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(2008/07/03)
An eight-inch diameter sewer main collapsed Friday morning, resulting in the closure of Hwy. 16 in the city limits.
(2008/07/03)
The Shrine Circus returned to Tomah for the 11th year at Recreation Park on Thursday. The event brings smiles to the faces of many kids and also helps to fund the Shrine Hospitals.
(2008/07/03)
As the fourth of July approaches and fireworks sales heat up, it can be easy to forget that many fireworks are illegal. Even ones that can be purchased locally.
(2008/07/03)
Tim Hundt and Matt Johnson Damage caused by floods that took place on June 7-8 in Vernon County could wind up topping $75 million, according to Vernon County Emergency Management Director Jerry Crotsenberg.
(2008/06/29)
The Tomah School District doesn’t face immediate danger of sanctions because one of its schools didn’t meet “adequate yearly progress” under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
(2008/06/29)
The City of Tomah Lake Committee approved a management plan for Lake Tomah on Tuesday with a few revisions.
(2008/06/29)
Attendance was slightly down for the 33rd Annual Budweiser Dairyland Super National Truck and Tractor Pull last weekend, but not enough to discourage members of the Monroe County Agricultural Society.
(2008/06/29)
SPARTA - A Monroe County man was listed in critical condition at a Rochester, Minn., hospital Wednesday after being shot Monday evening at a Sparta area home.
(2008/06/29)
The Monroe County Board took care of several housekeeping issues on Wednesday in the Monroe County Board Room in the County Courthouse Annex.
(2008/06/29)
The Monroe County Solid Waste Committee narrowed the field of candidates for the county’s Solid Waste Manager position to five on Wednesday.
(2008/06/25)
When James Bialecki decided not to seek a third term as Mayor of Onalaska this spring, he felt that he could have. Onalaska had grown while he was mayor, and he felt things were going well in City Hall. That, he said, is why he decided to step aside.
(2008/06/25)
The Tomah School District’s Four-Year-Old Kindergarten Ad Hoc Committee is winding down with the first phase of its tasks, committee co-chair Rick Murray told the School Board Thursday.
(2008/06/25)
Attendance was down slightly for the first two days of the Wisconsin Dairyland Super National Tractor Pull in Tomah, but there were still plenty of fans to keep volunteers busy in the Tomah Gridiron Club’s food & beverage both.
(2008/06/25)
It will be a light agenda when the Monroe County Board meets on Wednesday in the County Board meeting room in the Monroe County Courthouse Annex.
(2008/06/25)
Tom Chambers has always been someone who likes to take on challenging projects, and he said he hopes to take on more when he makes the transition from assistant principal to principal at Black River Falls High School this fall. Chambers is a former Tomah High School assistant principal.
(2008/06/22)
The National Tractor Pullers Association (NTPA) and the Monroe County Agricultural Society will host the 33rd Annual Budweiser Dairyland Super National Truck and Tractor Pull this weekend at Recreation Park.
(2008/06/22)
Severe storms that swept through Wisconsin nearly two weeks ago caused little damage in the Tomah area. Areas in southern Monroe County and much of western Wisconsin were not so lucky.
(2008/06/22)
Amtrak service has been temporarily suspended between Chicago and St. Paul, Minn., because of flooding.
(2008/06/22)
The Tomah School District may have lost two recent lawsuits, but the out-of-pocket expense to the district is only $4,000.
(2008/06/22)
A rural Ontario man died from injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident on Hwy. 131 in the town of Whitestown on Friday.
(2008/06/22)
Two people were injured in a two-vehicle crash on Monday east of Tomah.
(2008/06/18)
The former mayors of Onalaska and Menasha, a Fort McCoy official and the administrator of a village in Columbia County are the four finalists for Tomah City Administrator.
(2008/06/18)
An increase in drug related arrests in Tomah over the past several weeks does not necessarily indicate an increase in drug use in the city, Tomah Police Chief Wes Revels said. It also does not point to a surge of drug investigations. For Revels and the Tomah Police Department, the increase of drug related arrests has more to do with a number of factors, including good tips and the emphasis put on each individual investigation.
(2008/06/18)
When Curtis Miller was asked to run for state assembly by several in attendance where he spoke at a health care forum in 2006, he did it. For Miller, health care was a major issue, and he wanted to be a voice for the people free of political incentives.
(2008/06/18)
The Tomah Public Library is beginning its summer reading program today (Monday), which will run through the middle of August.
(2008/06/18)
A 32-year-old Burnsville, Minn., man remained in critical condition at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse, Friday, from injuries he sustained after being in an altercation while in custody at the Vernon County Jail in Viroqua, Sunday.
(2008/06/13)
The Tomah area saw heavy weekend rains and thunderstorms on Saturday, causing high water in Lake Tomah, several cases of water in people’s basements and some local trail flooding. But it could have been worse.
(2008/06/13)
Warrens residents and visitors to the nearby Three Bears Resort and Jellystone Park will have a new healthcare option for treatment of minor illnesses and injuries beginning June 16.
(2008/06/13)
Ed Thompson and Dan Hellman have renewed a political alliance.
(2008/06/13)
Oil and gas prices were a main concern for several people who attended U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold’s Monroe County Listening Session at the Western Technical College Tomah Campus on Sunday.
(2008/06/13)
It was the first regular City Council meeting for Mayor Ed Thompson since 2002 on Tuesday night. It was the last one for City Administrator and former mayor John Rusch.
(2008/06/10)
The Tomah area got a soaking over the weekend but missed the worst of the rough weather that swept through west-Central Wisconsin.
(2008/06/10)
The Tomah Welding and Steele Supply building may have to be rebuilt after a fire on Friday.
(2008/06/10)
The Tomah Police Department arrested two men on Thursday for possession of crack cocaine.
(2008/06/10)
The Tomah City Council will hear initial appointments for the newly formed City Ethics Board at its monthly meeting on Tuesday.
(2008/06/10)
The Tomah Family Aquatic Center opened for the summer on Saturday.
(2008/06/05)
Ronald and Don Tralmer are inching closer to a deal with their insurance company and hope to soon be able to rebuild the Tralmer Building, which suffered a partial roof collapse from snowfalls in December.
(2008/06/05)
A Tomah High School student was taken into custody by the Tomah Police Department after a drug investigation on school grounds Monday.
(2008/06/05)
Construction of the new Police Building has moved inside.
(2008/06/05)
VIROQUA The Vernon County Board voted Tuesday to restore Jersey Valley Lake, which was closed and drained after a manure spill in 2005.
(2008/06/05)
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture had crop-dusting planes spraying in the area again on Tuesday for gypsy moths.
(2008/06/04)
Authorities searching a suspected drug house in Tomah ended up with two arrests when another man showed up with a marijuana delivery, police said Thursday.
