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The City of Delavan Police Department received a welfare check request from Hartland Wisconsin Police Department on Sunday afternoon.
Hartland Police Department requested the City of Delavan Police Department check the welfare of Aaron Wigmancall, a 41-year-old male. That call was placed around 4:18 p.m. According to Hartland Police Department, Wigman was sending harassing messages to family members that if they continued going to their mother’s home, he would “beat them up”. Family members were concerned he may be intoxicated. Officers responded to an armed barricaded subject at a Super 8, near Borg and Phoenix around 4:20 p.m. Officers attempted to contact Wigman, who was non-compliant with requests to open the door.
During the initial contact, Officers could hear items being thrown around the motel room, and Wigman making threatening comments, specifically “Goddam right I am armed”. At that point the motel was evacuated. Wigman implied there was another person in the room, which later was found not to be true. Walworth County SWAT took over the situation at approximately 4:50pm. Backup from all around the area as far as Milwaukee came to assist in the tactical situation. The strip mall across the street, in which Piggly Wiggly is located, was evacuated, along with Fleet Farm and all the surrounding businesses. The surrounding area was on lockdown as roads were barricaded until about midnight. Emergency personnel utilized drones, K-9 units, and reached out to the victim’s family for help. They reached out to his mother for help which eventually led to his surrender around 11: 15 p.m.
A search warrant was applied for, granted, and served. Wigman was evaluated by Walworth County Department of Human Services Crisis staff. Wigman is confined at the Walworth County Jail. The incident ended without anyone being hurt and all charges are being referred to the Walworth County District Attorney’s Office.
The Walworth County Fair begins on Wednesday, August 30th, and runs through the holiday weekend ending on Labor Day Monday September 4th.
The Walworth County Fair is one of the best there is in the entire Midwest. This fair has been entertaining and drawing in big crowds for well over a hundred years. All the traditional fair fun and more is here. It has all the fair food, games, rides, vendors, a variety of amazing shows, and yes that means lights, noise, and a lot of people. The fair would like to slow things down a bit for young people with special needs. The Walworth County Fairrill to is going to present a sensory friendly fair experience. This special event is free admission and free carnival rides on Friday September 1st from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. The lights and sounds will be shut down, crowds will be extremely lessened, offering a calming two hours of fun for those with sensory sensitivities. Ride staff will offer extra time and care to ensure safe and accommodating loading of rides. This is an exclusive event for young people, along with a caregiver. Participants must be between the ages of 3 and 21 years of age, enrolled in a Walworth County school, or reside in Walworth County. This is a wonderful thoughtful act from the Walworth County Fair. For more information and reserve your spot go to walworthcountyfairgrounds.com/f/31. Registration needs to be done by August 9th.
