Mauston News

The impetus of Wisconsin's sexual predators law is a 36-year-old case. Gerald Turner was convicted of sexually assaulting and killing 9-year-old Lisa French of Fond du Lac in 1973.

7:30 p.m. - Marshfield at Wisconsin Rapids; Nekoosa at Wautoma; Mauston at Adams-Friendship 7:30 p.m. - Wisconsin Rapids at Marshfield; Assumption at Newman Catholic; Marion at Port Edwards; Nekoosa at Neillsville; Edgar at Pittsville; Adams-Friendship at Poynette 7 p.m. - Lakeland at Point/Rapids at Willett Arena, Stevens Point

U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold will hold listening sessions Saturday in Adams and Juneau counties.

An officer with the Mauston Police Department died overnight. Twenty-nine-year-old Officer Andrew O. Peterson died at a local hospital after a brief illness.

7 p.m. - Nekoosa at Mauston; Adams-Friendship at Westfield 7:30 p.m. - Wisconsin Rapids at Marshfield 6:30 p.m. - Marshfield at Wisconsin Rapids 7:30 p.m. Assumption at Stratford; Port Edwards at Tigerton; Northland Lutheran at Pittsville 5:30 p.m. - Wisconsin Rapids at Marshfield 7:30 p.m. - Onalaska at Adams-Friendship

Investors unveiled plans for a $20 million sports complex near Mauston. The Woodside Sports Complex would have 17 baseball fields, seven multi-sport fields for soccer, rugby, lacrosse and field hockey, and a 24,000-square-foot indoor training facility.

Two Fox Valley men who have each spent more than a decade under commitments as sexually violent people will be released into homes in Appleton and Menasha this month.

Investors will unveil plans for a $20 million sports complex near Mauston. Investors hold a news conference Monday to talk about the multi-sport center and indoor training facility on 100 acres in Lemonweir township.

Melvin C. Genskow, 87, life-long resident of Suring, peacefully entered his eternal home on Wednesday, Jan.

Jan. 8, 2010 7:15 a.m. A Milwaukee County sex offender who made headlines for multiple bids to leave civil commitment has died in state custody.

Jan. 6, 2010 1:24 p.m. A jury Wednesday decided a pedophile in prison or secure treatment since 1991 is still too dangerous to be released from civil commitment.

Shawn Schulpius, 36, has spent his entire adult life in state-financed treatment for his pedophilia.

Troopers say a driver lost control on I-90 in Juneau County near New Lisbon Wednesday night.

Visiting family in Wisconsin during the holiday season tends to have a hominess about it that sometimes is filled with an unexpected adventure.

Wisconsin River Co-op and Land O'Lakes joined together to donate a total of $8,000 to local food pantries.

The operations of Stroh Die Casting Co. , which ceased production at its Wauwatosa factory in September, have been absorbed by a newly formed entity.

Schools and communities throughout our state are celebrating American Education Week Sunday through Nov.

An animal neglect investigation has an area humane society in desperate need of help.

Published: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 5:10 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 5:10 a.m. The stress of American soldiers fighting in two wars is so intense that the military sends scores of mental health professionals overseas.

The uncle of a Wisconsin soldier says his nephew is among the soldiers killed in the Fort Hood shootings.