Vernon County News

Wea re in the middle of the deer bow hunting season right now. Some hunters have donated their deer to local meat packaging plants to they can be processed and given to local food pantries.

A man has life threatening injuries after he was thrown from the tractor he was driving.

A seven-point buck was killed when it rammed a 640-pound concrete statue of an elk in the backyard of Mark and Carol Brye's home in rural Viroqua, Wisconsin.

An Elroy man is seriously injured when a car hits the tractor he was driving Tuesday afternoon according to the Vernon County Sheriff's Department.

A love-struck buck ran out of luck a week ago. The seven-point buck was killed when it rammed a 640-pound concrete statue of an elk in the backyard of Mark and Carol Brye's home in rural Viroqua, Wis.

Eight adults and one juvenile are arrested for their roles in the burglary of a La Farge grocery store.

A one car accident lands two Viroqua people in the hospital. According to Vernon County Sheriff Gene Cary, the accident happened Friday evening around 6:45pm in the Town of Jefferson on Norwegian Hollow Road.

Authorities are searching for the person who robbed a Stoddard bank Friday morning.

Deputies are investigating another bank robbery, this time in Vernon County. The Sheriff's Department says someone robbed the River Bank in Stoddard Friday.

On October 14, 2009, the Sauk County Sheriffa s Office and the Vernon County Sheriffa s Department recovered three pieces of stolen heavy equipment with the assistance of the Wisconsin State Patrol.

A suspect in a string of Vernon County burglaries was arrested Wednesday night after authorities said he crashed his new car full of guns, a homemade ski mask and bank-deposit bags while doing 133 mph with the lights off.

There will be a change in leadership at the Wisconsin Farmers Union office this week.

Josey Brockway, age 18, of Prairie du Chien was injured after an accident on Highway 35 near Genoa.

A man is in the hospital after a motorcycle crash in Vernon County. The crash occurred near the town of Desoto just after 1:00 Saturday afternoon.

Two people are homeless after a fire in Vernon County. The Vernon county sheriff says the fire occurred after 1 o-clock this morning in the town of sterling, west of Viroqua.

Two people are taken to the hospital after a two car crash in Coon Valley Friday.

A 51-year-old man was killed after he crashed his SUV into the rear of a stopped school bus in Vernon County.

A 51-year-old man was killed after he crashed his SUV into the rear of a stopped school bus in Vernon County.

Deputies say 60-year-old Ronald Uhe of Readstown was mowing when the tractor hit a stump causing it to overturn Font Size: A Vernon County man was flown to the hospital after a tractor rolled over on him.

Investigators say they arrested a man who they believe broke into 30 homes around the area.