(2008/06/04)
A competency hearing was rescheduled and the request to modify bond for Tammy Lewis was denied Tuesday morning during an appearance in Juneau County Circuit Court.
(2008/06/04)
U.S. Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) announced Friday that Fort McCoy will receive $13 million to update its barracks and supporting facilities to improve living conditions on the base. The funding comes on the heels of the release of $248 million the Army recently made available to fix troubled barracks after an examination of the deplorable living conditions at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
(2008/06/04)
ONTARIO - Two Ontario men are being treated at a Minneapolis hospital for exposure to carbon monoxide, according to the Vernon County Sheriff’s Department.
(2008/06/01)
The concept of 4-year-old kindergarten has won the enthusiastic support of a Tomah School Board committee that is studying the issue.
(2008/06/01)
Monroe County residents may have noticed some aerial annoyances on Wednesday.
(2008/06/01)
The first regular meeting of the reorganized Monroe County Board was fairly uneventful on Wednesday.
(2008/06/01)
The Cranberry Express gas station at Jellystone Park in Warrens was denied a liquor license by the Warrens Village Board last week.
(2008/06/01)
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department identified Brian L. Ashwell, 22, of Tomah, as the man killed in a Sunday motorcycle crash in the town of Adrian.
(2008/06/01)
SPARTA Authorities still need toxicology test results on a Sparta man who died Christmas Eve after an altercation at a bar before deciding whether to seek criminal charges in the case.
(2008/05/28)
David J. Potter, of Warrens, had his initial court appearance on May 19 for his alleged role in the burning of a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) fire observation tower in June of 2007.
(2008/05/28)
Twenty-seven thousand Wisconsin soldiers have died in battle since the state’s founding in 1848, but Lt. Col. Brendan Smith said “the numbers reveal no flesh, no blood, no faces.” So, he told the story of Army National Guard Staff Sergeant Todd D. Olson, who died while fighting in Iraq.
(2008/05/28)
The American Cancer Society will be celebrating life at the 10th Annual Relay for Life in Tomah on June 13-14, as well as the event’s anniversary.
(2008/05/28)
The Monroe County Board will tend to several housekeeping issues on Wednesday at the County Board Meeting Room in the Monroe County Courthouse Annex. The meeting will be the first regular County Board meeting to begin at the new starting time of 4 p.m.
(2008/05/28)
A couple and their young son from the town of Franklin in Jackson County were injured in an accident Friday morning near Kansas City that killed a Tomah man and his son.
(2008/05/26)
Monroe County could be breaking ground for a new Justice Center as early as late winter or early spring in 2009, according to Thomas Poweleit of Venture Architects.
(2008/05/26)
GRANDVIEW, Mo. A Tomah, man and his four-month-old son were killed when they van they were riding in crashed in a Kansas City, Mo., suburb Friday morning.
(2008/05/26)
MADISON After 24 years in the Assembly, State Rep. Terry Musser, R-Black River Falls, will not seek re-election this fall.
(2008/05/26)
U.S. Senator Russ Feingold will hold a listening session in Tomah Sunday, June 8. His Monroe County listening session will be held at 3:30 p.m. in the Community Room at the Western Technical College n Tomah Campus, 120 E. Milwaukee St. The meeting will last up to an hour.
(2008/05/26)
The Camp Douglas National Guard unit will brief community/employers Tuesday, May 27, about its expected mobilization as part of the 32nd Brigade’s 2009 deployment to Iraq.
(2008/05/26)
SPARTA Authorities identified Mark A. Chapin, 31, of Fort Atkinson, as the man hit Monday night by a Monroe County Sheriff’s deputy while walking on a highway, according to the Wisconsin State Patrol.
(2008/05/21)
The search for a new City Administrator has been narrowed down to eight individuals.
(2008/05/21)
The 28th Annual Monroe County Dairy Breakfast will be held just north of Tomah at Dreier’s DairyAir.
(2008/05/21)
Gas prices have soared in the Tomah area and around the United States in 2008, and with speculation of $4 per gallon this summer, there is no relief in sight for Wisconsin motorists.
(2008/05/21)
New competition tennis courts at LaGrange Elementary School took another step forward Thursday.
(2008/05/21)
Detectives say money was spent from a joint account of a 90-year-old woman who was found decomposing in a Necedah residence bathroom.
(2008/05/21)
The Monroe County Child Support Agency is one of 11 such agencies in Wisconsin to receive a Certificate of Outstanding Achievement for 2007 from the Department of Workforce Development in Madison.
(2008/05/18)
The Tomah City Council took care of several items on Tuesday at its first regular meeting since reorganizing after the April elections.
(2008/05/18)
BLACK RIVER FALLS The race for the 92nd Assembly seat in November looks like it could be an active one.
(2008/05/18)
The Tomah Fire Department responded to two fires this week that Fire Chief Kevin Decorah said could have been worse.
(2008/05/18)
Lieutenant Mark Nicholson of the Tomah Police Department will be giving a presentation at the Kupper-Ratsch Senior Center on Friday on the dangers and warning signs of scams and frauds.
(2008/05/18)
Two adults were transported to Tomah Memorial Hospital early Monday with non-life threatening injuries after their semi rolled over on Interstate 90 about 5 a.m. near Tomah.
(2008/05/18)
MAUSTON A Tomah, Wis., man who pleaded no contest last month to reckless homicide charges in the March 2007 shooting deaths of two people in rural Juneau County now claims he is not guilty.
(2008/05/14)
The Tomah School Board Facilities Committee reviewed two proposals for construction of new tennis courts on Wednesday and learned of a third proposal.
(2008/05/14)
A long-time veteran of the state Assembly won’t seek re-election this fall.
(2008/05/14)
The Tomah City Council will meet Tuesday in the council chambers.
(2008/05/14)
NECEDAH Two people have been charged after a Juneau County sheriff’s deputy found a family living in a home with the body of a 90-year-old woman decomposing on the bathroom toilet.
(2008/05/11)
FORT MCCOY The issue of soldier housing has become an issue on military bases across the United States after a YouTube video and national news coverage of substandard barracks conditions at Fort Bragg, NC, surfaced last week. On Monday, Fort McCoy held a tour of its soldier housing facilities for area members of the media in the hope of assuring citizens that Fort McCoy’s housing situation differs from that of Fort Bragg.
(2008/05/11)
Tomah Superintendent Bob Fasbender said there was less than a “50-50 chance” that the school district would prevail in a lawsuit over a classroom policy that bans religious art.
(2008/05/11)
(The following is a sample of e-mails sent to the Tomah School District over the controversy concerning a classroom grading policy that prohibits religious art. Some e-mails provided by the district are not included due to vulgarity or bad taste.)
(2008/05/11)
MADISON Federal jurors needed about 3½ hours Tuesday to find an Indonesian man guilty of attempting to buy 100 rifle scopes to export without a license.
