Rio News

Even though Bob Breneman had about 25 people trailing after him, Breneman's cows saw him walking down the lane and ran up to him.

Christmas Tree Farms in the Madison, Wisconsin and surrounding area. Provided in each Christmas Tree Farm listing is the farm location, contact info, and whether the farm offers choose and cut your own Christmas Trees and/or fresh pre-cut Christmas Trees.

Columbia County officials aren't the only ones in south-central Wisconsin scratching their heads about the implications of a new state law designed to save farmland.

She said she hasn't touched alcohol or driven a vehicle since May 2008, but she still has a debt to pay for the night that could have ended in disaster.

The Adams County Sheriff's Department announced this morning that it has solved two thefts in the town of Leola involving about $13,000 in property.

Stephen P. Sinnott, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Kari Dorn, 44, of Rio, Wis., was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Barbara B. Crabb to one day of incarceration, followed by three years of supervised release, for bank embezzlement.

LuVerne R. Flamme, age 86, died on Thursday, Aug 20, 2009 at the Sun Prairie Health Care Center.

On Aug. 15, her friends from the Silver Springs Campsites in Rio held a benefit to raise money for Katie Maly's traveling and doctor expenses while going to New York for a procedure.

The rural Rio man involved in a fatal head-on collision early Friday faces a drunken driving charge but not a homicide charge following an appearance in court.

Authorities arrested a Rio driver on suspicion of drunken driving after a wreck Friday in Columbia County killed the driver of another vehicle.

A 69-year-old Rio man was arrested early Friday morning on a tentative charge of negligent homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle after a crash that killed a rural Columbus man.

Edward M. Krivacek, D.V.M., age 94, long- time resident of Two Rivers, passed away peacefully Saturday morning, July 4, 2009, at Columbia Health Care Center in Wyocena.

Privately owned campground located just 30 miles from Madison and Wisconsin Dells.

Authorities are warning Columbia County residents about two men who they say are attempting to enter occupied homes under false pretenses.

The Rio Creek Fly-In and Hangar Dance will be from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 4, at the Rio Creek Airport.

On Wednesday June 17, 2009 at approximately 8:18 AM the Columbia County Sheriffa TMs Office received a report of a motor vehicle crash between a school bus and passenger car.

Two students on a school bus and the driver of a car were slightly injured Wednesday morning in a crash near Rio in Columbia County.