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    RAYMOND, Wis. (WISN) — One woman is dead and a child is hospitalized after a house fire in the Village of Raymond Monday afternoon, according to Raymond Fire & Rescue.

The fire was reported just before 3 p.m. at a home on 108th Street near 5 Mile Road. Crews arrived within minutes and found smoke coming from the home. Kansasville fire officials told WISN 12 News first responders could hear screaming coming from the basement of the home when they arrived.

A Raymond chief officer and a Norway police officer attempted to reach the victims but were forced back by heavy smoke. A Racine County Sheriff’s deputy then made a second attempt and was able to rescue a 4-year-old child from the home. The child was taken to the hospital and fire officials believe the child is expected to survive.

Firefighters later located an adult woman inside the home and removed her from the home. Despite immediate lifesaving efforts, she was pronounced dead at the scene. Several other people inside the home when the fire started were able to evacuate on their own.

Damage is estimated at $50,000. The cause of the fire remains under investigation by the Racine County Fire Investigation Task Force and the Racine County Sheriff’s Office.

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By Chip Scarborough

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    BENTONVILLE, Ark. (KHBS, KHOG) — It was a presidential visit that many anxiously anticipated.

Hundreds were in attendance on Monday to see former President Barack Obama in person.

“You didn’t tell me it gets this cold in Arkansas,” former President Obama said as he greeted the crowd. “Golly!”

But the cold weather didn’t keep people from making their way to the Crystal Bridges campus in Bentonville to hear from the nation’s 44th president.

“Oh, it was wonderful,” Todd Jenkins said afterward. “It was inspiring. Gave me hope for today and tomorrow.”

Former President Obama served in the White House from January 2009 to January 2017. Some of those who attended Monday’s event at Crystal Bridges are too young to remember his time in office.

“This is kind of my introduction to who he really is and you know, I hope he makes a good impression,” Sophie Steinbach said beforehand. “Not just on me, but you know, kind of Bentonville as a whole.”

Others say they remember the Obama presidency well.

“Barack Obama was the first president that I was ever able to vote for, so it’s really full circle for me to get to have this moment,” Shannon Jones said.

The former president offered this when it comes to living a life of fame.

“Anonymity is not bad,” Obama said. “The pleasures of just walking around with people or taking a drive or going into a park or whatever and nobody is paying attention to you.”

It was a presidential visit to Northwest Arkansas that those in attendance say they won’t soon forget.

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By Annette Gutierrez

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    DADE CITY, Florida (WFTS) — Residents living behind the Dade City Gun Club said ricochet bullets are landing on their property, raising safety concerns for children playing in their yards.

Steven Hobbs, who owns property on Hobbs Road directly behind the gun range, said bullets have been a constant problem during the nearly 60 years he has lived there.

“You don’t mistake the sound of a ricocheting bullet,” Hobbs said.

A viewer contacted our newsroom with concerns about the gun range, writing in part: “I have a 2-year-old that plays out in the yard, I am fearful for her of getting hit by a stray bullet.”

Hobbs said bullets regularly ricochet and hit trees and property in the area. About 30 years ago, he said one killed his horse.

“My mom had the horse fenced off from the garden, she was down there picking peas, and she come up and say son, something is wrong with your horse, so I went down there and sure enough, he was dead,” Hobbs said.

Last week, Hobbs said he and his son-in-law witnessed another close call.

“We were standing right over there where my brother’s camper is, me and my son-in-law, and, they were shooting and we heard it hit the tree limb and then it fell right down on our feet,” Hobbs said. “I mean it wouldn’t have hurt you because they hit the limb first and then come down but it was like there on the ground between me and him.”

Hobbs said he has called the sheriff’s office multiple times to investigate, but nothing has been done.

“Pretty frustrating, but you know you live here all your life, you just kind of get used to it,” Hobbs said.

The safety concerns are particularly worrying for families with children. Hobbs said he has to keep his grandkids from going in the backyard.

“I got one of my grandson [who] is autistic. He likes to be out in the yard all the time, but you don’t want to let him in the back, so we try to keep him in the front,” Hobbs said. “It gets aggravating.”

Pasco County officials said the last complaint code compliance received about the Dade City Gun Club was in October of last year, about a noise ordinance violation.

Statement from Pasco County Sheriff’s Office:

“The last complaint we received was for a noise complaint in 2024. Pasco Sheriff’s Office takes all reports very seriously and investigates all complaints we are made aware of.”

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By John Lauritsen

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    Minnesota (WCCO) — It was a scary moment in the Twin Cities over the weekend, as a trailer hauling sled dogs turned over on Interstate 494 in Minnetonka.

