Necedah News

A Whooping Crane chick that hatched at the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge in central Wisconsin last month has died.

NECEDAH -- Following a very successful inaugural disabled hunt in 2008, Wisconsin River Power Company is hosting its second annual deer hunt for disabled hunters in early October.

Rock County Humane Society Executive Director Angela Rhodes spends time with Cassanova, a Shih Tzu recovered with more than 80 other dogs in Necedah.

In this Sunday Oct. 29, 2006 file photo, nine whooping cranes follow an ultralight plane from a field in western Winnebago County, Ill., Some 18 extremely rare cranes, hatched in a laboratory and raised in the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge in Wisconsin, were guided by four ultralights aircraft they have been trained to follow enroute to Florida ...

Jun. 21, 2009 12:34 p.m. The second Midwest whooping crane chick reproduced naturally in the wild in more than 100 years has hatched.

On June 9th, 2009, Juneau County law enforcement officers arrived at a Necedah home occupied by two women to follow-up on concerns for the well being of pets allegedly owned by both.

The South Wood County Humane Society in Wisconsin Rapids is one of 12 animal shelters providing care for 83 dogs and 10 cats recently seized from a Juneau County home.

Governor Jim Doyle today announced that 15 community projects would share $7,045,000 in Community Development Block Grant funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support infrastructure and business development projects.

The 2009 Wisconsin Junior Duck Stamp Traveling Exhibit is on display at Marshfield Public Library through July 7. Since 1993, Wisconsin has participated in the Federal Junior Duck Program and Stamp Design contest with Necedah National Wildlife Refuge serving as the coordinating host.

A wild whooping crane will have to spend the rest of its life in a Tampa Zoo, after becoming dependent on humans for food.

There is nothing more fleeting than summer months. Plan an afternoon or two, tour the Historical Society Museum at 540 S. Third St., Wisconsin Rapids , the Wisconsin River Paper Museum at 730 Third Ave., Wisconsin Rapids , and Central Wisconsin Cultural Center at 240 Johnson St., Wisconsin Rapids .

Two women have been charged with numerous counts of animal neglect after officers seized 83 dogs and 10 cast from a home, according the a news release from the Juneau County Sheriff's Office.

Prosecutors today charged two Necedah women with animal abuse after sheriff's deputies seized 83 dogs and about 10 cats from their feces-smeared home.

Prosecutors have charged two women with animal abuse after sheriff's deputies seized 83 dogs and 10 cats and kittens from their home.

Firefighters in the northern Juneau County town of Armenia, north of Necedah, say fire destroyed a mobile home where one man lives.

The Alumni Association of Necedah High School held its annual banquet May 23 at the New Lisbon American Legion facility.

The estate of an elderly woman whose decomposing body was left in the bathroom of a Necedah home has sued members of a religious sect who took ownership of the house.

The estate of an elderly woman whose decomposing body was left in the bathroom of a Necedah home has sued members of a religious sect who took ownership of the house.

The estate of an elderly devout woman who died and was left to decompose for two months on the commode in a Necedah home has sued to get possession of that property, which she paid for but deeded to members of the religious sect to which she belonged.

A traveling exhibit that displays the first-, second and third-place winners from the 2009 Wisconsin Federal Junior Duck Stamp Contest is on display until June 19 at the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge.