Suspicious ticking sound reported from mailbox in Hillsboro

Heard on: Vernon County Sheriff / Fire

01:51

This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

Vernon 11, suspicious Hillsboro.

00:05

One

00:12

Vernon, what's the Hillsboro call?

00:18

Stand by one, I'm waiting for notes from my partner.

00:26

Vernon 11, suspicious is going to be the 400 block of Lake Street.

00:31

There's a line of mailboxes.

00:34

Caller believes she can hear what sounds like a ticking noise coming from one of the mailboxes.

00:41

Possibly the box number started with a five.

00:50

Vernon 11, sounds like the caller was not out there.

00:53

It was reported to them by a customer.

00:56

To the Hillsboro post office by a customer.

01:01

One

01:10

Vernon, I'm location 400 block of Lake Street.

01:19

10-4, 1. Looks like the mailboxes are just north of Pine Avenue there.

01:27

I'm at the row here.

01:29

Which box number did they say?

01:38

So the reporting party to the post office has the box for (number withheld), and they believe the box number the noise was coming from began with a five.

01:51

Okay.

8/28/2026 12:09 PM

Suspicious Activity

Lake St, Hillsboro, WI 54634

Suspicious ticking sound reported from mailbox in Hillsboro

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Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, deputies responded to a report of a possible ticking noise coming from one of the mailboxes in a row in the 400 block of Lake Street (near Pine Avenue) in Hillsboro. The caller reportedly did not hear it firsthand; it was reported by a customer to the post office. The reporting party had mailbox (number withheld), and the mailbox with the noise was believed to have a number starting with 5.

Suspicious ticking sound reported from mailbox in Hillsboro

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