...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING...
* WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills 20 to 30
degrees below zero.
* WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central and
southwest Minnesota and northwest and west central Wisconsin.
* WHEN...Until 10 AM CST Monday.
* IMPACTS...The cold wind chills could cause frostbite on
exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Dress in layers and cover exposed skin. Limit time outside.
&&
Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald, at left, and Captain Ron Baures, at right, give commendations to patrol Deputies Eric Sedani and Heather Hughes for “heroism and lifesaving efforts” when dispatched to a snowmobiler who had broken through the ice on Prairie Lake on March 19.
Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald, at left, and Captain Ron Baures, at right, give commendations to patrol Deputies Eric Sedani and Heather Hughes for “heroism and lifesaving efforts” when dispatched to a snowmobiler who had broken through the ice on Prairie Lake on March 19.
The Red Cross of Northwest Wisconsin has named Barron County ice rescuers Justin Bernardin, Deputy Heather Hughes, Nick Johnson and Deputy Erik Sedani Community Heroes and they will be honored on March 9 at a reception in Eau Claire.
Hughes and Sedani were on duty in the early morning hours of March 19 when snowmobiler Matt Ludvik of Menomonie broke through the ice on Prairie Lake near Wolf’s Den Resort.
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