(2008/05/11)
LODI, Wis. Flying airplanes was a family tradition and a vocation, so Robert L. Kazmierczak was in what was normally a friendly and familiar element Monday afternoon as he crop-dusted nitrogen on a wheat field 2 miles north of New Lisbon in Juneau County.
(2008/05/05)
MADISON The Tomah Area School District agreed Thursday to drop restrictions against the use of religious symbols in student artwork to settle a First Amendment lawsuit brought last month in federal court on behalf of a high school student.
(2008/05/05)
The City of Tomah Parks and Recreation Department addressed a proposed long-term lease with the Monroe County Agricultural Society (MCAS) for Recreation Park on April 28. While some progress was made, an agreement has not been reached that would put the lease into effect.
(2008/05/05)
The Tomah School District was grateful to the Tomah Boys & Girls Club for providing the space that housed the Milwaukee Street Academy, but the facility had its limits. It was too small, had no windows and was housed apart from the rest of the school district.
(2008/05/05)
Rahim Hamilton, 33, of Chicago and Gary, Ind., was sentenced to six years in prison and three years of extended supervision on Wednesday by Monroe County Circuit Court Judge Michael Rosborough for his role in a conspiracy to deliver crack cocaine case from 2006.
(2008/05/05)
SPARTA A Madison woman who once was on a state juvenile justice commission was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison on a pair of drug crimes.
(2008/05/04)
When it comes to lakes, Tomah isn’t alone. That’s what Tomah Lake Committee members Joe McDaniel and Hal Burnham discovered at the 30th annual Wisconsin Lakes Convention meeting April 17-19 in Green Bay. While every Wisconsin lake has its unique portfolio of problems and challenges, McDaniel and Burnham heard many of the same themes during the conference.
(2008/05/04)
Construction of a walk-in healthcare clinic in Warrens continues on schedule.
(2008/05/04)
Dave Stutzman is the new president of the Tomah School Board.
(2008/05/04)
The Tomah Rotary Club will be hosting a Youth Exchange Student for a year.
(2008/05/04)
Workforce Connections held its 8th Annual Job Fair on Wednesday in a brand new location.
(2008/05/04)
BLACK RIVER FALLS State charges will be filed this week against four teens arrested in a string of rural Jackson County mailbox bombs, but the group will not face federal prosecution.
(2008/04/29)
FORT MCCOY A proposal to build a hotel, recreation and storage center for troops at Fort McCoy may be dead because of opposition from one of the base’s neighboring cities.
(2008/04/29)
One of the features of the Tomah School District’s Child Development Day is the “stepping buckets.” Youngsters cross something that looks like a foot bridge and walk on a series of six buckets (it’s like walking across a stream over a series of exposed rocks). It’s one of the play stations that measures a child’s motor skills. One girl continued to walk on the stepping buckets long after proficiency had been established.
(2008/04/29)
Republican Paul Stark, an Eau Claire homebuilder, formally announced plans Thursday to challenge U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-La Crosse.
(2008/04/29)
To culminate this very active initial year, the Monroe County Housing Coalition is planning to celebrate its first anniversary at a special meeting set for Wednesday, April 30, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the First Congregational Church in it’s Fellowship Hall, located at 115 W. La Crosse Street, in Tomah.
(2008/04/27)
It has been nearly four years in the making, but Grammy Award winning composer Bill Miller has nearly completed a defining project that will delve into his personal life conflicts and difficulties within his heritage. The project will also represent reconciliation and overcoming a difficult past, and he shared that message with a group of art students at Tomah High School on Monday.
(2008/04/27)
Public Works Director Ken Patterson has worked for the City of Tomah for 23 years, and he said that this summer’s street construction will be fairly light compared to years past. But there are still several projects in store, including an ongoing project on Clifton Street.
(2008/04/27)
In December, local Boy Scouts of America troops were hoping to raise funds to restore the Scout Cabin in Buckley Park. Those plans have changed.
(2008/04/27)
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a burglary that occurred at the Outskirts Tavern near Cataract in the four corners area on Dec. 10, 2007.
(2008/04/27)
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will seek to penalize a Monroe County farmer for a manure spill last fall that killed thousands of trout in a La Crosse County waterway.
(2008/04/23)
WARRENS The Tomah School Board heard a plea for new tennis courts during an otherwise light regular monthly board meeting Thursday at Warrens Elementary School.
(2008/04/23)
SPARTA A former Monroe County Jail supervisor accused of having sexual contact with a mentally ill female inmate in 2002 will spend 18 months in prison.
(2008/04/23)
In Monroe County, over 1,900 people were victims of crime in 2007. On Thursday, Monroe County recognized crime victims as a part of its National Crime Victims’ Rights Week recognition.
(2008/04/23)
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department is seeking information regarding improvised explosive devices that have been placed in area mailboxes over the past year, and they are hoping members of the public who may have information can be a help in the case.
(2008/04/23)
The Wisconsin Legislative Bureau recently published a report that gave report cards for Wisconsin’s libraries. The Tomah Public Library received a moderate rating.
(2008/04/23)
The swearing in of Tomah elected officials took place Tuesday, April 15, prior to the city council meeting.
(2008/04/21)
The Wisconsin Legislative Bureau recently published a report that gave report cards for Wisconsin’s libraries. The Tomah Public Library received a moderate rating.
(2008/04/20)
Representatives of four organizations interested in Tomah’s future met with the newly re-organized Tomah Common Council Tuesday evening. During the 40-minute session the importance of a planning for economic development was stressed by several speakers.
(2008/04/20)
Feeding deer and Managed Forest Lands were the two hot topics at the Wisconsin Conservation Congress annual meeting in Sparta Monday.
(2008/04/20)
The Monroe County Board swore-in six new members Tuesday, but the positions of chair and vice chair remained the same.
(2008/04/20)
The Tomah Fire Department was called to the Toro facility around 8 a.m. Monday for a report of smoke in the building.
(2008/04/20)
Tomah has a new dining option starting this Sunday, April 20. The Break Room Sports Bar & Grill, 1123 Superior Ave., will be opening its doors for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
(2008/04/20)
A series of health screenings at Sparta High School was halted Tuesday amid complaints it was a precursor to drug testing and done without parental notification.
(2008/04/16)
The Tomah City Council Reorganizational Meeting will be held on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m., and several changes to the council will begin a new chapter in Tomah City government.
(2008/04/16)
A discussion of coaching positions for the 2008-09 school year will lead the Tomah School Board agenda Thursday.
(2008/04/16)
This week is National Library Week, and the Tomah Public Library has several events planned to celebrate.
(2008/04/16)
Recently the Wisconsin Student Immunization law was changed and will affect children in day care centers and school grades kindergarten, 6th, 9th and 12th. The change will go into effect this fall with the beginning of the 2008-09 school year. The law has also been amended to require vaccine providers to share immunization information between themselves and with schools or day care centers without written or verbal permission from the student’s parents or the students.
