Sparta News

Lake States Lumber Supplies Pre-cut Stock, Has Grown Thanks to Value-Added Products Midwestern lumber company grows through value-added products and offering mixed loads as well as less-than-truckload deliveries By Tim Cox, Date Posted: 6/1/2012 SPARTA, Wisconsin-Lake States Lumber Co.

Unrest in Egypt has placed his family on edge, but traveling to Sinai for some sightseeing was just another globetrotting getaway for Jon Szaflarski until he was kidnapped Wednesday with his friend, Brandon.

SPARTA, Wisconsin ----- "You know how they say how a freight train sounds? It didn't sound like that....not at all." Danika Kast was within 3 feet of a tornado before it veered off in another direction.

A pair of tornadoes hit Monroe county the evening of May 22, 2011. One tore through Sparta, while the other touched down just north of Tomah and was on the ground for nearly an hour tearing through three counties.

Sparta, Wisconsin - Sixth graders at Sparta Meadowview Middle School had a visit from the La Crosse Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol Tuesday.

The Emerald Ash Borer has already been found in six of our local counties, but Monroe County is not one of those.

The tornado touched down near Rockland and made its way through the southern part of Sparta.

That's the question in Sparta after nearly 30 signs supporting Walker were vandalized and left on Sparta High School's front lawn.

SPARTA, Wisconsin - The name of the suspect in an arson fire in the Monroe County Town of Byron is released Tuesday.

Sparta, WI -- Charges today against one of the two Sparta men arrested after police searched their homes on Wolcott Street.

A Sparta man is arrested for his 4th OWI after crashing a go-cart into an SUV early Thursday morning.

Berkeley, a male Collie who is approximately one-year old, went missing on April 4th of this year.A But now, his legal owner knows exactly where her dog is, the MN WI Collie Rescue .A When Berkeley's owner first learned of her dog's location, she was told she would have to pay a fee before the rescue would release Berkeley.A Since its initial ... (more)

The accident happened Wednesday morning at about 9:15 a.m. at the intersection of Water and Wisconsin Streets in Sparta.

Quite the showing Friday in Sparta.......as 8 local policing agencies served search warrants on two Sparta homes on Wolcott Street.

Two people are arrested in Sparta during a raid by local and federal authorities, including La Crosse County's BearCat armored vehicle.