Cottage Grove News

Malt House owner Bill Rogers has failed to get relief from city ordinances effectively blocking him from putting three picnic tables outside to serve customers of the popular east side bar focused on craft beers.

Madison, WI. June 18, 2009 a ' Ongoing grants from the WI Department of Transportation will have a number of additional Dane County Sheriffa TMs Deputies out this weekend patrolling the roads.

Wednesday June 17, 2009 a ' At approximately 3:00am the Cottage Grove Police Department were called to the 600 block of Nightingale Lane in the Village of Cottage Grove for a report of possible theft in progress.

Honors: The new officers and directors of the Zonta Club of Madison are Carol Wiskowski as vice president, Pamela Duane as treasurer and directors Marjorie Hamann and Jane Hartman.

Fire destroyed a townhouse in a duplex early Thursday morning in the village of Cottage Grove, authorities reported.

Fire crews are on the scene of an apartment fire in Cottage Grove. It broke out early Thursday morning on the 100 block of West Windsor Avenue.

The Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District has requested approval from the Department of Natural Resources for two separate sewer improvement projects.

Now Albers-Anders is one of 28 Dane County lawyers to seek appointment from Gov.

The Monona Grove School District is considering busing some of Cottage Grove's youngest students to Monona to help ease space problems in the district.

Older drivers who aren't as comfortable behind the wheel as they used to be can get a free "CarFit" checkup Wednesday, May 13 in Cottage Grove.

The sirens that sounded across Dane County Thursday were part of a state tornado drill, and all but four of them went off.

Individuals and organizations who are making a difference in improving public health are being honored Wednesday.

In March, Chief John Gould of the Cottage Grove Police Department was suspended with pay by the Cottage Grove Police Commission after a complaint signed by seven of the 16 members of the department alleged ongoing abusive behavior on his part.

The Cottage Grove Law Enforcement Committee meets Monday night to discuss whether to eliminate its full-time police force and contract with the Dane County Sheriff's Office for public safety services.

A bartender closing up for the night spotted smoke in the basement of the Burke Station Tavern and was able to warn residents in apartments above the tavern so everyone in the building was able to get out safely.

Here's a story Winnebago County deputies could relish. A semitrailer overturned Monday morning on a highway near Oshkosh, spilling an estimated 20 tons of hot dogs.

A semi-tractor trailer overturned Monday morning on U.S. 41 south of Oshkosh, spilling what was believed to be about 40,000 pounds of hot dogs.

Madison, WI. March 30, 2009 a ' A rollover crash in the town of Deerfield resulted in Highway 12/18 being shut down for approximately two hours this morning.

The state of Wisconsin has launched a new online initiative called Wisconsin Connects .

A Washington woman visiting Wisconsin last year was arrested for drunken driving three times in three days, including twice in and around Kohler-Andrae State Park, according to court records released Wednesday.