Woman Dies, Man Injured in Town of Beaver Dam House Fire

An 82-year-old woman is dead after a house fire Thursday
night in Dodge County. The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office responded to a home on
Watercress Lane in the Town of Beaver Dam around 10:20 pm for a report of a
fire. Deputies rescued Eleanor Neumann
from the home and she was transported to a
hospital in Beaver Dam where she died from her injuries. Her 91-year-old husband, Reuben, suffered injuries that were not life-threatening. He was taken to a
hospital in Beaver Dam for treatment. Firefighters from Beaver Dam and other
local fire departments assisted at the scene and were able to put the fire out.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.