On Wednesday, August 02, 2023, at about 10:40am a construction crew working on the wall of a structure in the 300 block of E. Main Street, in the Village of Browntown, found 8 paper wrapped cylindrical items having the appearance of very old and abandoned commercially produced dynamite sticks or road flares.
Green County Deputies and the Browntown Fire Department were dispatched to the scene, closed the street and asked nearby citizens to temporarily relocate for safety reasons.
Assistance from the Dane County Sheriff’s Bomb Squad was requested. Poor material condition of the items made it difficult to determine their exact composition. The Bomb Squad recovered and removed the items for safe disposal.
At 2:15pm the area was reopened.
Chief Deputy Tom Moczynski