Columbus News

Fireworks displays will be held all over the area Friday night as local communities shoot off their pyrotechnics to help celebrate the 232nd birthday of America on the Fourth of July.

Corey A. Johnson, 37, Weyauwega, was taken unexpectedly on Monday, June 30, 2008, on his homestead.

Edmund Fahrenkrug, 81, Neenah, died Tuesday, July 1, 2008, at his home with his family by his side.

A Columbus woman has been charged with setting fire to her home and stealing more than $80,000 from a former employer in two separate cases.

Windy City, 319 Madison St., Beaver Dam, is sponosoring a raffle with the proceeds going to the Dodge County Humane Society.

With more than 8,600 items distributed to date, the Red Cross will continue providing materials and services at fixed sites and through 26 Emergency Response Vehicles which are combing flood-stricken ...

Floodwaters on rivers in southern Wisconsin are slowly receding from record levels, but damage assessments from the massive flooding continue to rise, now close to the half-billion dollar mark.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is expected to set up a disaster site at Columbus High School for the next three weeks, beginning today, to help affected people from throughout the area.

Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator David Paulison, left, greets Columbus Mayor Nancy Osterhaus after he and Gov.

She is the daughter of Roland and Beulah Genett of Route 1, Auburndale. 50 YEARS AGO: Eight Marshfield youths departed June 14 for Ripon, where they will attend Badger Boys State.

Conditions update: Getting I-39 in the Portage area back in business is a high priority.

Gov. Jim Doyle toured Wisconsin's flood damage by air Friday. Doyle praised local, state and federal officials for their response to the floods.

By the time the sun came up Friday, Jeanne Wiegert was still pumping water out of her home at 2515 Ninth St.

Darrell Augustine stood outside his screen printing business on the edge of the swollen Crawfish River on Thursday and shook his head as federal officials looked over the damage left by days of severe flooding.

COLUMBUS - Thunderstorms pounded southern Wisconsin with heavy rain and strong winds Thursday as federal officials fanned out across the area to gauge flood damage from earlier in the week.

FEMA assessors inspected a bridge across the Crawfish River in Columbus today. Teams of FEMA employees are also in other parts of Wisconsin assessing flood damage.

Motorists traveling on Highway 151 near Columbus have been advised to find alternate routes after the rising waters of the Crawfish River forced the closure of both the northbound and southbound lanes early ...

Dodge County Emergency Management has activated the Emergency Operation Center located at 124 West St., Juneau.

By Sharon Roznik * The Reporter sroznik@fdlreporter.com and The Associated Press * June 8, 2008 Tornadoes ripped through central and southeastern Wisconsin, causing widespread damage and injuring at least five ...