Newburg News

Tamako Scholten, 85, of Waupun and formerly of Port Washington, died on Monday, Nov.

Seven years after the discovery of the emerald ash borer in the United States, officials face bleak prospects for trying to control its spread.

Sept. 1, 2009 11:12 a.m. Two recent fires at the same farm in the Town of Belgium were caused by arson and remain under investigation, Ozaukee County Sheriff's Captain David Guss said Tuesday.

Crews from multiple fire departments have responded to a barn fire in Newburg, Wis., near West Bend.

Aug. 31, 2009 9:16 a.m. The plume of smoke billowing north of Milwaukee is from a barn fire in the Newburg area, according to Washington County Sheriff's Deputies.

Mrs. Lou Kremsreiter, of Western Ave. in Random Lake, passed away early Sunday morning, August 2, 2009, at Cedar Grove Gardens in Cedar Grove, where she had resided for the last few weeks.

The destructive emerald ash borer has been found in another Wisconsin county. The state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection says an adult beetle was found in a survey trap on an ash tree along the Fox River, about a mile from the bay of Green Bay.

The destructive emerald ash borer has been found in another Wisconsin county. The state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection says an adult beetle was found in a survey trap on an ash tree along the Fox River, about a mile from the bay of Green Bay.

Their homes are not hard to spot, but the inhabitants of large purple boxes hanging from trees in the Fox Cities may not be so easy to identify.

Charlie Mayhew loved his dog, Bud, in a big way. So big that he commissioned a big memorial to Bud - a 19-foot-tall metal sculpture by Colgate artist Paul Bobrowitz.

It's one of the largest EAB detection efforts in the country, funded in large part through a cooperative agreement with the US Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service .

1. Steve Walter, Brennen's assistant, said the judge has mailed his letter of resignation to Gov.

If you spend much time driving in rural Wisconsin this summer, you'll likely see something resembling a purple box kite hanging in an ash tree along the road.

July 1, 2009 12:36 p.m. Removing one dam and creating fish passages at two others in Ozaukee County, along with eliminating nearly 100 other minor barriers, would give fish access to 158 more miles of the Milwaukee River and its tributaries, as part of a watershed restoration project to receive $4.7 million in federal economic recovery act funds.

Adrian E. 'Abbie' Krahn, age 81, of N1574 W. County Road A, Adell, passed away Monday morning , June 1 at Beechwood Rest Home, where he had been a resident for the past four years.

Now that emerald ash borer has been detected in nearby Ozaukee County, some important new rules are in place for this Memorial Day holiday weekend and beyond.

Gov. Jim Doyle today announced that Wisconsin and 15 other states will observe Emerald Ash Borer Awareness Week, May 17-23, 2009.

These are insect traps they pray will stay empty. About 8,000 traps for the emerald ash borer are being placed around the state as officials attempt to determine the extent of the insect's assault on Wisconsin's ash trees.

Workers cut down ash trees and then cut them into usable wood while trying to stay ahead of the emerald ash borer in Firemana s Park in Newburg on Friday.

Trees will be processed using methods designed to prevent spread of the insect through movement of infested wood.