FIRE DESTROYED THIS LARGE POLE SHED on the Brian and Alicia Hilderman property at N10801 304 Street in Hay River Township Thursday evening, February 6th. The Boyceville Fire Department answered the alarm at about 8:30 p.m. and called for a Mutual Aid Box Alarm System to be activated which brought firefighters and equipment from the following fire departments: Colfax, Menomonie, Glenwood City, Sand Creek, Ridgeland, and Clear Lake. Also lost in the fire were a Skid Steer, an enclosed trailer, two cars and some hay and machinery. The fire did not extend beyond the original building and fire department records indicated that tenders transported 48,000 gallons of water to the fire scene. —photo by Carlton DeWitt
