In photos: Remembering the Jan. 7, 2008 Wheatland tornado
On Monday, Jan. 7, 2008 a tornado tore through Wheatland in western Kenosha County, destroying multiple houses. The Kenosha County sheriff said it was a miracle no one was seriously injured when the rare series of January tornadoes ripped through southeastern Wisconsin and left demolished houses in its wake.
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Blaise Arena tells friends about the tornado that knocked his home several feet of its foundation home in the Town of Wheatland Tuesday morning, Jan. 8 2008. / Gregory Shaver, Journal Times
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A boy looks at a boat in the front yard of a home in Wheatland on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008, after the neighborhood was hit by a tornado Monday. The Kenosha County sheriff says it's a miracle no one was seriously injured when a rare series of January tornadoes ripped through southeastern Wisconsin and left demolished houses in its wake. (AP Photo/Journal Times, Gregory Shaver)
Katie Verzal
Katie Verzal helps gather belongings at a neighbor's house Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008, after the home in Wheatland was leveled by a tornado. The Kenosha County sheriff says it's a miracle no one was seriously injured when a rare series of January tornadoes ripped through southeastern Wisconsin and left demolished houses in its wake. (Journal Times, Gregory Shaver)
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Damage caused by a tornado is seen in the subdivision south of Hwy. 50 and west of Hwy. O in Wheatland on Jan. 8, 2008. A rare January outbreak of tornadoes raked the Midwest on Monday, flattening houses in several states. (Kenosha News, Brian Passino)
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Chris and Dave Borre look over the remains of their home from their front yard on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008, after a rare series of January tornadoes ripped through the area on Monday in Wheatland. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Bob Rynkiewiczs
A board slices into the side of Bob Rynkiewicz's home in the Town of Wheatland, on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008, after a tornado hit his neighborhood Monday. The Kenosha County sheriff says it's a miracle no one was seriously injured when a rare series of January tornadoes ripped through southeastern Wisconsin and left demolished houses in its wake. (Journal Times, Gregory Shaver)
A gravel mining operation will be able to expand on 23.5 acres in the Town of Wheatland but will be required to end its operations in five years and shut down completely by 2030 under conditions reached with Kenosha County.
In less than a day, Kenosha went from August to December, complete with partly sunny skies and a tornado watch in the evening followed by crispy ice sheets on car windows and a dusting of snow on the ground by morning.
A Wheatland town panel roundly rejected a proposed battery energy storage facility planned at 392nd Avenue and Highway 50 after nearly four hours of public testimony and deliberations Tuesday night.
