Andy Krakow Memorial Fishing Area - Montello, Wisconsin - Municipal Parks and Plazas on Waymarking.com

Andy's Park is on both sides of the dam. Parking is also available up on the hill overlooking the dam, where picnic tables and benches are also available. Fishing and benches are available on both sides of the dam.

Andrew A. Krakow, conservation warden at Montello, was assisting the Marquette County Sheriff's Department with a domestic disturbance call on June 5, 1990 when he was killed by a 13-year-old boy. He was the first responding officer to arrive at the scene after the boy threatened to kill his mother with a gun.

The previous week, police picked the boy up after he ran away from home, and his parents began feeling threatened by him. On June 5, the youth threatened his mother, at which time she called the sheriff's office and barricaded herself in their home. The boy drove a pick-up truck to his grandparents' home, where he apparently went to get a rifle. Krakow advised officers by radio about 11:00 a.m. that he had located the truck, and as he arrived at the house, was shot by the youth before he could get out of his squad car or defend himself. Sheriff Department deputies arrived in time to see the boy drop the weapon and run. He was chased on foot and captured. He was later sentenced to confinement at Lincoln Hills School for Boys near Merrill until 25 years of age.

Krakow was born in Washington, D.C. on September 12, 1948. He attended graded and high schools in Fall River, Wisconsin, and graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in 1971 with a forestry degree. He joined the Department of Natural Resources warden service on January 5, 1976, and served at Delavan and Wausaukee before arriving at Montello in August, 1988.
Anddy's Park is on both sides of the Montello Dam and Fox
Krakow, 41, was well-liked and respected by his collegues and the communities in which he served. About 270 law enforcement officers from 80 agencies across the Midwest, and 160 wardens from Wisconsin, the Midwest and Canada, were among the 1,000 people who attended his funeral at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Montello. He was survived by his wife Jill and his children, Angela, 14, and Travis, 11.

Researched by Judith Borke,
Wisconsin Conservation Warden Museum

Name: Andy Krakow Memorial Fishing Area Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Street Location: HWY 22 Local Municipality: City of Montello State/Province, etc.: WI Country: USA Memorial/Commemoration: Andy Krakow Date Established: 1993 Picnic Facilities: Picnic Tables, Benches Recreational Facilities: Fishing and Canoeing/Kayaking. Ponds/Lakes/Streams/Rivers/Beach: Buffalo Lake, Fox and Montello Rivers Web Site: Not listed Monuments/Statues: Not listed Art (murals/sculpture, etc.): Not listed Fountains: Not listed Special Events: Not listed Traditional Geocaches: Not listed

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