(2008/04/13)
The Tomah City Council passed an ambulance fee increase on Tuesday, but not before recognizing the outgoing council members and mayor.
(2008/04/13)
MADISON Barely a year after Monroe County’s insurer agreed to pay up to $13.1 million to settle allegations that a jailer sexually abused an inmate, a second suit has been filed in federal court alleging the same jailer sexually abused another psychology frail inmate.
(2008/04/13)
Monroe County sportsmen will consider two locally introduced resolutions on the muzzleloader deer season Monday during the Wisconsin Conservation Congress hearings.
(2008/04/13)
The Log Home Council President’s Tour made a stop in Mather on Tuesday. Three busloads of council members visited Meadow Valley Log Homes as part of a tour of Wisconsin log home businesses.
(2008/04/13)
MAUSTON A Tomah man pleaded no contest Monday to reckless homicide charges in the March 2007 fatal shooting of two people in rural northwest Juneau County.
(2008/04/09)
Tuesday will be the last City Council meeting for council members Gerald Koeck and Pam Buchda, as well as Mayor Chuck Ludeking.
(2008/04/09)
Winter has moved into spring, and Monroe County has several road construction projects in the works for this summer.
(2008/04/09)
Colonel David E. Chessertook over for out-going commander Colonel Derek J. Sentinella on Thursday at a Change of Command ceremony at the Rumpel Fitness Center fieldhouse on post at Fort McCoy. Prior to assuming command of the Fort McCoy Garrison, Colonel Chesser served as the Deputy Commander for Readiness at the United States Army Reserve 88th Regional Readiness Command from June 30, 2006 to March 23, 2008. He received his commission in Infantry from Appalachian State University in 1982, and has served around the world, including Germany, and Operation Iraqi Freedom II.
(2008/04/09)
As Congress tries to fix the Farm Bill so President Bush won’t veto it, some members are pushing cuts to conservation programs.
(2008/04/06)
School art A U.S. Supreme Court precedent from the 1960s will be used in the case of a Tomah High School senior who contends the school district denied his freedom of religious expression.
(2008/04/06)
After a six-year absence, Ed Thompson will occupy the Tomah mayor’s office again after defeating incumbent mayor Chuck Ludeking by nearly a 2-1 margin on Tuesday.
(2008/04/06)
There will be two new faces on the Tomah City Council.
(2008/04/06)
Tomah School Board members Debra Buswell and Joan Greendeer-Lee won re-election on Tuesday, but it was newcomer Judy Deming who dominated the six-person race for three open seats.
(2008/04/06)
Tomah City Administrator John Rusch plans to retire in July, but he had not planned to disappear from the local government scene. After Tuesday’s Monroe County Board election, he officially won’t be.
(2008/04/06)
A town of Franklin farmer has been ordered to pay a fine of $10,600 for failing to obtain a building permit before adding on to his house.
(2008/04/06)
Mayor of Tomah Ed Thompson 970 Chuck Ludeking 494 Tomah City Council Dist. 2 Ronald Olsen (i) 76 Dist. 4 Pete Peterson 119 Pam Buchda (i) 90 Dist. 6 Dennis Workman 102 Howard Nauman 95 Dist. 8 Joanne Westpfahl (i) 88 Larry Siekert 65 Monroe County Board Dist. 1 Carol Las (i) 119 Dist. 2 Nodji VanWychen (i) 194 Dist. 3 Harv Simmons 133 Carl Anderson (i) 56 Dist. 4 Cedric Schnitzler (i) 119 Dist. 5 Teresa Pierce (i) 166 Dist. 6 Kyle Gibbens 105 Ed Miller (i) 75 Dist. 7 Robert Retzlaff (i) 100 Dist. 8 Rick Irwin 151 Dist. 9 Mary J. Cook (write-in) 46 Dist. 10 Simon Wells (i) 164 Dist. 11 Carrol Wallerman 180 Steven Krueger 125 Dist. 12 James Kuhn (i) 196 Dist. 13 Dennis Hubbard (i) 118 Dist. 14 Julie Radke (i) 235 Dist. 15 Keith Kenyon (i) 119 Dist. 16 Jim Shilling (i) 146 Dist. 17 Bruce Humphrey (i) 79 Dist. 18 Charles Schwarz (i) 163 Dist. 19 Chuck Bluske (i) 131 Dist. 20 Robert Helming (i) 134 Dist. 21 Pete Peterson (i) 232 Dist. 22 John Rusch 205 Richard Yarrington (i) 125 Dist. 23 Ed Westphal (i) 212 Dist. 24 James Rice (i) 311 Tomah School Board (top-three win seats) *Judy Deming 1,835 *Debra Buswell (i) 1,307 *Joan Greendeer-Lee (i) 1,160 Darren Price 1,127 Brian Moravec 894 Todd Stark 816 Municipal Judge Tom Flock (i) 1,320 State Supreme Court (93 precincts reporting) Michael Gableman 400,310 (51%) Louis Butler (i) 379,556 (49%) *Tomah City results Louis Butler 677 Michael Gableman 641
(2008/04/02)
Election day is Tuesday, and the ballot will be dominated by local races.
(2008/04/02)
A building committee to plan for the construction of and repayment for the new Justice Center won’t be formed for at least another month.
(2008/04/02)
Selchuk Akgul, a Muslim Fulbright Scholar from Turkey visited Tomah on Wednesday.
(2008/04/02)
A 73-year-old Mauston man has been charged with two felony counts of first degree sexual assault of a child and child enticement after allegedly assaulting a five-year-old girl.
(2008/03/28)
A resolution to extend the two-year trial management of the Monroe County Solid Waste Management Department by the Highway Department was passed by the Monroe County Board on Wednesday, but not without opposition.
(2008/03/28)
Candidates for the Tomah School Board offered diverse backgrounds but little in the way of sharp differences during a school board forum Wednesday night at Tomah High School.
(2008/03/28)
Ed Thompson decided to run against mayor Chuck Ludeking because he feels that he would be a healthy change for the City of Tomah. Change, however, is something that Ludeking does not think Tomah needs right now. On Tuesday, voters will decide who will be Tomah’s mayor for the next two years.
(2008/03/28)
A former Sparta man was sentenced in Monroe County Court on Tuesday for a conviction of incest.
(2008/03/28)
More than 160 delegates have registered for the 3rd Congessional District Convention to be held in Sparta on Saturday, March 29, at Jake’s Northwoods, 1132 Angelo Road, according to Steven Williams, Monroe County Democratic Party Chair.
(2008/03/28)
Construction on a 4,000 sq. ft. building that will house a walk-in clinic in the Monroe County village of Warrens is right on schedule, according to the head of Tomah Memorial Hospital.
(2008/03/26)
The plans for a new Justice Center are officially underway as the Monroe County Finance Committee met to discuss a plan for bonding repayment on Wednesday.
