Green County News

Ramming about Tower Hill State Park near here on his Kawasaki Mule utility vehicle, Greg Pardee is a working dervish.

A 41-year-old rural Belleville woman died Sunday evening in a motorcycle crash. Green County Sheriff chief deputy Jeff Skatrud said that Elaine M. Graber had been driving a 2004 Harley-Davidson east on Highway C near Puddledock Road in the town of Adams when she lost control while turning.

The economy has taken its toll on several newspapers across the nation. Many papers have suffered everything from staff cuts to filing for bankruptcy because of a decrease in advertisement money and an increase in online news.

Some have filed for bankruptcy. Others have closed. But in Brodhead, a city of about 3,000 just over the county line in Green County, a new newspaper is just starting.

The Green County Sheriff's Office is investigating a case of cattle rustling. Just after 7:30 a.m., a farmer in the town of Washington called the Sheriff's Office to report that seven Holsteins were taken from W5800 area of Center Road, located just west of Highway 69 between Monroe and Monticello.

A grass fire in Green County burned about 1,000 acres Sunday afternoon. The initial call came around 1 p.m. for an area between Highway 69 and County N north of Monroe.

They start lining up outside the St. Vincent de Paul resale store here long before the doors open for the once-a-month food pantry.

James Wigderson has been documenting his frustrations in trying to get clarification from Senator Lazich's office regarding her position on the CRG-led recall of Governor Doyle.

Press Release from the City of Brodhead: Department of Police: In the City of Brodhead the traffic stop and later arrest of Roy Van Brocklin of rural Brodhead on March 20, 2009 at about 3:00 p.m. led police to investigate the possession and possible manufacture of methamphetamines by Van Brocklin.

Wisconsin medical professionals say they are looking into rumors that teenage girls are taking livestock drugs to end unwanted pregnancies.

Veterinary and medical professionals in Wisconsin said Friday that they have been warned about a potentially alarming practice among the state's rural youth: teenage girls ingesting livestock drugs to cheaply and discreetly end their unwanted pregnancies.

By BARRY ADAMS 608-252-6148 badams@madison.com MONROE - Parking here can be refreshing.

Authorities in southern Wisconsin have arrested a man accused of intentionally hitting a pedestrian with his car.

The Monroe Balloon Rally will take off again this year, thanks to a new organizer stepping in to pump it up after the Chamber of Commerce bowed out.

On Monday, Feb. 23, 2009, state agriculture secretary Rod Nilsestuen visited two cheese cooperatives in Green County to talk about Governor Jim Doyle's recently-approved state stimulus bill that includes a ...

Three area school districts in need of building renovation or expansion are taking very tentative steps toward consolidation - a touchy topic for residents worried about losing a community's identity.

January 17th, 2009 Deputies along with Monticello Police Officers responded to a report of a suspicious person attempting to make entry at a rural home located 1A1 2 miles southeast of Monticello, in Mt.

Firefighters from Juda and Orangeville inspect the ducts at the germ processing facility for fires that might have crept out from the dryer where the fire is thought to have started.

The trial began on Monday for a Green County man accused of killing one of his infant twin boys, and injuring the other last February.

Green County Sheriff Report The following incidents occurred on Thursday, January 1, 2009.