Jefferson County News

The combined efforts of a woman citizen worried about harm to children, a Naperville, Ill., detective, and a Wisconsin Department of Justice investigator led to a Watertown man being charged Wednesday with 10 ...

The man accused of setting a Watertown apartment complex on fire last year was back in court.

About 150 volunteers made the City of Jefferson's Saturday sandbag collection a surprising success, gathering nearly all of the city's 250,000 sandbags used to hold back the Rock and Crawfish rivers during ...

More than a month after the Rock River flooded Jefferson County, volunteers were finally able to start the clean up this weekend.

People in Jefferson County were supposed to be cleaning up sandbags this weekend, not using them.

The future of wind power in the Jefferson County town of Lyme could ultimately be decided by a judge.

A squall line that rolled through Southeast Wisconsin Thursday afternoon left a trail of damage in its wake.

There was no rest on Sunday for firefighters in eastern Jefferson County as a large dairy barn and milkhouse burned along Route 12.

Alliant Energy Customer Service -- 800-862-6263 or 800-862-6222 Jefferson County For more information about flooding in Jefferson County, contact the Emergency Operations Center at 920-674-7450 or call ...

Heavy winds and rain from Thursday's storms caused some damage at the Jefferson County Fair.

A federal investigation into whether federal funds were mishandled includes a grant managed by former University of Louisville education dean Robert Felner.

Severe storms that pushed through Wisconsin have toppled a house in Dane County and tents at the Jefferson County Fair while blasting the state with gusts up to 70 mph.

After almost a month of bridge closings and road detours, residents of Jefferson County replaced sandbags with hay bales, traded damaged basements for dusty barns, and instead of wet trash on every corner, ...

Severe storms produced at least one tornado as they swept across southeastern Wisconsin on Monday, toppling trees and power lines and setting a condominium on fire with a lightning strike.

Close to one month after flooding devestated Jefferson, the Main Street bridge reopened on Monday.

Nearly a month after the flood waters forced people out of their homes in Jefferson County, the sand bags and the damage remain.

Fast-flowing water still presents dangers for inexperienced canoers and kayakers, even though most of the rivers in Wisconsin have receded below their flood stage.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will open a Disaster Recovery Center in Jefferson County on Monday, July 7. The center will be located in the lower level of the University of Wisconsin-Extension ...

Jefferson: The City of Jefferson opened the Wisconsin Avenue bridge earlier this week, easing traffic concerns in that city.

The city of Jefferson is still recovering from all the flooding in June, but there is some progress.