Mauston News

We all can agree that the flooding in the Midwest and especially in Wisconsin is a true disaster.

Sarah Nelson of Savage and Mark Wilcox of Mauston, Wis., announce their engagement and upcoming wedding.

The Wisconsin Rapids Ramblers Junior Legion team erupted for a 16-run second inning and buried Mauston 20-2 on Wednesday night.

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation and State Patrol have closed I-39 northbound, I-90/94 westbound at US 151 due to rising water at I-90/94 westbound at the Baraboo River .

MAUSTON - A Friendship man is dead after he took his motorcycle on a road closed due to flooding in Lemonweir Township and crashed, according to the Juneau County Sheriff's Department.

Wisconsin Department of Transportation and State Patrol report the following roadway opening of the Interstate System: Westbound Interstate 90/94/39 at WIS 151 will open at 10:00pm. The Westbound Interstate ...

To see the latest road conditions, visit: http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/incident-alerts.htm The State Patrol says I-90-94 is now closed in both directions between Madison and Mauston.

Wisconsin Emergency Management is advising drivers to avoid taking I-94 through southern Wisconsin.

There's another freeway closure because of flooding in Wisconsin. David Carlson of Wisconsin Emergency Management says the southeast-bound lanes of Interstate 90 and 94 at Mauston have been closed.

Due to rising waters on the Baraboo River, several roads in Elroy have been closed.

Another wave of severe thunderstorms pounded the southern half of Wisconsin Sunday, creating flash floods, forcing evacuations and dredging up nightmares of flooding not even a year past.

FRIDAY, May 30, 2008, 7:34 a.m. By Linda Spice Rain-soaked ceilings collapse at apartment Residents were evacuated this morning from an Oak Creek apartment building after rain collected on a flat roof and ...

“I cannot see the finished painting like a sighted person can, but even when I'm doing it, I can see peripherally where I want to put a tree to form the composition”

By the time Mauston artist Albert D. Schmiege was 32, his central vision was totally gone. via Wisconsin State Journal

“If they had simply paid what they owed me for the initial intrusions on my land, then I would have paid that second installment of that property tax, but they didn't, they violated me again”

Bob Bayliss is a little guy of 60 years with long, grey hair. He is a crack shot, has an uncanny knack for cables and radios and computers, is amiable but wary in conversation, not much of a joiner, respectful ... via Wisconsin State Journal

MAUSTON - Someone continued to write checks on an account belonging to a 90-year-old woman whose remains were found in a Necedah home weeks after she died, according to court documents released Monday. via WisInfo

A woman who's been accused of keeping a dead 90-year-old woman in a bathroom for months will have to take a mental compentency exam. via WTMJ-AM Milwaukee

More charges could be filed soon as authorities continue to sort through why a woman left a 90-year-old woman's remains propped on her toilet. via WISN.com

The pilot of a crop duster who died after his plane crashed just north of New Lisbon has been identified as a 52-year-old Lodi man. via Leader-Telegram

The pilot of a crop duster is dead after his plane crashed just north of New Lisbon in Clearfield Township. via WYOW-TV Eagle River

“It just felt like lights, music and accordion, ”

When Cindy Hillary was young, families would clear out their kitchens, shoving the table and chairs to the side, and invite friends over for music, dancing and snacks. via Wisconsin State Journal