One play is about sibling rivalry and forgiving. The other is about inner struggle with morality and truth.
Feb 10, 2012 | 11:00 pm | (0) Comments
A semitrailer sits between Wolfram Road and the Sidetracked bar on Highway 16 on Friday after it went off the road while headed toward Wisconsin Dells. The National Weather Service forecasts that temperatures will reach a high of about 16 degrees today and won't go above freezing until th…
Feb 10, 2012 | 10:01 pm | (0) Comments
Everyone in Wisconsin who wants their vote to count in elections this year will need a photo ID.
Feb 10, 2012 | 9:57 pm | (1) Comments
A rural road in Columbia County - the scene last October of a crash between a car and a horse-drawn buggy, which sent four Amish children to the hospital - should have a lower speed limit, Columbia County's highway safety commission declared Friday.
Feb 10, 2012 | 10:02 pm | (0) Comments
In recent years, almost every quarterly meeting of Columbia County's highway safety commission has had an agenda item related to the intersection of East Albert Street and Highway 33 in Portage. Friday's meeting was no exception.
Feb 10, 2012 | 10:03 pm | (2) Comments
MADISON - This morning's Discover Wisconsin TV program, titled "Wisconsin's Great Outdoors," will feature Indian Trails Campground north of Pardeeville.
Feb 10, 2012 | 10:04 pm | (0) Comments
One of the warmest winters on record is bringing some good news to the family budget.
Feb 10, 2012 | 10:06 pm | (0) Comments
My neighbors have, hanging at the side of a front window, a pair of white shoe skates. How fitting (no pun intended) for a winter decoration. They remind me of my ice skating days.
Feb 10, 2012 | 9:39 pm | (0) Comments
A rural Pardeeville man faces at least 25 years in prison on a charge that he repeatedly sexually assaulted a boy.
Feb 10, 2012 | 10:09 pm | (0) Comments
Information is taken from the records of the Portage Police Department. Each individual named in this report is presumed to be innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Feb 10, 2012 | 9:40 pm | (0) Comments
Information is taken from the records of the Portage Fire Department, which has responded to a total of 43 calls between Jan. 1 and Feb. 10.
Feb 10, 2012 | 9:41 pm | (0) Comments
Melissa Simonson wipes the hair from her 5-year-old daughter's face as Vanessa Reiche preps Lyla Simonson's hair for a haircut Thursday afternoon. Melissa, a cancer survivor, said Lyla has been waiting her whole life to get a haircut so she can donate two 9-inch pony tails to Beautiful Le…
Feb 09, 2012 | 11:18 pm | (0) Comments
A former Columbia County sheriff's deputy facing criminal charges was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound near his home Thursday, where a fire had been reported earlier in the morning.
Feb 09, 2012 | 11:17 pm | (0) Comments
A foundry in southeastern Columbia County has been cited by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 10 safety violations, and could face fines totalling $57,600.
Feb 09, 2012 | 11:21 pm | (0) Comments
Common Council member Fred Reckling said Thursday that he wants the city to keep a watchful eye on the New Pinery Road and Northridge/Eastridge intersection on the city's northside.
Feb 09, 2012 | 11:22 pm | (2) Comments
A 13-year-old Portage boy faces a possible felony charge after a teacher found a note with a bomb threat on her desk Thursday morning at St. Mary's Catholic School in Portage.
Feb 09, 2012 | 11:24 pm | (0) Comments
Three Columbia County supervisors and Corporation Counsel Joseph Ruf on Thursday interviewed four candidates for a month-to-month independent contract post as interim commissioner of the county's highway and transportation department but made no decisions as to who would get the assignment.
Feb 09, 2012 | 11:25 pm | (0) Comments
City leaders seem to agree that the planned welcome center in Riverside Park should be a two-story building that will have room for community activities including civic groups, weddings and trade shows.
Feb 09, 2012 | 10:55 pm | (4) Comments
People from seven different communities along the Fox and Wisconsin rivers will have a chance in the next week to talk to a group hoping to promote the area as a national heritage parkway.
Feb 09, 2012 | 10:56 pm | (0) Comments
MADISON - A steady rise in gasoline prices this year could have a gallon back above $4 this spring, according to oil industry analysts.
Feb 09, 2012 | 10:57 pm | (1) Comments
