Drunk Driver Threatened to Kick Cops in the Groin

After crashing into a street sign on Lake Drive, the 28-year-old Milwaukee woman threatened officers and dug her fingernails into a cop's skin.

Drunk Driver Threatened to Kick Cops in the Groin

After crashing into a street sign on Lake Drive, the 28-year-old Milwaukee woman threatened officers and dug her fingernails into a cop's skin.

A drunk driver who crashed her car into a Bayside street sign is facing several criminal charges after digging her fingernails into a cop's hand and threatening to kick him in the groin. A local resident told police that he witnessed the driver, a 28-year-old Milwaukee woman, crash into a street sign in the 9300 block of Lake Drive at 10:44 a.m. on April 7. The witness then watched her fall into the ditch as she walked around the vehicle to look at her shattered windshield and front-end damage. She tried to drive away from the scene, but a Fox Point police officer stopped her vehicle. She told police she was lost and looking for the interstate.  The officer gathered the names of the three females in the car, but realized the 19-year-old …

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NSFD Report: One-Car Crash, Restaurant Forced to Close after Incident, False Alarms

The latest reports from the North Shore Fire Department.

The North Shore Fire Department responded to a total of 113 calls for service, including 86 EMS calls, and 27 fire and rescue calls, from Nov. 21 to Nov. 27 throughout the North Shore. Here is a summary of the calls from Shorewood, Whitefish Bay, Fox Point and Bayside. Shorewood Whitefish Bay Fox Point Bayside

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Preliminary Toxicology Report Shows Driver Wasn't Drinking in Crash that Killed Nicolet Sophmores

Report says driver did not have any alcohol in her system, but passenger did.

Nicolet Students Mourn Loss of Classmates Killed in High-Speed Crash

The afternoon after Halee Ludowise-Fischer and Jennifer Geren died in accident, friends gathered for strength and to share memories.

Under a gray drizzling sky Saturday afternoon, five Nicolet High School sophomores gathered at the site where their 15-year-old classmates Halee Ludowise-Fischer and Jennifer Geren died when they crashed their car into a tree and utility pole earlier in the day. The students signed their names to messages in permanent marker on a utility pole that the car had struck at West Good Hope Road and North Seneca Avenue in Glendale. Dozens of others already had left their own notes and bouquets of flowers. Jnana Martin, 16, said she didn't write anything on the pole because she couldn't think of anything that would do justice to her feelings for her friends. "There's just no words," she said. Martin said she had been best friends with Ludowise-…

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UPDATED: One Injured and Three Cars Towed in I-43 Vehicle Crash

Just south of County Line Road, a sedan is crunched between two other vehicles.

Multiple sirens were heard in Bayside and surrounding communities around 8:30 a.m. Thursday morning. The North Shore Fire Department,  Bayside Police Department and Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office were on scene for a car accident in the southbound lane of Interestate 43 between County Line Road and Brown Deer Road. Fran McLaughlin is the public information officer for MCSO. "According to dispatch it was a five-car crash on 43 southbound just north of Brown Deer Road," McLaughlin said. "One person was conveyed to St. Mary's Ozaukee for head injuries." At this time, she said the extent of that person's injuries is not known. A total of three cars were towed from the scene.

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Car Flipped Over on I-43

Vehicles on northbound I-43 diverted to North Port Washington Road.

A car traveling northbound on Interstate 43 near County Line Road is turned on its side, limiting northbound traffic. Officers are diverting traffic from northbound I-43 onto North Port Washington Road. "While it was out of traffic, all three lanes were closed to allow for the equipment necessary to extricate the occupants," according to the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office. The video above shows the immense number of cars working their way off the highway. Mequon Fire Department was on scene as of 2 p.m. to help get the occupants of the vehicle out, and flip the vehicle back over — though it is not yet known whether injuries were suffered in the crash. Stayed tuned to Fox Point-Bayside Patch as we will update with additional details as …

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