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In this March 5, 2020, photo, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Warden Austin Schumacher recalls how he rescued a 13-year-old boy who vanished in a marsh in November, as he sits in his vehicle in the Edgerton, Wis., park where the search began. This month, Schumacher received the DNR’s Lifesaving Award. His training officer, Warden Tim Werner, said he wasn't surprised at Schumacher's valor. Nor was he surprised that Schumacher’s woodland expertise had had been put to use. (AP Photo/Todd Richmond)

In this March 5, 2020, photo, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Warden Austin Schumacher recalls how he rescued a 13-year-old boy who vanished in a marsh in November, as he sits in his vehicle in the Edgerton, Wis., park where the search began. This month, Schumacher received the DNR’s Lifesaving Award. His training officer, Warden Tim Werner, said he wasn't surprised at Schumacher's valor. Nor was he surprised that Schumacher’s woodland expertise had had b…

March 29, 2020

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A missing boy and a freezing swamp test tracker's instincts
March 29, 2020 8:24 a.m.

A missing boy and a freezing swamp test tracker's instincts

EDGERTON, Wis. (AP) — Austin Schumacher parked his unmarked squad truck and watched pheasant hunters work their way into the woods under the overcast, late-fall sky. The rookie Department of Natural Resources warden had just popped the lid of his salad container when the radio squawked: a 13-year-old boy, missing.