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Plum City restaurant total loss after burning for several hours Saturday
VILLAGE OF PLUM CITY, Wis. (WEAU) - A building is a total loss after a fire burned for several hours in Pierce County Saturday morning. The Plum City/Union Fire Department Chief PJ Hines said calls about smoke, crackling and sounds of explosion came in around 12:33 a.m.. 12 agencies in...
James Hines
James Walter Hines, age 87, of Ellsworth, Wis., retired Pierce County Sheriff, passed away peacefully at Prescott Nursing & Rehab on June 12, 2024, with his family by his side. Jim was born on May 10, 1937, in Ellsworth, Wis., the son of Walter and Avis (Smith) Hines. He attended Lost Creek School before graduating from Ellsworth High School in the class of 1955. Following high school, he enlisted in the Army Reserves. He married his best friend and soulmate, Elaine Krause on April 9, 1960, at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Pepin, Wis. This bond was further blessed with three children, Todd, Sara, and Mark.
An Outdoorsman’s Journal
I recently headed to Bay City in Pierce County, Wisconsin. I planned to camp on an island in the Mississippi River and paddle-troll my canoe for walleye as well as fish from shore. Ruby, 8, my Golden Retriever, was my companion. Saturday, June 8. High 77, low 54. Due to...
An Outdoorsman's Journal: Bay City Campground on the Mississippi
This week I headed over to Bay City in Pierce County and had a plan of camping on an island on the Mississippi River and paddle trolling my canoe for walleye and also fishing from shore. My eight-year-old golden retriever Ruby would be my companion.
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