A feisty dog out of Rice Lake makes headlines, "The Tonight Show's "Headlines" Monday night.

Here's the transcript from the show:
Jay Leno says, "this is a big one. you gotta follow me here. What town is this? Rice Lake police log. 7:58: dog that caller tried to catch earlier this week on highway 53 but bolted is now resting on the northbound ramp. 8:58 another call about the dog. officer response. 10:04 yet another call about the highway 53 dog which is now in the middle of a second highway, a roundabout. Officers advised to check it out. 11:15, dog has left the roundabout, is now back on highway 53. Officers heading over to highway 53. 2:01, Highway 53, dog is running on highway 53, almost got hit. Officer responded, found suspect by the mall. Unable to apprehend the dog. 8:16, highway 53. Dog was hit by a car, lying on the highway. Officers responded unsuccessful at catching the dog. The dog is very much alive. 9:05. Another call. Dog is in the median on highway 53, near highway "O" exit. Caller hopes officers who didn't catch the dog are happy now, because the dog is lying dead under the overpass. Officers said the dog likes to lie there like it'd dead, but when they try to catch it, it lifts its head and runs away. 2:40. Caller says no, dog is dead, you need to check it out. 2:45, officers checked on highway, dog miraculously spring to life and ran off." Leno quote ends.

The story of the dog that liked to play dead and then run from officers in Rice Lake started in the summer of 2007. Police Chief John Sommerfeld tells us the dog prompted several calls from concerned people because it loved to hang out near the highway.

Sommerfeld says the stray lived under an overpass and officers tried to catch it numerous times, but the golden-colored mutt's time on the road sadly caught up to him. A car eventually hit it and an officer had to put him down. After getting so many calls the dispatchers nicknamed him the "freeway dog." And the chief says he was popular enough during his time under the overpass that people would bring him food and water.