Sauk County News

A Sauk County family says their son was 1 of the soldiers injured in the Fort Hood shooting, and they're grateful he is recovering.

The Sauk County Communications center was notified of a two vehicle head on crash on STH 23 near CTH W in the township of Westfield at 1:13 pm on 11/04/09. The initial investigation shows that a single occupant northbound van crossed the centerline, striking a single occupant southbound car.

The Milwaukee School Board on Tuesday night unanimously approved a $295.8 million tax levy, just a 2.8% bump from the last tax year.

UW defends decision to condemn Madison bar H1N1 prompts Sauk County to declare health emergency Manpower reports larger loss Mosinee School Board member could be charged in fatal crash Oct.

Oct. 20, 2009 10:22 p.m. A 60-day public health emergency has been declared in Sauk County to help county health officials vaccinate about 60,000 people against the H1N1influenza virus.

The Influenza A H1N1 2009 pandemic continues to affect Sauk County. The Sauk County Health Department has received federal funding to provide vaccinations or oversight of vaccinations to the approximately 60,000 residents in Sauk County in an effort to contain H1N1.

BARABOO a ' Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced today that on Friday, October 16, 2009 Dennis D. Lemoine, a Sauk County resident, age 25, was convicted of First Degree Sexual Assault of a 5-Year-Old Child by a Sauk County jury after more than four hours of deliberation on Friday evening.

NBC15 News has confirmed that tonight's scheduled football game between Baraboo High School and DeForest has been cancelled.

On October 14, 2009, the Sauk County Sheriffa s Office and the Vernon County Sheriffa s Department recovered three pieces of stolen heavy equipment with the assistance of the Wisconsin State Patrol.

Avia M. Arndt, a 15-year resident of the Green Bay area, died Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009, at the Jack and Engrid Meng Unity Hospice Residence.

Release form the Sauk Co. Sheriffa s Office: On October 8th, 2009 at 1:05 p.m. the Sauk County Communications Center was notified of a two vehicle crash on USH 12 north of Moon Road, in the township of Delton.

Adopting arguments made by attorneys from the Wisconsin Department of Justice, a federal judge on Tuesday denied convicted murderer Peter T. Kupazaa s petition for release from state prison.

The rain much of the Madison area received last Tuesday can't compare to the rain that the Sauk County village of Rock Springs saw early last summer.

For local farmers with tight budgets, a little bit of fertilizer is worth its weight in gold.

Brenda Mrotek is accustomed to swings in business at Packerland Plus, where jerseys, shirts and hats of beloved - or reviled - sports teams line the walls and sit on racks in her downtown Minocqua shop.

Aug. 29, 2009 12:52 p.m. A Wisconsin prison inmate serving time for raping and killing a woman in Sauk County in 1978 has pleaded not guilty in Arizona after being charged with killing a woman there in 1973.

The Sauk County Sheriff's Department and the Baraboo Fire Department have completed the investigation into the fire that heavily damaged a two family dwelling at 750 West Pine Street in the Village of West Baraboo on Friday, August 21, 2009.

A man and a 5-year-old boy were injured in a fire Friday night that gutted a duplex-style building at America's Best Value Inn in West Baraboo, the Sauk County Sheriff's Department said.

Upcycling embraces the idea of making something new out of waste materials. Many artists have embraced the concept because trash is a free building material that comes in bulk, often in various colors, and at no cost to the environment.

A local emergency manager is asking the state to fork it over. Sauk and Columbia Counties joined forces after last year's flood to help people get their lives back in order.