Marion-based Search and Rescue 1000 Island Airboats won the 10th annual Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin on Thursday. The search and rescue vessels are designed for harsh winter rescue missions. The ...

MARION (WLUK) -- The 1000 Island Search and Rescue Airboat manufactured in Marion is the winner of the 2025 "Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin" award. “It’s kind of a memorialization of all of our hard ...

A Marion-based manufacturer of public safety airboats sailed away with this year's Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin award. Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce and Johnson Financial Group on Oct. 23 ...

MADISON (WKOW) -- Voters selected an airboat used for search and rescue missions as the coolest thing made in the Badger State. The 1000 Island Search and Rescue Airboat won the annual "Coolest Thing ...

The Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin in 2025 will be custom cushions for wheelchair users, soy sauce, extraction tools or a rescue airboat. Another upset-laden round of head-to-head votes narrowed the ...

A tour of the New Year's Events around the Fox Valley FOX VALLEY (WLUK) -- FOX 11 Valley reporter David Go toured some of the New Year's Eve events around Oshkosh and Appleton on Wednesday.Watch the ...

MARION, Wis. (WAOW) — The 10th annual “Coolest Things in Wisconsin” competition wrapped up earlier this month, and today marked a celebration for the winning business — 1000 Island Airboats. More than ...

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - Firefighters and new recruits were learning “reach, throw, row, go” on the Wisconsin River Tuesday morning. The department makes efforts to do the training as many times as it ...

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) – the combined state chamber and manufacturers’ association – partnered with Johnson Financial Group to announce this year’s Coolest Thing Made ...