Poynette News

Department of Natural Resources forestry technician Brooke Hushagen was honored recently with a 2009 Smokey Bear National Award by the U.S. Forest Service.

After a controversy in recent weeks surrounding local governments' abilities to respond to disasters, Wausau and Marathon County appear to be better prepared.

In June, Scott Breneman will leave his classroom for good after 37 years, but he never will leave his favorite subject: science.

Due to an N1H1 virus concern in Lodi, their High School has been closed for at least today.

Authorities from Columbia, Dane and Sauk counties have implicated five people in a spate of rural home and car burglaries over the last several months.

WMTV NBC15 and Hometown News Group announce a new partnership. The two media organizations will be working together to share news stories, video and pictures.

Described as one of the best openings ever, the first day of the outdoor Dane County Farmers'' Market on Saturday drew as many as 12,000 people, an unexpected surge that had many of the 100 vendors packing up early, their tables empty of produce, plants, baked goods and other homemade and locally grown products.

A debate over returning fluoride to the Poynette water system to prevent tooth decay seemed to be settled in a referendum last week.

The water here will remain without fluoride. Despite voters favoring by more than a 2-to-1 margin in last week's election putting fluoride back in the water, the Poynette Village Board voted 3-2 on Monday to keep fluoride out of municipal drinking water.

A village board member who died of a heart attack on Sunday defeated a living opponent and was re-elected Tuesday.

On Sunday Gary Guitzkow of Poynette died after suffering a massive heart attack.

Poynette School District athletic teams no longer will be known as the Indians starting next year.

Poison in the water? Let's talk Some want to rethink Madison Water Utilitya s fluoridation policy Bill Lueders on Thursday 03/19/2009 , "From our perspective," says Heikkinen, "this is a public policy decision that should be made by elected officials." Bruce Rideout was expecting a different reaction.

An Internet watch seller in Poynette has lost his brief federal court battle with Swiss watchmaker Rolex over his Web site, which sold cheap knockoff watches.

Karen Chelcun Schreiber, 51, left, of Madison, had her stomach removed in September because her family carries a genetic mutation that puts them at high risk for stomach cancer, which killed her mother and ...

Residents in one southern Wisconsin village will get a chance to weigh in on whether fluoride should be added to the public water supply.

One of two men accused of cutting off catalytic converters from vehicles in the Madison area was put on probation Thursday for five years, but could have that sentence reduced to two years if he makes ...

Just a day after learning that Spc. Daniel Thompson was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, Lisa Thompson finds comfort and strength in her husband, Bob, and Maria Steinke, Daniel's girlfriend.

Lois J. Webster, 79, died Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009, at Saint Joseph's Hospital. A private family service will be held on Saturday, March 28, 2009.

Could Amos Mortier have been murdered and fed to pigs? A story published in Thursday's Isthmus, citing federal grand jury testimony related to Mortier's disappearance on Nov.