Sparta News

Federal aviation officials are investigating what caused a single-engine aircraft crash Friday at the Sparta/Fort McCoy Airport that injured one aboard.

Federal aviation officials are investigating what caused a single-engine aircraft crash Friday at the Sparta/Fort McCoy Airport that injured one aboard.

The Monroe County Board will hear an update on the Justice Center building project at its monthly meeting on Wednesday at the County Board Room in the Courthouse Annex.

Construction of a new Westby-Christiana Fire Station, to be located on the north end of the city, moved one step closer during a joint fire district meeting when bids on the new building were opened and ...

John Wells and Luke Borgman of the Treestand Archery Pro Shop, 5500 S. Limit Ave., attended bow tech school June 3-4 at the Mathews Academy in Sparta, Wis.

A Sparta police officer who crashed into a pickup truck has been cited for inattentive driving.

The Scorps will link up with Hagar for three early August West Coast shows, then play a pair of shows on their own before joining forces with Cooper for an Aug.

Sheriff's deputies in Monroe County say a man was injured in a shooting incident east of Sparta.

A company that makes nameplates and other decorative products for electronics and automobiles has announced it will close its factory in Waukon.

Army National Guard Spec. Robert L. Salvina was mobilized and activated at Fort McCoy, Sparta, Wisc., for deployment overseas to a forward operating base in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation has suspended all commercial oversize and overweight transportation south of Highway 29 in the state until Tuesday morning due to flooded roadways.

Wildcat Mountain State Park in Vernon County has been evacuated and closed to the public because of storm damage, the state Department of Natural Resources reports.

The following people were booked into the Jackson County Jail on the following charges: Nicole E. Apicella, 18, Melrose, was booked on three charges of warrant pickup.

LaserMonks in Sparta, Wisconsin will sell you toner and free trade beverages, but prayers are free.

Authorities still need toxicology test results on a Sparta man who died Christmas Eve after an altercation at a bar before deciding whether to seek criminal charges in the case.

Jail booking report The following people were booked into the Jackson County Jail on the following charges: Donna I. Hill, 45, Alma Center, was booked on a charge of operating left of center and drunken ...

After a year participating in the war in Iraq, about 45 soldiers of the U.S. Army Reserve's Appleton-based 395th Ordnance Company are back in Wisconsin.

Fr. Bernard McCoy, CEO of Lasermonks.com, is seen at the Cistercian Abbey Tuesday, April 15, 2008, near Sparta, Wis.

We now know the name of the 22-year-old man who died over the weekend in a motorcycle crash in Monroe County.

The State Patrol says an on-duty Monroe County sheriff's deputy hit a Fort Atkinson man with the side mirror of a squad car.