Beaver Dam News

The cards were in Eric Baldwin's favor as the Beaver Dam native won more than $500,000 in the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.

The Beaver Dam High School class of 1984 will hold a reunion July 24 and 25. There will be a casual gathering at Tower Lanes in Beaver Dam at 8 p.m. on July 24.

JUNEAU - A Columbus woman who stole more than $80,000 from her employer and torched her own house to pay off her debts is going to prison.

A 19-year-old Beaver Dam man who is charged with using improvised explosive devices to blow up a portable toilet and mailbox now faces additional gun-related charges in a separate case.

The cards were in Eric Baldwin's favor as the Beaver Dam native won more than $250,000 in the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas last week.

They hail from every corner of the county, bringing with them a diverse background of life experience sure to enhance the newly launched volunteer sheriff's posse.

A Beaver Dam man who is accused of selling heroin and cocaine from his home on North Spring Street waived a preliminary hearing Thursday and pleaded not guilty to four felony charges.

Thousands of people lined the transformed streets of Wisconsin towns last year to watch the making of "Public Enemies." I was one of those people, but I wasn't there to see the movie sets.

With temperatures soaring into the high 90s in Wisconsin, pavement buckled on Highway 151 near Beaver Dam and shut down the southbound lanes of the divided highway Tuesday afternoon.

John W. Beers Jr. was will serve 18 months in state prison after being convicted of his sixth OWI offense Monday.

While driveing across the Midwest this summer, chances are you'll find some kind of car show -- men huddled in groups to admire the fins of an old Cadillac, the engine of a custom-built muscle car or the towing power of a new pickup truck.

The Dodge County Dairy Brunch will be held from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on June 28 at the Brossard Dairy Farm, N9069 Basswood Road, north of Beaver Dam.

There will be a chance to taste more than 20 different beers at Beaver Dam Lake Days on Saturday, July 11 from 1 to 4 p.m. Entrance to the tasting area will be for ticket holders only.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dodge County and the Watertown Community is holding it fourth annual aluminum can drive.

The father of a woman who died from injuries sustained in a furnace and water heater explosion at her house in the town of Windsor filed a wrongful death suit last Wednesday against area businesses, including one from Beaver Dam, and two of their insurance companies.

Enjoy an evening of musical entertainment at the band shell in Swan City Park on Wednesday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. courtesy of the Beaver Dam Community Activities & Services Department.

The Beaver Dam Fire Department responded to a fire at Movie Gallery, 709 N. Spring St.

Last week, law enforcement was forced into a tactical situation. This was in response to a 50-year old man who made a conscious decision to resist arrest for a simple child support warrant.

When President Barack Obama visits Green Bay today, he'll get to deliver his message directly to about 1,500 people in the Southwest High School gym.

Registration is being accepted for a photography class for middle and high school students at the Seippel Arts Center.