Sparta News

Major Clinton Elfers Voss, retired, 'Opa', 97, of Fond du Lac peacefully passed on from this life on July 1, 2009, at his cabin near Sparta, Wis.

Deputies arrested two people for leading officers on a high speed chase. The Jackson County Sheriff's Department says once officers pulled the truck over, 17-year-old Bradley Tuchalski and 23-year-old John Dockerty hopped out and started running.

Police say a man wasn't hurt when he drove his car into a lake. It happened just before 7 Friday night on the east side of Sparta.

* David D. Bangart, 22, of N4652 Romadka Ave., Granton; no contest plea; two charges of intentionally pointing a firearm at a person and receiving stolen property; six months in jail on each firearm charge scheduled to run concurrent; sentence withheld for receiving stolen property; placed on probation for 12 months and ordered to pay $775.24 and ...

Members of the McCoy family joined military personnel and public officials Saturday to mark the centennial of the Army post that bears their name.

SPARTA - As cloistered monks go, few are as enterprising as the Cistercians. An ancient order that broke off from the Benedictines, they were the builders of the Middle Ages, harnessing water power for milling and metalwork - industries that sustained the monks' simple lives of prayer and contemplation.

Jun. 11, 2009 8:00 a.m. A proposal to create property tax relief for some Wisconsin homeowners will face opposition from developers and real estate brokers, who say it will shift the tax burden to commercial properties.

A third person died from injuries after a weekend traffic accident in Juneau County.

There are two people dead and two injured after a car crash occured at 8:04am in Juneau Co.

A man in a stolen car led police on a chase Wednesday night and ended up in a Sparta lake.

On May 11, 2009, the Stevens Point Area Retired Teachers Association met at The Sky Club, with 36 members present.

What you do with your time sometimes isn't as important as who you're with, so even the most simple outing can turn into a memorable excursion.

One hundred years of tradition, training troops and serving the community are all being marked this summer with two birthday celebrations.

Agencies on the march to go green have another way to cut petroleum use and enhance recycling: use soybean-oil toner for printing.

A man dies when the motorcycle he was driving crashed into farm machinery pulled by a tractor.

One man is injured after his vehicle was rear ended, and then hit a tree. The Monroe County Sheriffs Department says 50-year-old Jean Greeno of Norwalk was driving southbound on State Highway 71 at I-90 near Sparta, when she ran into the back of another vehicle, just after 3 p.m. Friday afternoon.

Cecilia M. 'Ceil' Rushesky, age 94 of Oshkosh died Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at Parkview Health Center.

Firefighters in Western Wisconsin had their hands full Tuesday afternoon when a grass fire broke out.

Dry conditions continue to set the stage for grass fires. The latest broke out about 3:30 Tuesday afternoon north of Sparta.

Dry conditions have led to more wild fires in Wisconsin. In the Monroe County town of Sparta, a farm tractor mowing grass set off a blaze that covered at least 40 acres Tuesday.