Building an RC airboat for fishing sounds like a fun DIY project—until it isn’t. This video (or guide) highlights the common pitfalls, design mistakes, and misjudged expectations that can sink your ...

MARION (WLUK) -- The 1000 Island Search and Rescue Airboat manufactured in Marion is the winner of the 2025 "Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin" award. “It’s kind of a memorialization of all of our hard ...

MARION, Wis. (WAOW) — The 10th annual “Coolest Things in Wisconsin” competition wrapped up earlier this month, and today marked a celebration for the winning business — 1000 Island Airboats. More than ...

MARION, Wis. (WBAY) - The title of “Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin” now belongs to a small-town company with a big reputation. 1000 Island Airboats, based in Marion, took home the top honor in this ...

A Marion-based manufacturer of public safety airboats sailed away with this year's Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin award. The boats are designed to handle winter conditions and are used by communities ...

Marion-based Search and Rescue 1000 Island Airboats won the 10th annual Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin on Thursday. The search and rescue vessels are designed for harsh winter rescue missions. The ...

MADISON (WKOW) -- Voters selected an airboat used for search and rescue missions as the coolest thing made in the Badger State. The 1000 Island Search and Rescue Airboat won the annual "Coolest Thing ...

It would be a rare sight to spot an airboat equipped with a machine harvesting wild rice on northern Minnesota water. That’s because such a harvesting method is prohibited by tribal and state law. But ...

KERRVILLE, Texas—Rescue workers patrolled by foot and by airboat in the search for those still missing from flash floods that struck this part of Texas over the July Fourth weekend, leaving more than ...

If the only thing holding you back from a GM V8 swap is some sort of social-media-hardened dislike for overhead-valve (OHV, aka pushrod) motor designs, Bring a Trailer may have just the thing for you: ...

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EAST GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The East Grand Rapids Public Safety Department is getting a new airboat to conduct water and ice rescue operations on Reeds Lake. On Monday, April 22, the city commission ...