A field trip at a Wisconsin apple orchard soured after at least 17 people, including children, were injured following a tractor rollover. 

In a press conference Wednesday afternoon, Chippewa Fire District's Deputy Chief Corey Jeffers said that two hay wagons that were being pulled by a tractor rolled over at the Bushel and a Peck Apple Orchard in Lafayette, Wisconsin.

Jeffers said that three patients were transported with life-threatening injuries, five with serious injuries, and nine others were transported by ambulance. One patient was airlifted, and others were taken to the hospital in personal vehicles.

Authorities did not share the specifics of the injuries.

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In a statement on social media, Chippewa County Sheriff Travis Hakes said that several children along with their parents and chaperons were on the wagon ride through the orchard when the incident occurred.

Hakes said that the wagon lost control while going downhill and when they tried to stop it, it abruptly overturned.

"During incidents like these, it is imperative that we focus on the safety of the victims, as well as reunification efforts between the children and their parents," he said. "I personally went to the scene and assisted in calming the children, as well as reuniting them with their parents."

North Korea launched a fresh wave of "trash balloons" toward its southern neighbors Wednesday night, according to local media. 

South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported that the North launched more than 160 balloons carrying trash across its southern border. 

The report cited South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) which said it discovered dozens of "trash bundles" containing paper, plastic bottles, and other household garbage in parts of Gyeonggi Province, which surrounds the capital of Seoul. 

Earlier this month, the JCS said it had detected around 420 balloons that the North had allegedly launched into South Korea. 

The trash bundle is the latest tit-for-tat between the two Koreas, which have been engaging in Cold War-style tactics since earlier this year, with the North having flown thousands of balloons toward the South, filled with wastepaper, cloth scraps, cigarette butts and even manure. 

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North Korea says the balloons are in retaliation against South Korean civilian activists who fly anti-North Korean propaganda leaflets across the border.

Trash carried by at least one North Korean balloon fell on the South Korean presidential compound in July, raising concerns about the vulnerability of key South Korean facilities. Officials said the balloon contained no dangerous materials and that no one was hurt.

South Korea has retaliated with front-line loudspeakers to blast propaganda messages and K-pop songs toward the North.

The back-and-forth tactics are adding to tensions fueled by North Korea's growing nuclear ambitions and South Korea's expansion of joint military exercises with the U.S.