Mauston News

Published: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 5:10 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 5:10 a.m. The stress of American soldiers fighting in two wars is so intense that the military sends scores of mental health professionals overseas.

The uncle of a Wisconsin soldier says his nephew is among the soldiers killed in the Fort Hood shootings.

Early this morning a semi truck crashed into a grocery store. It also hit a power line, causing the east side of New Lisbon to lose power.

While some people only get to dream about flying south for the winter, the whooping cranes at the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge will get the chance to do so within the week.

A Mauston High School teacher will represent the state in the national Teacher of the Year competition.

4 p.m.: Nekoosa, Adams-Friendship at SCC Quad at Mauston. 4:30 p.m.: Pittsville at Edgar Invite at Nine Mile Recreation Area.

MAUSTON -- A traffic crash that killed a 49-year-old Readstown man Thursday evening in southern Juneau County still is under investigation, according to the Juneau County Sheriff's Office.

All games start at 7 p.m. It's Assumption High School's homecoming game against Loyal.

2. The event is sponsored by the Columbus High School Booster Club to support the Columbus Athletic Department.

A man deemed a sexually violent person in 2001 will be released to a Ladysmith residence by Oct.

A motorcyclist loses control of his bike in Vernon County Saturday afternoon. The crash happened just after 4:00 in the town of Ontario.

State education officials have named five teachers of the year. JoAnn Lens of Hawley Environmental School in Milwaukee and Maureen McGilligan-Bentin of Marquette Elementary School in Madison are co-elementary teachers of the year.

Six people are injured in a car accident near Mauston Sunday afternoon. According to the Wisconsin State Patrol, the accident happened around 4:30pm. A release from the WSP says that the driver, Iris Harris, 35, was headed east around 4:30pm. She swerved to avoid another car that veered into her lane.

Hundreds of residents turned out to make their voices heard at a health care town hall in western Wisconsin Tuesday.

Three Wisconsin doctors were disciplined by the state Medical Examining Board for alleged violations.

The state has disciplined two doctors from Mauston for allegedly causing the death of an 80-year-old patient by improperly performing a bone-marrow procedure.

Two Mauston physicians have accepted discipline for botching a procedure that led to the death of a patient in 2005.

Fern D. Nelson, age 89, of 534 S. Pleasantview Rd, Plymouth, WI, passed away early Tuesday evening, August 4. She was born on May 13, 1920 in Plymouth, WI, a daughter of the late Friederich and Frieda Oberreich Koehler.

Fern D. Nelson, age 89, of 534 S. Pleasantview Rd, Plymouth, WI, passed away early Tuesday evening, August 4. She was born on May 13, 1920 in Plymouth, WI, a daughter of the late Friederich and Frieda Oberreich Koehler.

Zachary Schams, who had claimed to be the reincarnation of an ancient Egyptian priest, pleaded guilty Tuesday to killing a neighbor with a sword and was sent to a state mental hospital to serve a lifetime commitment.