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50th Assembly District Representative Ed Brooks visited the WRJC studios Tuesday morning.  Brooks talked about the State Budget and the additional $4-million dollars the legislature added to the budget for domestic violence shelters in rural Wisconsin like Hope House and Passages in Richland Center.  “The legislature is hoping to hold property taxes to less than More >

6/10  Ashley Goodwin, Viroqua, lost control of her vehicle on Dodson Hollow Road, Town of Coon.  She went off road, down an embankment, through a fence and overturned one time.  She reported minor injuries. 6/14  Justin McClelland, Viroqua, failed to stop at the intersection of Apple Lane and Orchard Road, Town of Viroqua.  He crossed More >

A trailer jackknifed on the Interstate between Mauston and Lyndon Station over the weekend.  The deputy said Saturday morning about 6am an Illinois driver, 69-year old Dwight Pawlowski, was traveling east on I90/94 near mile marker 72 when he lost control and the 2013 Ford Explorer drifted into the guard rail.  The SUV was pulling More >

A Mauston man was cited for trespassing to dwelling.  Police said Sunday night at 9:15pm 48-year old Ricky Lang walked into a house in the 800-block of West State Street in the City of Mauston without knocking or being invited.  His presence frightened the occupants.  Lang was fined $366.  

While on patrol early Saturday morning, a Mauston police officer saw a white colored truck going north on Union Street near Monroe Street dragging an orange colored construction traffic barrel under the front bumper.  The vehicle began to weave.  The truck drifted to the right and struck a legally parked red colored car on Union More >

A Wonewoc man was cited as a result of a two-vehicle accident in the City of Mauston last week.  Police  said Thursday about noon 48-year old Tyson Bengston was making a left turn from Union Street onto East State Street near the downtown Kwik Trip with a flashing yellow light.  Bengston failed to yield the More >

A Mauston woman was cited for ‘no car insurance”.  The deputy said Thursday evening about 6pm 37-year old Jeannie Wallace was traveling south on County Road ‘H’ in the Town of Fountain when the 1994 Pontiac Grand Prix hit a bump in the road.  The driver side back tire broke.  Wallace lost control.  The car More >

  A Norwalk teenager was involved in a farming accident Friday morning.  Monroe County Sheriff Pete Quirin said, “About 11am 15-year old Jacob Moore and 35-year old Doug Wallerman, also of Norwalk, were switching chopper boxes in a hay field on County Road ‘U’ in the Town of Ridgeville.  Moore had just connected a chopper More >

Due to the generosity of people like John and Barb Navis of Mauston, the Carl W. Nelson Animal Shelter can continue its mission.  Saturday afternoon the Navis’ opened their pond and shelter along Cassidy Road in the Town of Lemonweir for a fun afternoon of fishing for the kids and comradery for the adults. John More >

A Wilton man suffered minor injuries as a result of a motorcycle accident Friday morning.  Monroe County authorities said, “About 9am 19-year old Allen Suhr was traveling east on Highway 33 at Mainstream Road in the Town of Portland when he lost control due to gravel on the road.  The motorcycle laid down on its More >