Reedsburg Man Threatens Officers With Knife, Gets Arrested

Reedsburg police arrested a 62-year-old man Saturday night after he threatened police with a knife. According to the Reedsburg police department, Police responded to a report of a suspicious person shouting around 10:30pm on Ellinwood Avenue. Officers found the man, identified as Daniel Kuehnke of Reedsburg, in a yard holding a knife to his neck. A report says officers spoke to Kuehnke to deescalate the situation, but Kuehnke was uncooperative and threatened to kill the officers. He also didn‘t follow commands to drop the knife. Police say Kuehnke then charged the officers with the knife in hand, so officers used a taser on him. Kuehnke fell to the ground and resisted arrest, but he was ultimately taken into custody.