Minnesota-Wisconsin K9 Search and Rescue

10/04/2026

10/01/2026

09/28/2026

New training location in Monroe County. Bit of a gloomy day, but great to get out to train the dogs, some interesting problems, including difficulty with our mapping program.

09/14/2026

K9 handler Jodi Silvernail and K9 Avery, just returned from an educational seminar on Advanced HRD put on by the Center for Forensic Training and Education. It was a great learning experience for Jodi and Avery. They’re bringing back a lot of knowledge and information to share with the team. Thank you to those who supplied pictures and special thanks to Spike's K9 Fund for the grant allowing Jodi to attend this seminar.

09/13/2026

Worked on training Trained Final Response (alert) out of sight using the Center for Forensic Training and Education training instruction.  The drill worked great with the dogs and handlers learning as we proceeded.

08/31/2026

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***Silver Alert Cancellation - Kurt has been located safe*** (9:02am 8/31/2026)

Silver Alert issued in Bloomer for missing Kurt Neubauer, 61, White, Male, 5 ft 11 inches, 175 lbs, with blue eyes, brown hair, and a handlebar mustache. Missing on foot. Last seen wearing a Gray shirt, blue jeans, and gray shoes.

Missing from 520 block of Oak Street
Date and Time Last Seen: 08/30/2026 at 2:30 p.m..

Anyone with information is asked to call Bloomer Police Department at 715-726-7701 option 1.

08/27/2026

Handler Jen Sauer and K9 Casey had the opportunity to participate in the Patriot exercise at/near Volk Field in Camp Douglas, Wisconsin today. The Patriot Exercise runs this week and is an emergency preparedness exercise involving federal and state agencies along with emergency response groups from throughout the state. Our task was to search a 31 acre forested area while other K9s from other Wisconsin K9 and search and rescue groups covered other areas. Thanks to all who organized our K9 event today. Special thanks to Tara from Valley Mounted Volunteers Inc. for being our support person—keeping us safe, recording information, handling communications, and navigation. It is always a team effort!