Children left in hot vehicle at Turtle Lake restaurant

Heard on: Polk County Public Safety

01:27

This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

Hey, I got a report on 96.

00:05

961.

00:07

255 to Turtle Lake McDonald's, (number withheld) US Highway 8.

00:12

From Barron.

00:13

There's a female with multiple kids in a vehicle.

00:16

The kids are sweating.

00:18

Female's not letting the kids out.

00:20

It's a red Dodge Caravan.

00:21

My caller's giving the plate.

00:25

Possibly on 961.

00:26

00:42

2908, 43. Yeah.

00:46

908.

00:50

Sounds like the vehicle took off back into Barron County and Turtle Lake.

00:55

Barron did transfer caller to us stating that they didn't have a Turtle Lake officer on.

01:01

It's a plate of Boy David Boy

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(number withheld).

01:13

10-4. Did you let fire know about it?

01:18

That it's going back into their county?

01:21

10-4.

01:24

Looks like the subject's from Eau Claire.

01:26

Probably going to 53.

7/26/2026 06:09 PM

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US-8, Turtle Lake, WI 54889

Children left in hot vehicle at Turtle Lake restaurant

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Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, officers responded to a report near a fast food restaurant along US Highway 8 in Turtle Lake about a red minivan with a woman and several children inside, where the children were reportedly sweating and not being allowed out of the vehicle. The vehicle reportedly left the area and was believed to be heading back toward Barron County, possibly toward Highway 53.

Children left in hot vehicle at Turtle Lake restaurant

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