(2008/03/26)
The parents of a 7-year-old Tomah boy who nearly drowned in a motel swimming pool Sunday say they want the woman who was supposed to be watching him held accountable.
(2008/03/26)
The Monroe County Board has four contested races that will be decided on April 1. With Supervisor Robert Keller opting not to seek re-election, it has opened the door for Carrol Wallerman and Steve Krueger to seek the vacant seat. Supervisors Richard Yarrington and Ed Miller are each facing oposition as they try to retain their seats on the county board. Tomah City Administrator John Rusch has decided to challenge Yarrington, and Kyle Gibbens hopes to unseat Miller. With several major issues being debated in the county board, including the plan for a new Justice Center and board reorganization, the candidates have plenty to say.
(2008/03/26)
Training at Fort McCoy is moving into high gear with an upswing in mobilization training beginning this month and a number of exercises continuing the momentum through the rest of the fiscal year (FY).
(2008/03/23)
It’s highly unlikely that a proposed drawdown of Lake Tomah will occur in 2008.
(2008/03/23)
The candidates that spoke at the Campaign 2008 Candidates forum on Tuesday night shared several common concerns. Economic development and downtown issues were several issues that all candidates felt should be on the front burner of Tomah city government. When discussing how to go about reaching these goals, the candidates were less agreeable.
(2008/03/23)
The Tomah Police Department was called to the Holiday Inn on Sunday where a child had nearly drowned and was not responding. Officers arrived on the scene and were assisted by the Tomah Area Ambulance Service in administering medical treatment to the child.
(2008/03/23)
Monroe County officials have released the name of the man who died in a house fire Saturday in rural Tomah, Wis.
(2008/03/23)
The six candidates for Tomah School Board will appear at a Wednesday forum co-sponsored by the Tomah Journal and Tomah Education Association.
(2008/03/23)
SPARTA Century Foods International will buy the proposed 83.7-acre Sparta ethanol plant site from Coulee Area Renewable Energy LLC.
(2008/03/18)
One person died in an early morning residential fire in the town of LaGrange Saturday. The tri-level residence at 11369 Emerson Road is not far from LaGrange Elementary School. The victim was in a bedroom on the lower level of the home. Several other people in the residence escaped without injury.
(2008/03/18)
Police Chief Wes Revels met with several bar owners at the Western Technical College campus on Friday to discuss growing concerns with the night life in the downtown area.
(2008/03/18)
After years of wanting to, the Tomah Public Library now owns the property at 708 Superior Avenue, thanks to a little help from the City Council.
(2008/03/18)
A political forum featuring candidates for Tomah mayor, Tomah City Council and Monroe County Board will be held Tuesday at Western Technical College.
(2008/03/16)
Retiree health insurance will be gradually phased out for teachers in the Tomah School District.
(2008/03/16)
With the abolishment of the City of Tomah’s Community Development/Housing/Economic Development Director position, the City Council made it official how the duties of the newly defunct position will be distributed on Tuesday.
(2008/03/16)
With the bonding for a new Justice Center approved last month, the Monroe County Board Public Safety and Justice Committee got to work on putting together a plan for the project Wednesday.
(2008/03/16)
As winter begins to wind down in the Tomah area, several areas of sidewalk throughout the city have not been cleared of snow.
(2008/03/16)
Michael G. Coffin, 28, of Sparta, has been charged with two counts of stealing mail, while working as a contract employee of the U.S. Postal Service.
(2008/03/16)
The Tomah Fire Department responded to a call of a possible structure fire at 12:30 Tuesday morning. When they arrived at the scene, they found sights, smells and damage of a fire. The fire, however, had put itself out.
(2008/03/16)
The Friends of Oakdale have chosen the design for the postal cancellation and booster buttons. Jake Mlsna from the Robert Kupper Learning Center was the artist of the design featuring a log cabin and beautiful oak tree. Booster buttons are available at local Oakdale establishments and the Village of Oakdale Hall for $1.
(2008/03/16)
Monroe County Democrats elected a full slate of delegates Monday night at their March Membership Meeting held in Cashton.
(2008/03/16)
SPARTA An electrical fire damaged the attic and bathroom ceiling of a Sparta home Sunday evening, according to Sparta fire officials.
(2008/03/12)
The Tomah City Council will consider a change in the city’s 2008 position count by the abolishment of the Community Development/Housing/Economic Development Director position at its Committee of the Whole meeting today (Monday) and the City Council meeting on Tuesday.
(2008/03/12)
Ronald and Don Tralmer still plan to repair and sell the Tralmer Building after it was condemned following a partial roof collapse in December, but they have run into a few snags.
(2008/03/12)
A lake view property that is formerly the home of Lakeside Lodge Hotel and the Lakeside Restaurant is going to be auctioned this spring.
(2008/03/12)
Voters in the City of Tomah cast 2,010 votes during the spring primary elections held on Feb. 19.
(2008/03/12)
NECEDAH The Castle Rock Renewable Fuels ethanol plant in Necedah had its official grand opening Friday after 14 months of preparation.
(2008/03/12)
Monroe County has been chosen to receive $24,874 to supplement emergency food and shelter programs. A local board will determine how the $24,874 will be distributed. Any organizations interested in requesting funds must do so at or prior to meeting March 18. The meeting will be held at 4 p.m., at the Monroe County Housing Authority Community Room, 1108 W. Wisconsin St., Sparta.
(2008/03/09)
Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction Elizabeth Burmaster was the keynote speaker at Fort McCoy’s Women’s History Month observance on Tuesday.
(2008/03/09)
Nearly 30 students from the Milwaukee Street Academy got an up close and personal lesson on how to interview for jobs at the Wal-Mart Distribution Center on Feb. 29. Along with the lesson, the students also got to experience the real thing.
(2008/03/09)
The Tomah Fire Department was called to the scene of a small shed fire at a residence on the corner of Green Acres Ave. and N. Glendale Ave. on Tuesday.
(2008/03/09)
OAKDALE A Warrens man is hospitalized in La Crosse after a two-vehicle accident Monday afternoon on Interstate 90/94 near Oakdale.
(2008/03/09)
News that the Monroe County Board voted last week to borrow $30 million for a new county jail and justice center will have some impact in Vernon County, but perhaps not as much as the numbers might indicate.
(2008/03/09)
The head of hiring at Tomah Memorial Hospital says recruiting certain types of employees is becoming challenging for the local healthcare facility.
(2008/03/04)
The Tomah School District has lost $13,000 during the last two years over Medicaid reimbursement for special needs children.
(2008/03/04)
Shequalah Hatchett, 21, of Madison, was convicted by a Monroe jury of one count of felony conspiracy to deliver crack cocaine and one count of felony maintaining a drug trafficking place for activity that took place from March 2005 through June 2006.
