Poynette News

The Dodge County Board of Supervisors Tuesday night approved hiring the first administrator for the county.

Rodney "R.J." Roudebush speaks in two languages simultaneously, sometimes unconsciously signing answers to a visitor who understands only his spoken words, when he says "family" was his first word signed and ...

A potentially dangerous search for a burglar who eluded sheriff's deputies and headed into the woods on an ATV, possibly toting three loaded rifles, ended peacefully Thursday in Columbia County with the suspect ...

Supervisor Harlan Baumgartner, a member of Columbia County's Planning and Zoning Committee, issued a challenge at the County Board's July meeting: Supervisors, rather than simply voting "yea" or "nay" on a ...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' State Game Farm here will be hosting a free "Pheasant Field Day" on Saturday, September 6. Registration is at 8:00 a.m. The event will celebrate pheasant hunting ...

As California forests continue to burn in the state's worst ever wildfire season, Wisconsin's Department of Natural Resources sent firefighters and equipment to help the effort.

Low water levels at the Spring Creek impoundment at French Creek Wildlife Area are the result of a drawdown and the waters in the wetland impoundment will be raised by the fall hunting season, according to the ...

Thunderstorms streamed across water-logged southern Wisconsin Thursday afternoon, spawning at least one tornado and dumping heavy rain that promises to worsen the state's widespread flooding problems.

With municipal leaders looking ahead to a possible Highway 54 bypass to the south of Wisconsin Rapids, one company has decided to reinvest in its current location on Eighth Street South.

However, the officers won't be street-ready until February of 2009. They go through 34-weeks of training, including 12 in the field, with a veteran officer.

The goal of "30 new officers" for the Madison Police Department is ready to be filled.

“We surgically implanted radio-transmitters in 16 adult sturgeon last fall, hoping to follow those fish for six years if funding allows. We need to know more about them because sturgeon are a species of concern and it's very easy to over-exploit them.”

PORTAGE, Wis. -- For decades, anglers have fished waters below the Wisconsin Dells Dam and in downstream Lake Wisconsin during a special autumn season for Wisconsin River sturgeon. via Dubuque Telegraph Herald

“We surgically implanted radio transmitters in 16 adult sturgeon last fall, hoping to follow those fish for six years if funding allows. We need to know more about them because sturgeon are a species of concern, and it's very easy to overexploit them.”

For decades, anglers have fished waters below the Wisconsin Dells Dam and in downstream Lake Wisconsin during a special fall season for Wisconsin River sturgeon. via Green Bay Press-Gazette

A brat fry to benefit the family of Isaiah Van Beek, a 3-year-old boy battling leukemia, will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 30, at Coldwell Banker DelPonte Realty, 1784 Horicon St. via WisInfo

The 5th/6th grade boys' basketball team sponsored by Flipse Wholesale closed out its spring season by finishing first at the Cedarburg High School Athletic Club Tournement, held April 5. The team also played ... via WisInfo

Another Earth Day has passed and I'm clued in much better about it than years ago. via Oshkosh Northwestern

“If I can practice nursing on our soldiers and as a civilian in California, why isn't that good enough for Wisconsin?”

She remembers walking to the gym at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, some 45 miles north of Kabul, when the base's siren suddenly went off. via The Capital Times

“If you live in a flood plain, it's going to happen sooner or later”

Waters continue to surge along the Wisconsin River, and residents in the area said they are concerned about flooding. via Channel3000

The annual Department of Natural Resources and Wisconsin Conservation Congress Spring Hearing has been moved to the Portage Middle School gymnasium, 2505 New Pinery Rd., Portage. via Wisconsin Department of Natural Resou...

To understand why a tougher law was needed to deal with serial drunken drivers in Wisconsin, just look at how quickly the new law snared its first suspect. via Wisconsin State Journal