Monroe News

Police are looking for help finding a 62-year-old Monroe man who may be suffering from an untreated medical condition and was last seen Tuesday.

A Green County Jail inmate dressed in orange pants and sandals and a hospital gown remained at large as of Monday morning after failing to return to jail on Saturday following a trip to the Monroe Clinic, the Green County Sheriff's Office reported.

I need to dip into the reader mailbag more often. Here is a sample of what you've written; a couple of diner/caf recommendations will turn into a column before summer ends.

A 56-year-old man died Wednesday afternoon after he was pinned under a skid loader while working on his property in rural Green County.

The Monroe Police Department, on June 9, 2009, at about 7:30 p.m. made arrests of suspects in an attempted burglary and criminal damage to property case, which took place during the early morning hours of May 22, 2009 in Twining Park, on Monroe's North side.

An approximate five block segment of the Badger State Trail here has been closed to all public access, the Department of Natural Resources announced today.

Tret Fure performs at the National Women's Music Festival on June 20 at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wis.

A huge jump in unemployment. A Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development report shows new unemployment claims in 2009 are 76 percent higher than at this time last year.

General Motors's bondholders plan to present a counteroffer to President Obama's auto task force in Washington on Thursday that would give them control of the carmaker, Bloomberg News reported late Wednesday, citing to a person familiar with the committee representing creditors.

Move over, deer and cows, turkeys are crashing the car crash scene. A turkey caused a minor car crash Tuesday night on Wisconsin 69 in the town of Monroe in Green County, when it flew into the front of a vehicle driven by Rozena Frankowski, 42, Monroe.

On April 20, 2009 at about 11:14 a.m. Monroe Police investigated a report of a 16-year-old male Monroe High School student possessing a firearm on school grounds at the Monroe High School, 1600 26th Street.

Two self-proclaimed city kids have grown up to become area agricultural teachers.

Monroe police said that a Monroe High School student was taken into custody after a shotgun was discovered in a vehicle in the school's parking lot Monday.

A prairie and trout stream, tree plantings and self-guided walking tours are all part of a Spring Open Woods event near here set for Saturday, May 9. The Open Woods runs from 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Talarczyk Tree Farm, W5105 Kubly Rd., New Glarus.

Monroe, WI -- April 16, 2009 --- The Swiss Colony, Inc. of Monroe, WI is conducting a voluntary recall of the products listed below.

The Monroe School District canceled classes today after vandals shot out numerous windows and doors at the high school, district officials said.

The Green County Sheriff's Office is investigating a case of cattle rustling. Just after 7:30 a.m., a farmer in the town of Washington called the Sheriff's Office to report that seven Holsteins were taken from W5800 area of Center Road, located just west of Highway 69 between Monroe and Monticello.

"A 78-year-old woman who was banned from a Monroe, Wis., senior center said she is suing to be allowed back into the facility.

A grass fire in Green County burned about 1,000 acres Sunday afternoon. The initial call came around 1 p.m. for an area between Highway 69 and County N north of Monroe.

An elderly Monroe, Wis., woman banned from a senior center for abusive language during a card party has filed a federal lawsuit claiming her free speech rights were violated.