(2008/03/04)
The Sparta Police Department has arrested three persons in connection with a series of armed robberies in the Sparta area. The three arrested, two males and a female, were taken into custody late Thursday night after officers responded to an armed robbery at Sparta Video, 218 W. Wisconsin Street.
(2008/03/04)
Exports and renewable energy are at the top of Rod Nilsestuen’s priority list these days.
(2008/03/04)
The Greater Tomah Area Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with the Rotary Club and Western Technical College, will host a Mayoral and City Council candidates forum on Tuesday, March 18. The forum will begin at 7 p.m. in the Community Room on the second floor at the Tomah Western Technical College campus at 901 Kilbourn Ave.
(2008/03/04)
Employees at Carlton Restaurant and Lounge received a scare on the afternoon of Feb. 25 when smoke filled the dining room at the restaurant located at 309 Superior Avenue. They were relieved when it was discovered that a faulty furnace, and not a fire, had been the cause of the smoke.
(2008/03/02)
SPARTA The Monroe County Board voted Wednesday to borrow $30 million for a new county jail and justice center, after nearly 20 years of debating overcrowding in the current facility.
(2008/03/02)
A resolution that would have authorized the creation of a Health and Family Services Board for Monroe County was defeated Wednesday at the Monroe County Board’s monthly meeting.
(2008/03/02)
Charges are expected to be filed against a nurse accused of stealing prescription painkillers from a nursing home.
(2008/03/02)
Mike Gableman believes that he has the experience to be a valuable member of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. He also believes that as he campaigns for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, he has a message that the people of Wisconsin will agree with.
(2008/03/02)
The Veterans Administration hospital in Tomah will start work sooner than planned on a project to relocate its psychiatric ward thanks to a federal boost in VA funding.
(2008/03/02)
VIROQUA A group of Viroqua residents have come to the aid of an Iraqi woman who was injured at Fort McCoy while participating in Army training exercises designed to simulate conditions in Iraq.
(2008/02/26)
Near record snow totals throughout the region so far this winter have kept city and county snow removal crews busy.
(2008/02/26)
The Monroe County Board will consider a resolution on Wednesday that would authorize borrowing for a new Justice Center. The resolution will also authorize providing for the issuance and sale of General Obligation County Bonds.
(2008/02/26)
Water quality was a major topic during the City of Tomah Lake Committee’s monthly meeting on Tuesday.
(2008/02/26)
SPARTA One person was killed and another seriously injured in separate Monroe County accidents Friday afternoon, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department.
(2008/02/24)
Ed Thompson dominated Tomah’s mayoral primary on Tuesday with 61 percent of the vote and a nearly 2-1 margin over Mayor Chuck Ludeking.
(2008/02/24)
Wisconsin fell behind Arizona Sen. John McCain’s march to the Republican presidential nomination, but Monroe County Republicans followed a different candidate.
(2008/02/24)
Two Tomah School Board incumbents advanced past Tuesday’s primary election, but it was a newcomer who won the highest number of votes.
(2008/02/24)
Mayor’s race *Ed Thompson 1191 (61%) *Chuck Ludeking 600 (31%) Wayne Kling 144 (7%) School Board *Judy Demming 2469 (21.7%) *Joan Greendeer-Lee 1797 (15.8%) *Deb Buswell 1787 (15.7%) *Darren Price 1331 (11.7%) *Brian Moravec 1189 (10.5%) *Todd Stark 1074 (9.5%) Wayne Kling 670 (5.9%) Nathan Graewin 546 (4.8%) James Brochu 473 (4.2%) *Advances to general election on Apr. 1. Presidential Primary Democratic Party City of Tomah results: Barack Obama 669 Hillary Clinton 643 State results: Obama 645,954 (58%) Clinton 452,757 (41%) Republican Party City of Tomah results: John McCain 329 Mike Huckabee 278 State results: McCain 224,189 (55%) Huckabee 151,181 (37%)
(2008/02/24)
A fire destroyed much of a farm repair shop on Tuesday morning at the residence of Robert and Rita Dreier on Ellsworth Road.
(2008/02/24)
SPARTA Canada geese in Sparta will be rounded up and killed this summer as part of a plan to manage what officials claim is a growing number of the birds fouling the city.
(2008/02/20)
Dianne and Leanne Greeno are breathing a sigh of relief today after spending a fearful day searching for their stepfather, Bernard J. Janusheske, who was reported missing on Wednesday night.
(2008/02/20)
About 200 Wisconsin National Guard soldiers in two units have been alerted for possible mobilization to Iraq or Afghanistan.
(2008/02/20)
The Tomah Ambulance Service saw a surge of calls in January. For Director Jody Allen, the 148 calls responded to in January was the highest monthly total she has seen in her 18 years with the service.
(2008/02/20)
Law enforcement agencies were urging drivers to stay off the road Sunday as much of the area was under a blizzard warning.
(2008/02/20)
The spring primary elections will be held on Tuesday, and the ballot in Tomah will feature three races.
(2008/02/20)
Bridge will be closed during construction The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WISDOT) Southwest Regional Office in La Crosse is announcing that work is beginning today (Monday), Feb. 18, on .24 miles of Co. PP from Cougar Drive to Woody Drive in Monroe County in the Village of Oakdale.
(2008/02/15)
The ballot for the mayor’s race will feature three men who have appeared on it before when Tomah voters head to the polls on Feb. 19.
(2008/02/15)
Despite cold and snow throughout much of the winter, the construction of the new Police Building is right on target, according to project supervisor Dick Kildahl.
(2008/02/15)
The Tomah City Council passed a final resolution awarding the sale of, and setting the terms of, the city’s General Obligation Promissory Notes for the funding of the new Police Building on Tuesday at its regular monthly meeting.
(2008/02/15)
The Sparta Police Department has located one of the suspects being sought in an armed robbery that occurred Sunday night at Casey’s General Store in Sparta.
(2008/02/15)
A 70-year-old man charged with robbing a Sauk City bank Feb. 6 may have successfully robbed a bank before and gotten away with it. He wasn’t as lucky, Wednesday.
(2008/02/15)
A Black River Falls man faces a felony charge in Jackson County Circuit Court for allegedly assaulting a seven-year-old girl.
(2008/02/11)
It will be a crowded ballot of Tomah School Board candidates when voters head to the polls Feb. 19.
(2008/02/11)
Barbara Daniells, 48, was sentenced Thursday by Monroe County Circuit Court Judge Michael J. McAlpine to a total of seven years in prison for embezzlement.
(2008/02/11)
The final resolution awarding the sale of, and setting the terms of, the City of Tomah’s General Obligation Promissory Notes for the funding of the new Police Building will take place at the City Council Meeting on Tuesday.
(2008/02/11)
SAUK CITY -- Police on Wednesday arrested a 70-year-old Camp Douglas man after a brazen, mid-afternoon bank robbery in Sauk City in the middle of a severe snowstorm.
