Hope Kirwan

Hope Kirwan is a reporter with the La Crosse bureau of Wisconsin Public Radio.

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Tom Tiffany shakes the hand of a firefighter wearing a station uniform, with three other firefighters standing in the background in front of an out-of-focus vehicle.

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Tiffany swims to safety after plane makes emergency landing in Lake Wausau

A plane carrying U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-7th Congressional District, made an emergency landing in Lake Wausau on approach to the Wausau Downtown Airport — Tiffany, who is the 2026 Republican candidate for governor, swam with the pilot to a sandbar where they were rescued by first responders.

Sunday September 13, 2026