Crime & Safety

After Yell For Help, Sheriff's Search Comes Up Empty: Sheriff

Sheriff's officials in Waukesha County are asking for the public's help after an incident near the Retzer Nature Center.

WAUKESHA, WI — Sheriff's officials in Waukesha County say they're looking for more information after a person yelled for help Wednesday night near the Retzer Nature Center, and couldn't be found after an extensive search.

According to the Waukesha County Sheriff's office, deputies were sent to the Retzer Nature Center, S 14 W28167 Madison St. on a report of a person who was yelling for help.

Officials said the sheriff's office sent out a text alert to people who live in the area asking whether anyone saw or heard anything out of the ordinary near the Retzer Nature Center around 10 p.m. Wednesday.

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Deputies searched the area, and no one was located, sheriff's officials said.

Sheriff's officials are urging anyone who may have information to call the Waukesha County sheriff's office at (262) 548-7122.

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