(2008/02/10)
Tomah has a new Police Chief, and it was made official today (Thursday) as Wes Revels was sworn in in front of roughly 120 people at the Holiday Inn of Tomah.
(2008/02/10)
City of Tomah Community/Housing/Economic Development Director Tim Riggs will be retiring at the end of February.
(2008/02/10)
Several interested parents attended an information session held by The Wisconsin Connections Academy (WCA) on Tuesday at the Country Inn in Sparta.
(2008/02/10)
BLACK RIVER FALLS A judge has thrown out a criminal charge against the owner of Camp NCN near Black River Falls stemming from noise complaints last spring.
(2008/02/05)
SPARTA An investigation is under way into the death of a 26-year-old Monroe County Jail inmate found hanging in his cell Thursday in what appears to be the jail’s first suicide in 20 years.
(2008/02/05)
The American Transmission Company (ATC) shared its proposed plan for a new high voltage transmission line, that would run from Tomah to the Warrens area, on Thursday at the Ground Round.
(2008/02/05)
Julian Cervantes-Garcia, 29, a resident of Mexico, was sentenced to 60 months in prison by U.S. District Judge John C. Shabaz on Wednesday for illegally reentering the United States after having been previously deported.
(2008/02/05)
Tomah Police Captain Wes Revels will be officially sworn in as Chief of Police this week, and the public is invited to attend the swearing-in ceremony at the Holiday Inn of Tomah on Thursday at 10 a.m.
(2008/02/03)
A winter storm brought snow and high winds to Tomah on Tuesday, and a cold snap followed it on Wednesday with temperatures hovering around zero degrees, with wind chills of minus-30. In such frigid temperatures, many schools and businesses were affected.
(2008/02/03)
State Treasurer Dawn Marie Sass met with Monroe County residents in Sparta on Monday as part of a statewide courthouse tour.
(2008/02/03)
Alvin Tubbs, 25, of Chicago and Madison was sentenced to a total of 20 years in prison, Monroe County District Attorney Dan Cary announced Monday.
(2008/02/03)
A Sparta man was charged Monday with attempted first-degree intentional homicide in a weekend stabbing on the city’s west side.
(2008/02/03)
Monroe County recorded its first snowmobile fatality of 2008 and the second in the past month with the death of a Mauston man near Wilton early Sunday morning.
(2008/01/30)
A meeting of the City of Tomah Lake Committee on Tuesday saw a large crowd and more developments of a plan to drawdown Lake Tomah.
(2008/01/30)
A new waiting list policy got a nod of approval from the Monroe County Citizens’ Advisory and Long-Term Support Programs Committees on Thursday.
(2008/01/30)
The spring primary elections won’t feature any Monroe County Board races on the ballot.
(2008/01/30)
SPARTA Chicks and ducks and especially geese better scurry.
(2008/01/24)
Monroe County Personnel Director Ken Kittleson will keep his job, and the Personnel Department will remain intact after the County Board passed a resolution Wednesday that will rescind a previous resolution that would have terminated the department.
(2008/01/24)
Two proposals for possible bonding of a new Justice Center were introduced to the Monroe County Board on Wednesday.
(2008/01/24)
A Convention & Visitors Bureau for Warrens won’t step on anyone’s toes in Tomah.
(2008/01/24)
Snowy conditions and slippery roads led to a crash involving more than 20 vehicles and closing a portion of Interstate 94 near Black River Falls on Monday.
(2008/01/21)
The Monroe County Board will have a chance to put the issue of the reorganized Personnel Department to rest at its monthly meeting on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
(2008/01/21)
The snowmobile trails in Monroe County are open again after Thursday’s snowfall.
(2008/01/21)
The Wisconsin State Patrol Southwest Region is reporting 38 confirmed crashes on Thursday.
(2008/01/21)
Another snowfall in what has been a snowy winter so far dumped 3.8 inches of snow on the Tomah area on Thursday.
(2008/01/21)
Family, friends surprise Douglas Greengrass with re-issued Bronze Star
(2008/01/21)
If the past year is any indication, the future of Tomah Memorial Hospital is going to be one of “continued growth with endless possibilities”. That was the message shared to the public during the hospital’s annual meeting Jan. 15.
(2008/01/21)
Christmas Eve 2007 was a night of quiet celebration until the call came. Howard Schaller and Lori Larson received a call at his mother’s of a house fire on Destiny Avenue in Tomah. By the time they arrived back at their home, the Town of Lincoln Fire Department was putting out the blaze. The house had already lost its walls; one outbuilding and Lori’s car were also on fire. Alliant Energy was called to cut the power. The house that Howard grew up and raised his family in was gone.
(2008/01/20)
A candidate for Tomah mayor has caught up on his property taxes.
(2008/01/20)
Less than a week after a joint meeting of the Monroe County Administrative/Executive and Personnel Committees ended with no clear direction on the issue of reorganizing the Personnel Department, the Administrative/Executive Committee passed a motion to bring a new resolution before the county board that would rescind the previous reorganization plan.
(2008/01/20)
Slippery roads resulted in a one-car crash on Saturday night that injured three people.
(2008/01/14)
A former Monroe County sheriff’s deputy who once was second in command of the jail is now accused of having a sexual relationship with a female inmate under psychiatric care in 2002.
(2008/01/14)
If the plan for a new Justice Center comes before the Monroe County Board next month, Sheriff Dennis Pedersen won’t have a vote.
(2008/01/14)
Bob Janovick wants a new Justice Center in Monroe County. He thinks the county needs one.
(2008/01/14)
Quick thinking by a semi-truck driver may have averted a major fire incident in Tomah Wednesday.
(2008/01/10)
WARRENS The village of Warrens is likely to have a Convention & Visitors Bureau.
(2008/01/10)
Much of Tuesday’s Tomah City Council meeting involved the Tomah Police Department, with the council approving two changes that the police plan to use to make improvements in the department.
(2008/01/10)
A joint meeting of the Monroe County Administrative/Executive and Personnel Committees got a little heated Wednesday as they tackled the issue of a previous resolution that would reorganize the Personnel Department. Both committees left the meeting without a final answer on whether or not they would attempt to rescind or amend the resolution and send changes to the County Board for approval.
(2008/01/08)
When the Tomah City Council reconvenes at tonight’s Committee of the Whole meeting, it will hear a presentation by Phil Cosson of Ehlers and Associates regarding the financing for the construction of the new police building.
(2008/01/08)
When the Tralmer building was built in the 1920s, it was built to last. It was even rated as a bomb shelter in the 1960s. But on Dec. 26, the building was condemned after a portion of its roof succumbed to heavy snow and caved in.
(2008/01/08)
Tomah Family Resources will be offering a new program called Parent Connection.
