Worthless check
A Hillpoint woman was cited for issuing a worthless check in the City of Mauston. Police said 36-year old Theresa Breaux wrote a check to the Family Health La Clinica for $4.00 in March 2013. The...
View ArticleBar fight
Two Mauston women were cited for fighting outside a bar last week. The deputy said early last Wednesday morning, April 24th, 2013, about 2am he was patrolling downtown Mauston and saw two women...
View ArticleViolation of bond
Police said Sunday night, April 28th, 2013, an officer responded to the A-F County Market parking lot for a possible intoxicated driver. When the officer arrived, 53-year old Hilmar Sparby of...
View ArticleShoplifting at Shopko
A Necedah teenager has been cited for retail theft in Adams County. Police said Sunday afternoon the 16-year old boy was in Shopko with his family. He concealed 29-dollars’ worth of merchandise in...
View ArticleDisorderly conduct
An Adams woman was arrested Sunday. Police said an officer responded to a residence in the 200-block of South Elm Street in the City of Adams for a disturbance in the front yard. Following an...
View ArticleConstruction zone accident
An Adams man was cited following an accident in a construction zone last month. The deputy said Friday morning, April 26th, 2013, at 9:15am 22-year old James Akkerman was traveling south on Highway 13...
View ArticleDisturbance at Dells resort
A Madison man has been charged in Adams County with disorderly conduct and resisting an officer. Dells police said officers responded to the Chula Vista Resort in March 2013 for a disturbance at the...
View ArticleLied to conservation warden
A Sun Prairie man has been charged in Adams County with resisting a conservation warden. According to the criminal complaint, 42-year old Jeffrey Schultz had allegedly illegally shot a deer on January...
View ArticleAltercation with mother
A Chicago man has been charged in Adams County as a result of an incident at a resort in the Dells. Police said in March 2013 19-year old Raymond Oliver allegedly got into a physical altercation with...
View ArticleControlled burn in Refuge
A U.S. Fish and Wildlife official says there is a prescribed burn today, Monday, May 6th, 2013, at the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge. 600-acres will be burned northwest of Necedah. Conditions are...
View ArticleWoman caught red-handed burglarizing pharmacy
A Mauston woman was arrested burglarizing a downtown Mauston pharmacy over the weekend. Police said early Sunday morning officers were dispatched to an interior alarm at Phillips Pharmacy. The rear...
View ArticleCranberry farmers struggle
MILWAUKEE (AP) – Cranberry growers say they are struggling after many invested in new plants or expanding their farms only to see fruit prices fall. Tom Lochner is executive director of the Wisconsin...
View ArticleNo handicap permit displayed
A New Lisbon woman was cited for parking in a handicap area without a permit or proper registration. The deputy said last Wednesday morning a 2000 red colored Dodge Dakota registered to 66-year old...
View ArticleVernon County Sheriff’s Report
4/29 Town of Genoa reported the theft of a road sign “Romance Road.” 4/29 Separate reports of field damage were reported of someone doing off-road “doughnuts” at Ridge Road, Town of Hillsboro and...
View ArticleLocal Police Memorial Service
Throughout the nation, National Police Week will be observed May 12th thru May 18th, 2013. “This is an opportunity for law enforcement to remind the public of the sacrifices made daily by officers in...
View ArticleFort McCoy cancels open house
FORT MCCOY, Wis. (AP) – Fort McCoy has canceled its 2013 Armed Forces Day Open House because of automatic federal spending cuts. The event was scheduled for May 18. But Fort McCoy says it could not...
View ArticleHit and run
Authorities are looking for a man who struck a pedestrian at a campground in southern Juneau County over the weekend. The deputy said about 3:30am Sunday morning, May 5th, 2013, he responded to the...
View Article3rd man charged in arson
A third man has been charged in an arson cold case involving the torching of a Necedah house in December 2006. On Monday Juneau County authorities charged 53-year old Curt Wassen of Lena, Wisconsin...
View ArticleDriver struck pile of wood
On Sunday, May 5th, 2013 deputies responded to the Village of Lyndon Station for a report that a vehicle had been driven off the roadway about 30-yards and struck a stacked pile of wood. According to...
View ArticlePassenger ‘freaked out’ on synthetic marijuana
On April 15th, 2013 a State Trooper was dispatched to mile marker 85 in southern Juneau County for a man lying on Interstate 90/94 screaming. When the Trooper arrived, 30-year old Michael McGaw of...
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