NIAGARA, Wis. Explosive devices were handled twice this week, Marinette County Sheriff Jerry Sauve reported.
Sauve said that the sheriff’s office enlisted the help of the Brown-Outagamie County Bomb Squad to detonate dangerous blasting caps.
The first incident occurred on Army Lane in Stephenson. The second incident, which occurred on Van Ginkel Road in Niagara, Wisconsin, involved 90 blasting caps in an outbuilding. There is no current threat to the public as the potentially dangerous materials were disposed of by professionals.
The sheriff’s office urges the public to be aware and watchful of any suspicious or potentially dangerous explosive devices while cleaning outbuildings and surrounding property. Other devices and dynamite are known to be unstable and volatile.
Dec 29, 2020
MARINETTE, Wis. A couple walking on their wooded property in the town of Athelstane on Saturday afternoon found the remains of a Milwaukee man missing since 2018.
The remains of 54-year-old Benjamin D. Bodwin appeared to have been hanging from a tree for some time, Marinette County Sheriff Jerry Sauve stated in a news release Monday.
Bodwin last had been seen in August 2018, after walking away from his disabled vehicle at an Athelstane business. No foul play is suspected and the medical examiner has ruled the death a suicide, Sauve said in the release. The man’s family has been notified.