It happened around 10 a.m. Saturday. Luckily, the dogs survived.

The huskies are part of Silent Run Adventures, a Monticello dog sledding team.

“The back end came loose on me, corrected, corrected, pretty soon the trailer was moving,” said Jack Christopher.

Jack Christopher and his wife Kris had nine of their dogs in a trailer and were driving to an event in Excelsior when they hit a slick patch on I-494. As he tried to regain control, his trailer basically split in half on the freeway.

“The next thing I knew I looked at my side view mirror and I could see plywood and it was the bottom of my trailer,” he said. “Mostly I was worried about the dogs.”

Though they were scared, eight of the dogs were unharmed. But a husky named Hoss got loose.

It was a worst-case scenario, but Kris Christopher eventually caught up with Hoss while a state trooper, Minnetonka police and fire and other drivers kept them out of more danger. One by one, and in different vehicles, the huskies were taken to a veterinarian in Excelsior. A dog named Rebel even got a ride in the back of a squad car.

All of the dogs involved in the accident appear to be okay. But they’ll have to be monitored throughout the week to make sure they don’t have internal bleeding.

The trailer is totaled, but it likely won’t be long before the huskies are back to doing what they do best.

“It all happened so quick. But the outpouring of support from everywhere has been wonderful. The dogs are okay, that’s what’s most important,” said Kris Christopher.

Jack Christopher credits the safety boxes in the trailer for keeping the dogs from serious injury.

They are in the process of getting a new dog trailer.

A GoFundMe page has been set up to help them pay for the new trailer and veterinary expenses, as a result of the accident.

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    ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — Rachael Mahoney spends her free time hand-crocheting stuffed animals for hospital patients.

Mahoney is the Vice President of Hospital Operations and Strategic Alignment at Lehigh Valley Health Network, which is part of Jefferson Health.

She picked up crocheting as an after-work hobby. Soon enough, she had amassed a collection of plushes that needed a home.

So, she decided to make a donation to Lehigh Valley Reilly Children’s Hospital in Allentown.

It became a recurring tradition for Mahoney and her daughter, Palmer, who had her own experience staying overnight at a hospital several years ago.

Mahoney typically drops off the plushes to be distributed by the Child Life team. But recently, she had a chance to visit a few children and make a donation in person.

While this is not a service Mahoney advertises for the general public, she hopes to continue using her free time and talents to make future stuffed animal donations to the hospital.

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    DENVER (KCNC) — In 2016, artist Jonathan Applegate with his partner Kim Johnson started Future Drawn, LLC. They decided to focus their new art business on Jonathan’s oneLINE art.

“What’s unique about my oneLINE style is that from start to finish, I never let the line cross or intersect and I always do it by hand,” Applegate explained.

Applegate creates detailed pictures using pen and paper or paint brush on canvas. From start to end, the picture is one single line.

“I can hold the composition in my mind, kind of like a picture plain, but I’m only solving the problem as I go. The trick is to not back myself into a corner and to look just far enough a head that I know what I’m working on,” he explained.

Applegate has been developing this style of drawing for nearly 10-years.

“It started as a challenge to never pick the pen up off the page,” he said.

He started doing small drawings with the pen never leaving the paper, but as the size and scope of his pictures got bigger he had to do them in sections.

“I can actually start anywhere,” Applegate said. “Most of the time I never know where the end is going to be.”

Applegate has been able to scale up his oneLINE art to mural size and has also collaborated with other artists to create some stunning pieces.

Jonathan Applegate and Kim Johnson have a gallery in the Tennyson Arts District at 4420 Tennyson Street.

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    WSHINGTON COUNTY, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — The driver of a FedEx truck crashed into a creek in Washington County on Monday.

The crash happened around 1 p.m. in Canton Township, just feet away from a home. The driver fell off a private driveway and into a creek about 12 feet down.

The homeowner jumped into his tractor and helped rescue the driver, who sustained minor injuries.

“I unloaded it, got him to get into the bucket, put the bucket into the creek where he could do it. We got him in safely, backed out, put him down,” said Sean, the homeowner.

Surveillance video shows the driver pulling up to the home. He is seen backing up, but the camera didn’t catch the driver leaving.

“He said he took it too wide,” Sean said.

A towing company came and lifted the FedEx truck out of the creek. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection responded to the scene because there was some fuel in the water.

In a statement, a spokesperson for FedEx said, in part, “Safety is of the utmost importance to FedEX, and we are grateful there were no major injuries due to this incident. We extend our appreciation to the first responders who arrived to assist the driver involved.”

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