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Teen killed in ATV crash in town of Niagara

MARINETTE, Wis. — A Menomonee Falls, Wis., teen was killed in a UTV crash Saturday off of Hobart Lane in the town of Niagara, Wis., Marinette County Sheriff Randy Miller said. Gabriel N. Avila-Neuheisel, 18, was on a dirt trail on private property when he lost control of the UTV and it rolled at about 4:46 p.m., the sheriff said a news release. Avila-Neuheisel, who was not wearing a helmet or seatbelt, was ejected from the UTV and sustained fatal injuries, Miller said in a news release. The crash remains under investigation by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, the ...

Milwaukee man guilty in killing

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A jury found a Milwaukee man guilty Friday of killing and dismembering a 19-year-old college student on the night of their first date. Prosecutors charged Maxwell Anderson in April 2024 with first-degree intentional homicide, dismembering a corpse, arson and hiding a ...

Antigo tech college has first-in-nation training sawmill

A newly opened commercial-scale sawmill in Antigo, Wis., is the only training sawmill of its kind in the U.S. The sawmill at Northcentral Technical College’s Antigo campus will be a teaching tool for northern Wisconsin students and members of the lumber industry. It’s part of the ...

Low-flying planes to collect data across the UP

ESCANABA — Residents across the Upper Peninsula may notice low-flying planes this month — but don’t fret; they are supposed to be there. The U.S. Geological Survey, an agency within the Department of Interior, announced Friday that low-level plane flights would take place over the ...

Jury convicts Wisconsin inmate accused of killing cellmate

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man doing time for trying to kill his mother was convicted Wednesday of strangling his cellmate to death. A jury found Jackson Vogel, 25, guilty of first-degree intentional homicide in connection with the death of 19-year-old Micah Laureano at the Green ...