Portage News

If all this snow melts too quickly, there could be severe flooding in areas of Wisconsin.

The state's deer population has already taken a hit this winter. Wildlife biologists say this has been the most severe winter in nearly 20 years.

OSHA is investigating an industrial accident that killed an employee last week. Lieutenant Detective Mark Hahn of the Portage Police Department tells 27 News the victim, 29-year-old Michael Kittle, was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to the Columbia County Sheriff's Office, Occupational Safety & Health Administration is investigating the death of a Wieser Concrete employee in Portage.

According to the press release on their Facebook page, police went to a Wieser Concrete site on Riley Road in Portage where a cement form had fallen on an employee.

A Beaver Dam woman arrested last week in a 2001 homicide is due in court in Portage at 2:00p.m. Monday.

One of the stranger-looking Olympic sports on our televisions this week has been curling .

Security and space concerns have Columbia County's Board of Supervisors considering a proposal for new county buildings.

Snow will continue to develop throughout the rest of this morning with several inches of heavy, wet snow expected throughout the afternoon.