#Badgers quarterback Graham Mertz dropping the Duke's Mayo Bowl trophy pic.twitter.com/zXDBMyb8gK — Frank 'em Bucky! (@frankembucky) December 30, 2020
Accidents
Accidents, Animals
Bear cub climbs ladder out of Eagle River basement to freedom
Accidents, Badgers, Fashion
Target apologizes for batch of ‘Minnesota Badgers’ onesies
Can you spot what's wrong with this photo? | https://t.co/yggEGeOmTt pic.twitter.com/tQVCzhoyFx — WCCO – CBS Minnesota (@WCCO) February 11, 2020
Accidents, Milwaukee County, Sheriff
MKE sheriff says it’s “unfortunate” that deputy killed school lobbyist
Accidents, Courts, Cycling, Law, Lawsuit, Negligence
15 Million Dollar Jury Verdict for Wisconsin Bicyclist Killed Inside Crosswalk
Accidents
Of course he did
Rep. Joel Kleefisch, R-Oconomowoc, said he was hunting turkeys early Sunday morning when he killed two birds with one shot. However, he didn’t have a tag for both turkeys, so he contacted a park warden and reported the incident.
Kleefisch said he received a ticket because several years ago he had received an earlier warning for shooting three geese with one shot..
Via State representative apologizes for shooting two birds with one shot @ madison.com
Accidents, Animals
Deer Crashing Into Cars All Over the Place
Link
Accidents, Art
Quite a story to tell
Accidents, Animals, Police
Grant County Sheriff’s Office Deleted Info on Police Dog’s Attack
“BAGLEY (WKOW) — Just-released law enforcement records show a fireworks explosion took place immediately before a Grant County police dog attacked its deputy-handler – a fact deleted from a report released to 27 News days after the animal’s July 3 biting episode. In an email obtained by 27 News, a Grant County Sheriff’s sergeant also…
Accidents, Crime, Lifestyle, Misconduct
A Culture of Over-Drinking: Drunk Boating
Accidents
Rumble Strips
Accidents, Brewers
Recovering
Clark, an outfielder drafted out of high school in North Richland Hills, Texas, was taken off the field on a stretcher after the collision in only his second professional game in the Arizona Rookie League. That proved to be a precaution out of sensitivity for neck and head issues.
Via Brewers’ first-rounder OK after collision with wall @ JS Brewers Blog.
Accidents, Brewers
Recovering
“Uecker, 81, was sent to Froedtert to be checked out further and Barnes said the decision was made to keep him overnight “out of an abundance of caution.” It was not known if Uecker would be in the booth for the Brewers’ game Tuesday night against Kansas City at Miller Park.” Via Bob Uecker suffers…
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Ald. Joe Dudzik killed in motorcycle crash
Dudzik was riding his Harley-Davidson motorcycle westbound on West Morgan Ave. late Thursday night when he struck construction barricades near S. 76th Street, Milwaukee police said. The crash happened at about 11:25 p.m. Thursday on the 7400 block of West Morgan. He was taken to a hospital where he died of his injuries.Dudzik and his…
Accidents, Lifestyle
Stupidity as personality
Via “You can look at these people and say, ‘They are stupid’… I might say, ‘That is their personality’” @ Althouse.
Accidents
Stumbling Drunk
In Wisconsin, more people die in drunken falls than crashes. http://t.co/z6SGkTZzC2 — Journal Sentinel (@journalsentinel) May 10, 2015
Accidents, UW Madison
Powerless
BREAKING: Power outage at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation at the UW Campus. Workers on scene. pic.twitter.com/zpcGui7StF — WISCTV News 3 (@WISCTV_News3) April 22, 2015
Accidents
Angela Girton, Aged 5
Hundreds light candles to remember 5-year-old lost in Wisconsin River #news3 http://t.co/C8JDjPmJ4M pic.twitter.com/giHxYau2nA — WISCTV News 3 (@WISCTV_News3) April 12, 2015
Accidents, Crime
Not an ice shack
Man charged with OWI after getting car stuck on Lake Mendota http://t.co/ckpKFuDWR5 pic.twitter.com/quEjJ4iUHj — WISCTV News 3 (@WISCTV_News3) February 25, 2015
Accidents, Business, Regulations
Shoddy Work
Over three and a half years, workers experienced more than 1,000 work-related injuries … aren’t small cuts and scrapes. All were what OSHA considers "recordable," meaning they required treatment by someone other than the injured person, said Mark Hysell, the agency’s area director … "Ashley Furniture has created a culture that values production and profit…
Accidents, GOP, Weird Tales
Why There’s a Richter Scale
Accidents
The other aquatic mammal
Accidents
The Burgers Did It
Cause of Great Dane fire could be tied to unusual volume of burgers http://t.co/hkQxVaQXQq — madison.com (@madisondotcom) January 2, 2015
Accidents, Business, Environment
Another oil spill from Enbridge, soon to bring a pipeline near you
Accidents, Crime, Lifestyle
Drunk deaths down in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation said 185 people died in alcohol-related crashes last year — down 47 percent since 2003. Injuries from those crashes have dropped 59 percent in the same period. Via Drunken driving deaths down 47 percent since 2003 @ Channel3000 Madison.
Accidents, Business, Crime, Environment
$19,000,000 for a single cleanup
Accidents, Animals
Cage door left open
Accidents, Animals, Nature, Wisconsin
Lookin’ right at ya
Accidents, Technology
Benders
Via What if you buy an elegantly thin iPhone and put it in your back pocket and proceed to sit on it all day? @ Althouse.
Accidents
Responsibility
I can be an idiot like anybody else, but I generally put the phone down if I’m crossing the street (not that I’m necessarily staring at it all the time otherwise). Even if you have a crosswalk and the light, it’s best to pay attention. At some level it doesn’t matter who is at fault…
Accidents, Crime, Free Speech, State Government
Wisconsin: where accidentally bumping into someone brings a criminal charge
Via Bumping into WI DOJ investigator during 2013 Capitol Crackdown led to disorderly ticket for photographer. Today: CASE DISMISSED @ blue cheddar
Accidents, Animals
Escape to Wisconsin
Via California lady comes to Madison, Wisconsin and gets kicked in the face by a giraffe @ Althouse.
Accidents, Agriculture, Animals, Business, Environment, Health
Waste digester EXPLODES in Waunakee
Accidents, Law
Compensation for injury
Via Supreme Court: No immunity for officer in lights-and-siren crash @ JS Proof and Hearsay Blog.
Accidents, Animals, Nature
Powerline claims a victim
Via Young Eagle From This Year’s Nest Electrocuted In Decorah, Iowa @ CAFFEINATED POLITICS.