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Elroy man cited for moving trailer home with a projecting load
Jul 30th
An Elroy man was cited for moving a trailer house with the load projecting on the side. The deputy said on July 15th, 45-year old Terry Firnstahl was pulling a 14.5 by 69 foot trailer with a Leyland tractor and the trailer was being pushed by a backhoe. The aluminum on the mobile home More >
Wis. Dells teen uninjured after hitting a tree
Jul 30th
A Wisconsin Dells teenager was uninjured when the car he was driving left County Road ‘N’ in southern Juneau County and struck a tree. The deputy said Wednesday morning about 6:30, 16-year old Brockton Temple was traveling east on County Road ‘N’ when he swerved to miss a deer. The 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix More >
New Lisbon man injured after hitting deer on motorcycle
Jul 30th
A New Lisbon man was injured as a result of a motorcycle/deer accident Thursday. The deputy said about noon, 38-year old Stuart Forsythe was traveling on Meyer Road in the Town of Lisbon. Upon arrival to the crash scene, the deputy said Forsythe had already been transported to Hess Memorial Hospital by a passerby More >
Judge to render decision in 60 days regarding open records law
Jul 30th
With no previous case law to determine whether the Juneau County’s insurance company is required to provide invoices to a local newspaper under the states open records law, Judge Charles Pollex ordered the unredacted invoices be provided to the court for an in camera inspection. After review of the material in question, he will More >
Mauston woman taken into custody in domestic dispute
Jul 30th
A Mauston woman was taken into custody early Friday morning. Police said about 4 a.m. an officer responded to a residence in the 500-block of McEvoy Street in the city of Mauston for a domestic dispute. Investigation revealed 26-year old Julie Sleboda and her live-in boyfriend had been arguing the past few days. Early More >
Son arrested in killing of La Crosse Co. couple
Jul 29th
LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) – The 40-year-old son of a slain Wisconsin couple has been arrested in their deaths.
La Crosse County Sheriff Steve Helgeson says Eric Koula of rural West Salem was arrested Thursday. He was being held without bond.
Koula is the son of 68-year-old Dennis Koula and 65-year-old Merna Koula. The More >
Proposed rule targets race-based school mascots
Jul 29th
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – All 35 Wisconsin schools with nicknames that relate to American Indians may be forced to prove how they are not discriminatory under a proposal being considered by the state’s education department.
A new Wisconsin law gives the Department of Public Instruction the ability to bar schools from using race-based logos More >
Milwaukee crime continues to decline
Jul 29th
MILWAUKEE (AP) – Milwaukee’s overall crime has decreased almost 8 percent in the first six months of 2010 compared to the same time last year.
Crime continues a downward trend in the state’s largest city, with the numbers being down 19 percent from the same six months in 2007.
The biggest changes came in More >
Russian militia trafficking runs through Ripon
Jul 29th
RIPON, Wis. (AP) – Police say a Ripon woman was unknowingly trafficking weapons and other goods for a Russian militia.
Officers investigating a credit card fraud case earlier this month determined a number of packages involved were shipped to a Ripon home. Police seized about 20 packages from the woman’s home and discovered they More >
Court: Wisconsin man can sue over death of fetus
Jul 29th
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A Wisconsin man can sue a former girlfriend’s insurer for the wrongful death of a fetus, which was stillborn after the woman was in a car accident.
Shannon Tesar, the father of the fetus, says the woman’s negligent driving was partly to blame for the accident in Wisconsin Rapids and More >