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Adams County authorities have released the name of second fire victim in the October 28th fire. In a news release, Sheriff Sam Wollin said, “On December 11th, the Adams County Sheriff’s Office was notified by the Adams County Medical Examiner that the second fatality has been positively identified by DNA comparison as James Eugene Boone, More >

Snow covered roads are still being a problem for the Juneau County Sheriff’s Office. The department has been receiving reports of vehicle slide offs and accidents. One accident involved two juveniles in the Township of Wonewoc. They were returning home from school on Schaller Road, when the driver started to fishtail. He lost control of More >

An inmate at the Vernon County Jail appeared before a Juneau County Court this week. Ray D. Roberson appeared before Judge John Roemer on Tuesday, December 12 with his attorney for a final pre-trial hearing. Michael Solovey appeared for the state of Wisconsin. Roberson has been charge with three counts of manufacturing and delivering cocaine More >

ADAMS, Wis. (AP) – An Adams-Friendship elementary school has run a battery of tests to determine why two dozen students and several staff members have experienced skin irritation, and in some cases, headaches and nausea. The school district says the fire department has tested for carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide and carbon monoxide. WSAW-TV (http://bit.ly/1d9rHv5 ) More >

The Adams-Friendship School District has received a mathematics partnership grant. It will be partnered with Marian University and Wautoma School District. According to the Department of Public Instruction, mathematics and science teachers will be gaining knowledge and skills to increase student achievement through this grant. District Administrator Rick Waski says the district is looking forward More >

A Wonewoc man has been injured in a one vehicle accident. On Friday night, December 6, Don Weber was travelling west on Ring Road in the Town of Wonewoc when he lost control of his vehicle. The vehicle continued on the road before it went into a ditch. Weber received head injuries and was transported More >

The Necedah Village Board met for its regular monthly meeting on Monday night, December 9. After a closed session, the board decided to receive a payment from the Necedah Bank of 6,000 dollars. Village Administrator Roger Herried said that the payment was to fulfill the requirement of payment regarding the development on 245 and 247 More >

A two vehicle accident sends one man to the hospital with life threatening injuries. On Tuesday morning, December 10th, Keith Hensel of Albert Lea, Minnesota, was traveling east on I-90 in the right lane near mile marker 58 when he lost control of his vehicle. Hensel then struck a semi-truck in the left lane, being driven More >

A couple from the Town of Plymouth has been the victims of an internet scam. The victims had about 2,000 dollars taken from their bank account by a subject posing as a representative from Windows PC Health in Michigan. The victims contacted their bank to stop any recent transactions that hadn’t been approved by them, More >

The Mauston Common Council has approved three pay requests at its meeting on Tuesday night, December 10th. The first pay request was to pay Chippewa Concrete Services for the Gateway Avenue Pedestrian Improvement Project. The board unanimously voted to pay the company $72,738.59. The second and third pay requests were from A-1 Excavating, Incorporated and Pember Companies. More >