The Allamakee County Sheriff's Department responded to two 9-1-1 calls during the first couple days of this week regarding injuries sustained from falls from tree stands.
The Sheriff's Department reported that Sunday, November 10, a 9-1-1 call was received around noon from Thomas R. Cheney of Edgerton, WI, age 50, who had fallen from a tree stand while trying to remove the stand in the French Creek Public Hunting Area in rural Allamakee County. Cheney was airlifted from the scene to Gundersen Medical Center in La Crosse, WI, with no report of his condition being made available.