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Computer crash hits 911 center
The Taylor County Communications Center has been forced to resort to handheld radios to dispatch law enforcement, fire rescue and first responders to emergency calls after a major computer system failure.
According to Taylor County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) Undersheriff Marty Tompkins, it will cost approximately $134,000 to replace the 12-year-old computer system because the county cannot get the parts needed to fix the equipment.
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K9 Bak takes a bite out of crime
Taylor County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) K9 Bak “took a bite out of crime” on Monday when he apprehended a suspect hiding in a clump of palmetto bushes just a few feet from the deputies searching for him.
Dale Ray Evans, 23, sustained minor injuries to his leg and was treated at Doctors’ Memorial Hospital (DMH) before being booked at the Taylor County Jail on felony warrant charges of false imprisonment, battery and petit theft, as well as loitering and resisting an officer.
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One person is dead in a house fire in Medford early Saturday morning.
At 1:20 a.m., the Taylor County Sheriffâs Office received a call that a house was on fire at the 1100 block of South Eighth Street in Medford.
Officers on scene found an attached garage on fire and the house filled with smoke, according to a release from the Medford Police Department.
After the fire was contained, the Medford Area Fire Department found one person inside the house who had died.
The Wisconsin State Fire Marshalâs Office is assisting the Medford Police Department in the investigation into what caused the fire. No other details are available.