Verona News

The state Department of Workforce Development said Wednesday that two employers are planning to eliminate a total of 458 jobs as of February 2010.

JT Packard & Associates Inc. plans to close its two facilities in Verona, leaving 300 workers without jobs.

This coming week, in events that get to your heart through your stomach. Tuesday, December 1 The Ferment local food happy hour returns this month with a seasonal discussion on Wisconsin cranberries.

Chester J. Dietzen, 70, passed away on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. He was born Dec. 21, 1938, to John and Alice Dietzen.

Men's Health magazine has named Madison the most charitable city in the nation. In the magazine ranking, Madison not only came in No.

The $8.7 million Franklin Square apartments, planned for Milwaukee's north side, would receive a $600,000 city loan under a proposal approved Tuesday by the Redevelopment Authority.

A fire damaged the Bar Up Above in the Town of Springdale. The business is a total loss and is estimated to be valued at $120,000. Font Size: Posted: Sunday, November 8, 2009 --- 6:07 a.m. At 3:04 a.m., Dane County Deputies, along with the Mount Horeb Fire Department were dispatched to the Bar Up Above for a report of a structure fire.

Gentle Breeze Honey is a full beekeeping operation and honey processing farm in the rolling countryside near Mount Horeb.

Stephen P. Sinnott, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Reginald J. Ballard, 38, Madison, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Barbara B. Crabb to 11 years in federal prison for armed bank robbery.

The Fond du Lac Sirens U-19 girls rugby club won the Wisconsin Girls Tier 2 State Championship on Sunday with a 35-12 win over Verona.

VERONA - Fond du Lac High School golfer Bianca Mendez shot 99 at University Ridge Golf Course on Monday at the WIAA Division 1 Girls State Championships.

I discovered Veronica, Wisconsin custom cupcake company Cupcakes-A-Go-Go via their @Twitter account - they just got their first order for over 1,000 cupcakes.

As the economy struggles and states crunch budget numbers, one group has a plan to keep as much of that state money as possible here in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin lawmakers are still working with Gov. Jim Doyle and others to come up with changes in law so the state can qualify for federal education stimulus money.

You may have heard about the new push to get families to invest in 529 college savings plans.

The former chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin took over Monday as the top labor negotiator in Gov.

Area heating and cooling companies said a 30 percent federal tax credit for geothermal systems has many looking to install a system -- including homeowners.

Madison, WI. September 10, 2009 a ' On Sunday, September 13th, Dane County will once again host the Ironman Triathlon.

More than 1,000 area residents turn out for a meeting in Middleton sponsored by Americans for Prosperity designed to highlight the downside of health-care reform.

Noted Madison philanthropist Irwin Goodman, one of the two famed Goodman brothers, died on Sunday.