Information Requested in Theft

The Barron County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a theft case that happened sometime over the weekend of June 28th and June 29th. Hauck Power Sports, the local Yamaha dealer in Rice Lake, was broken into over the weekend and had a large number of items stolen.

Taken in this theft was a 30 foot enclosed trailer with the number 22 and Hauck Power Sports written on the back. Loaded up inside the trailer, that was stolen from inside the showroom, were: four 2008 Yamaha ATVs including: Raptor 700 Special Edition, black and red in color, YFZ 450 Special Edition, black and orange in color, Raptor 350, gray and red in color and one youth ATV Raptor 50, gray in color. Three 2008 Yamaha motorcycles including: one youth TTR 50, blue in color, one youth PW 50 with training wheels, blue in color, and one YZ 250 off road, blue in color. One 2005 Swift brand custom chopper valued at $40,000.

Also taken were numerous leather jackets, helmets, goggles and youth sized shirts. Anyone with information on this theft is asked to contact the Barron County sheriff’s Department at 715-537-3106.

Fatal Motorcycle Accident on Hwy 8

On Sunday, June 29, 2008, at 9:11 p.m. deputies from the Barron County Sheriff’s Department and officers from the Turtle Lake police Department responded to a fatal motorcycle versus truck accident at the intersection of Highway 8 and CTH KK in Almena Township. The Turtle Lake First Responders, Cumberland Ambulance and Almena Fire Department responded. The Life Link Helicopter was called but was unable to arrive due to technical problems.

The initial investigation on scene revealed that a pick up truck, driven by a 23 year-old Turtle Lake man was traveling north from the stop sign on CTH KK. The pickup collided with a motorcycle driven by a 41 year-old Red Wing, Minnesota man who was traveling west on Highway 8. The operator of the motorcycle was thrown, CPR was administered and he was transported, via ambulance, to Cumberland Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased by a Barron County Medical Examiner. The driver of the pickup was not injured.

The names of the deceased and the party involved are being withheld for proper family notification.

The Wisconsin State Patrol was called to perform an accident reconstruction. The accident remains under investigation.