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Citizen Staff/Cory Schaefer A downed tree lays in the front yard of a house Sunday morning that was damaged by a tornado Saturday afternoon along Highway G in the Town of Courtland.

The Nation's Weather Saturday saw another day of strong to see thunderstorms across portions of the Midwest.

Authorities in central Wisconsin say at least five people have been hurt as tornadoes and powerful storms ripped through the area today.

“I wouldn't say that there's anybody out there that's gung-ho about the idea, but we have to talk about what are we going to do.”

Financial problems and declining enrollments have a number of Wisconsin school districts looking at dissolving or consolidating. via Stevens Point Journal

Madison-based Freedom From Religion Foundation on Friday filed suit against the Rio School District for allowing a evangelical group to use its facilities for religious activities for free. via The Capital Times

“Farmers had been taught that was the way to go for a long time”

MILWAUKEE - Bob and Karen Breneman found it difficult to accomplish all that had to be done around their southern Wisconsin dairy farm, but they didn't want to hire more help. via WisInfo

Address: E4447 Wisconsin 54, Algoma. Years in District: 71. Date of birth: Nov. via WisInfo

Mr. Richard A. 'Dick' Pavlat, age 89 of Redgranite, passed away early Saturday morning, March 15, 2008 at Banner Gardens Hospice in Mesa, Arizona. via WisInfo

A Madison man charged with homicide earlier this week for providing heroin that killed a woman in October was jailed Thursday on $15,000 bail. via Wisconsin State Journal

“It is up to individual schools if they want to have sixth-grade students”

The Dodgeland School Board Monday night tabled action to ratify the 2005-07 tentative agreement between the district and the Dodgeland Education Association and also tabled action on the principal's contracts ... via Watertown Daily Times

“He couldn't grab his lunch box, his cell phone ... nothing.”

A Columbia County snowplow erupted in flames Thursday morning while making its rounds in rural Columbia County south of Rio, forcing the driver to dive from the cab to avoid serious injury. via Beaver Dam Daily Citizen

“The roads were clear for the most part and traffic was moving at normal speeds”

A passenger died from injuries in a two-vehicle crash on Wisconsin 16 near McCrae Road west of Columbus on Sunday morning. via Madison.com

“The idea was just to let them get a nice, real tree”

For Rex Miller, owner of Miller's Christmas Trees on Otsego Road, having trees roll off his 20-acre tree farm is standard procedure during December. via WiscNews.com

“If they tell me that they are just not out there that would make the decision a little bit easier to make that delay or that cancellation.”

Wyocena: Budget cuts in Columbia County have led to some really long delays in getting the roads plowed. via WMTV Madison

Pardeeville Quick Stop, 510 S. Main St., Pardeeville is no longer a deer registration station, the Department of Natural Resources announced today. via Wisconsin Department of Natural Resou...

“We really haven 't tried to add locations. It just basically made sense once we had the original five because most of the infrastructure was already in place, ”

Prescription for success: Company helps small-town pharmacies lower prices and maintain that personal touch Shrinking profit margins and the proliferation of larger pharmacies make community drugstores seem as ... via Madison.com

The Rio Vikings football nudged the visiting Cambria-Friesland Hilltoppers , 6-0 in Friday's league bout. via MaxPreps