Black River Falls News

Officers arrested a man in connection with a fire near a home Tuesday. Jackson County Sheriff's deputies say 49-year-old Allen O. Johnson of Ettrick was arrested at the scene.

Nov. 17 12:40 a.m.: Cynthia R. Hopinka, 43, Black River Falls, was arrested on a probation pickup following an incident at 519 N. Eighth St.

Recently, the Christmas Angel Project volunteers went to Black River Falls Correctional Facility to receive 150 of the 270 teddy bears that inmates have made for the Christmas Angel Project.

At 4 a.m. today, nearly 100 customers lined up outside the doors of Elder-Beerman in Beloit eager to get their hands on the "Black Friday" specials.

The Black River Falls City Council gave the green light on the projected $6 million Fair Park project in addition to approving necessary borrowing.

An alleged drunken driver led police on a short chase in downtown Black River Falls last week before being stopped.

It took firefighters from eight departments five hours to battle a smoky blaze that destroyed a Chippewa Bi Products building and left Alma Center temporarily without power last week.

No one was injured and pets were saved in a fire at K-9 Country Lodge last week.

Friday, November 21, 2008, 5:02 PM by Bob Meyer The Wisconsin Federation of Cooperatives bestowing its highest honor to a couple of long-time co-op leaders.

A 32-year-old Marshfield woman was arrested on suspicion of child neglect and obstructing an officer at 10:25 p.m. Friday in the 1400 block of North Peach Avenue.

Public school enrollment continues to decline in the state of Wisconsin, according to a recently released report by the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance, and local school districts are mixed when following the ...

Douglas Sidie's lies caught up with him. The 39-year-old rural Merrillan man now faces 11 criminal charges and the anger of relatives who once trusted him.

Douglas Sidie could muster only three words when asked last week what happened to the missing mother of their 2-year-old twin boys.

Doug Sidie's arrest did not come as a surprise to some in Alisha's community. Her boss at the Sunset Tavern in Black River Falls says many of her friends thought he was involved.

Douglas Sidie admitted to investigators that he shot and killed his 27-year-old wife Alisha Sidie outside of their home on Nov.

Doug Sidie will be charged with first-degree intentional homicide, hiding a corpse and obstructing an officer in the death of his 27-year-old ex-wife, Alisha Sidie.

Authorities in Jackson County say the body of a missing Hatfield woman has been found and her former husband has been arrested on murder charges.

Drunken driving touches every corner of Wisconsin. More than 1,600 people died from Jan.

The new choral director at Southern Door High School has big shoes to fill and little time to do it.

After 4-years in the Assembly, Republican Terry Moulton lost his seat to Democrat Kristen Dexter, who beat him by just 275-votes out of more than 30,000 cast in the race.