restore power to 13K

Published: July 3, 2012
Tags: storm, Wisconsin Public Service

Wisconsin Public Service is working to restore power to 13,000 customers in northern Wisconsin who lost electricity in a second round of thunderstorms in the utility’s service area.

Strong wind knocks out power, halts construction projects

Published: September 30, 2011
Tags: storm, winds, Wisconsin Public Service, WPS

MILWAUKEE (AP) – Strong wind knocked down power lines, toppled trees and shut down construction projects in many areas of Wisconsin. About 21,000 Wisconsin Public Service customers in northeastern and central Wisconsin were without service Friday morning. Utility crews working overnight restored power to about 20,000 WPS customers. In western Wisconsin, two tower cranes used [...]

Non-profit retreat works to rebuild

Published: July 6, 2011
Tags: Danbury, Faith's Lodge, storm, storms

DANBURY, Wis. (AP) — A retreat lodge for families facing the serious illness or death of a child is working to rebuild in Burnett County after last weekend’s storm. Faith’s Lodge is still standing, but huge trees were toppled across the 80-acre property when the storm hit the Danbury area Friday. A Minnesota couple, Greg [...]

Milwaukee downpour leads to street closures (UPDATE)

Published: June 21, 2011
Tags: National Weather Service, storm

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Authorities say all highway on-ramps in downtown Milwaukee have reopened following a sudden downpour that dumped more than two inches of rain in less than an hour. According to the city’s department of public works, downtown Milwaukee and the east side received 2.5 inches of rain between 9 and 10 a.m. Monday. [...]

Spring training?

Published: March 23, 2011
Tags: Marshfield, snow, storm

Wis. town gets grant to repair trees

Published: November 29, 2010
Tags: Department of Natural Resources, DNR, storm, Urban Forestry Catastrophic Storm Grant, Vernon, Waukesha County

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A southeastern Wisconsin town has been awarded $50,000 to repair trees damaged in a tornado this past summer. According to the state Department of Natural Resources, the town of Vernon in Waukesha County qualified for a state Urban Forestry Catastrophic Storm Grant. The program, established in 2007, provides money for tree [...]

No damage estimates yet for Union Grove tornado

Published: November 24, 2010
Tags: storm, tornado, Union Grove

UNION GROVE, Wis. (AP) — The village president of Union Grove says it looks like the most damage from a tornado that touched down on Monday hit an industrial area near the Racine Fairgrounds. Village President Mike Aimone viewed damaged from a Wisconsin National Guard helicopter on Tuesday. Aimone told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that [...]

Cleanup begins after tornadoes ravage parts of southern Wis.

Published: November 23, 2010
Tags: I-94, Interstate 94, Racine, storm, Sturtevant, tornado

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Cleanup from a rare November tornado begins Tuesday in southeastern Wisconsin. A confirmed tornado touched down in Walworth County, where four homes and four farm buildings were damaged. According to the National Weather Service, the tornado was an EF-1 and traveled about four miles. An apparent twister also moved through Union Grove [...]

DNR urges people to seek advice on flood work

Published: October 5, 2010
Tags: bridge, culvert, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, flood, storm

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State environmental officials are urging people to contact them for advice on repairs after flooding struck western and south-central Wisconsin last month. According to the Department of Natural Resources, people who need to reinstall flood-damaged culverts and bridges can call the agency for immediate advice on culvert sizing and other issues. [...]