Jefferson County News

A tight race for the Jefferson County Legislature's District 15 seat looked like a blowout, thanks to a poll inspector's election night error.

Joseph Coloso had been planning a birthday party for his 16-year-old son. Now, the 46-year-old Sullivan father is missing.

Columbia County officials aren't the only ones in south-central Wisconsin scratching their heads about the implications of a new state law designed to save farmland.

Jefferson County sheriff's deputies say a man "ran under" a moving railroad car and lived to talk about it.

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The U.S. Department of Homeland SecurityA's Federal Emergency Management Agency today released $4,483,460 in Hazard Mitigation Grant Program funds to Jefferson County, Wisc., for the acquisition and removal of 28 residential structures and one commercial structure.

Jefferson County Health Department reports the first H1N1 influenza related death in a Jefferson County adult resident with underlying health conditions that put them at risk of complications from influenza.

Participants of "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes" line up at the start of the walk to raise awareness for sexual assault and domestic abuse You can't really understand another person's experience until you've walked a mile in their shoes.

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office is asking for help in finding a man who recently suffered a severe head injury and has been missing since Friday.

NBC15 Weather Authority Forecast Sprinkles or light showers Saturday and more sunshine for Sunday.

A flu vaccination clinic has been set for Monday, November 16th for pregnant women in Jefferson County.

Nov. 10, 2009 1:12 p.m. A trial for 76-year-old Edward Edwards, the former Kentucky man accused of killing two Jefferson County sweethearts 29 years ago, was rescheduled Tuesday for March 8. Edwards' public defender, Jeffrey De La Rosa, requested a postponement of the trial, which had been set for Jan.

Vaccination clinics for the H1N1 flu will be offered in several Jefferson County schools starting this week, Jefferson County Public Health Service information officer Steven A. Jennings said.

A pedestrian was hit on I-94 near the exit for the Johnson Creek outlet mall. A State Patrol dispatcher said she didn't know what time the pedestrian was hit and that she didn't have other information.

A one-car crash killed the driver Wednesday evening in the town of Pamelia, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department.

The man suspected of killing Annette Vazquez of Watertown is on his way back to Jefferson County to face charges.Watertown City Police say 30-year old Ramon Robles was taken from Puerto Rico to Miami on October 27th then turned over to Watertown police investigators this afternoon.Robles was then formally charged on a sealed indictment from ...

I write to ask all residents of Jefferson County to support John Hallett for county court judge.

There won't be a full house during Jefferson County Dog Control's open house Sunday, but Dog Control Supervisor Todd L. Cummings said that's just the way he likes it.

When PepsiCo Inc. didn't show up in Jefferson County Circuit Court to defend itself against accusations it hijacked the idea of two Wisconsin men to sell water in bottles, a judge decided against the soft-drink maker and handed the pair one big gulp of a damage award - $1.26 billion.

By TESA CULLI tesa.culli@register-news.com MT. VERNON - Nine candidates for the General Primary Election took advantage of the first day to file petitions to officially get their names placed on the ballot.