(2008/01/06)
A 21-year veteran of the Tomah School Board isn’t seeking re-election, but there is no shortage of candidates willing to fill his seat.
(2008/01/06)
The Tomah mayor’s race is shaping up to be the most contested city race of the spring elections.
(2008/01/06)
Tomah’s own Budweiser Dairyland Super National Tractor Pull was voted the 2007 Super National Pull of the Year at the National Tractor Pullers Association (NTPA) year end awards banquet in Columbus, Ohio.
(2008/01/06)
LEON A 36-year-old Melvina man died Sunday after a snowmobile crash in Monroe County, making it the first snowmobiling fatality of the season in the region, officials said Wednesday.
(2007/12/31)
Two men have been arrested on charges in the death of a Tomah man who was beaten with a baseball bat in Green Bay.
(2007/12/31)
Tomah city government had to survive a battle over historic preservation to get a $3.2 million Tomah Police Station built on its preferred site.
(2007/12/31)
When Lora Lucka and her daughter-in-law heard what sounded like a plane engine running sporadically on the night of Dec. 20, they didn’t think it sounded right.
(2007/12/31)
Cardinal IG Tomah will host a blood drive on Monday, Jan.7 in partnership with BloodCenter of Wisconsin. It will take place in the Cardinal IG Training Room, located at 1620 Townline Road, from 1 to 6 p.m. To schedule an appointment, call Carie Ann Moake at 372-3300 ext. 120.
(2007/12/28)
Tomah’s building permit totals are up nearly 50 percent in 2007, but according to building inspector Shane Rolff, it is still hard to draw concrete conclusions from the numbers.
(2007/12/28)
Two Green Bay men are being sought in the death of a Tomah man.
(2007/12/28)
Despite a snowstorm that dumped nearly a foot of snow across Monroe County just two days before Christmas, the Monroe County Highway Department snowplow drivers got to enjoy the holiday, for the most part.
(2007/12/28)
TOWN OF BEAR BLUFF A Hartland, man has been identified as the pilot killed in a small plane crash Dec. 20 in a remote part of Jackson County.
(2007/12/24)
OAKDALE The Tomah School District is unlikely to have a 4-year-old kindergarten by next fall, but the idea hasn’t disappeared from the long-range radar screen.
(2007/12/24)
Western Technical College’s move into its new facility is nearly complete, and it should be open for business on Jan. 2, according to WTC Physical Plant Director Paul Albrecht.
(2007/12/24)
A management plan for Lake Tomah is on the way. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Lakes Coordinator Buzz Sorgi outlined a plan before the Tomah Lake Committee and Tomah citizens on Thursday. Sorgi discussed what the WDNR plans to look into over the coming months before the lake management plan is put into action.
(2007/12/23)
Ed Thompson will attempt to once again become Tomah’s mayor this spring, nearly six years after leaving the mayor’s office to run for Governor of Wisconsin.
(2007/12/23)
The Monroe County Board passed a resolution at its monthly meeting on Wednesday to proceed with creation of a Long-Term Care District, but not before getting a chance to grill the Human Services Department Director Gene Phillips on the subject.
(2007/12/23)
Tomah’s Public Works and Utilities Commission Wednesday acted on several requests from Western Technical College to facilitate the relocation of the campus downtown.
(2007/12/23)
Funding has started to come in for the local Boy Scouts of America as they plan to restore the Boy Scout Cabin in Buckley Park, and the scout leaders plan to present two plans to the community before moving ahead with the project Kenneth Miller told the Tomah Parks and Recreation Commission on Monday.
(2007/12/16)
Tomah Memorial Hospital will expand its services by constructing an urgent care clinic in Warrens.
(2007/12/16)
Wayne Kling has decided to throw his hat in the ring to challenge Mayor Chuck Ludeking as Ludeking attempts to win a fourth term as Tomah’s Mayor.
(2007/12/16)
The Arby’s fast food chain plans to open a restaurant in Tomah, and it got the first obstacle out of the way on Thursday when the City of Tomah Board of Appeals granted a variance for Arby’s to install a 70-foot tall sign.
(2007/12/16)
The family of Harley and Kristi Carlson was displaced from their home after the duplex in which they reside caught fire on the morning of Dec. 8.
(2007/12/13)
Venture Architects and Market & Johnson Contractors presented a plan for a new Justice Center to the Monroe County Board at its Nov. 28 meeting.
(2007/12/13)
Tomah Mayor Chuck Ludeking will attempt to win a fourth term this spring.
(2007/12/13)
As Tomah City Administrator John Rusch plans a run for the Monroe County Board, he is also planning to end another chapter of his life.
(2007/12/13)
The City of Tomah has issued six citations to residents failing to remove snow so far this winter season.
(2007/12/13)
The Monroe County Administrative/Executive Committee will bring a resolution to the Monroe County Board, most likely in January, concerning combining committees.
(2007/12/12)
For most of this decade, the snowmobile trails in Monroe County have been snow-free when they opened in early December.
(2007/12/12)
The Tomah City Council will meet Tuesday night for its regular monthly meeting.
(2007/12/12)
Jackson County ATV trails are now off-limits to off-road motorcycles, with the exception of dual sport cycles that are driven by a licensed driver who passes a safety test.
(2007/12/12)
Available for the first time on DVD is the 1967 film “Elroy-Sparta Bike Trail: The Old Railroad Trail” was created by Don Goodman for the Monroe County UW Extension in 1967 to promote the nation’s first rails-to-trails bicycle trail, running from Sparta to Elroy.This 15 minute, color film takes the viewer on a nostalgic tour of the bike trail from Elroy to Sparta and all points in between, including stops in Wilton, Kendall, and Norwalk. The city of Tomah, Monroe County cranberry country, Mill Bluff State Park and Wildcat Mountain State Park are also promoted in the film. Tomah radio announcer Del Lunquist narrates the film.
(2007/12/06)
The Police and Fire Commission of the City of Tomah has named Capt. Wes Revels of the Tomah Police Department as the new Police Chief.
(2007/12/06)
The state Senate has passed a revision to the school aid formula that’s favorable to Tomah School District taxpayers, but the bill is unlikely to pass the Assembly.
(2007/12/06)
The deadline of declaration of candidacy for Tomah School Board election is Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008, at 5 p.m.
(2007/12/06)
The Wisconsin Cranberry Board, Inc. held its annual meeting on Tuesday at the Three Bears Lodge at Jellystone Park in Warrens, where it laid out its research priorities for 2008.
(2007/12/03)
The Monroe County Board adopted a resolution authorizing the sale of $2,500,000 General Obligation Promissory Notes on Wednesday to help fund the Ridgeville II Landfill.
(2007/12/03)
When Chris Hanson returned home to Tomah after spending a year overseas on military duty, he had to adjust to life in Wisconsin again.
(2007/12/03)
The National Weather Service (NWS) Office in La Crosse is seeking contacts for reporting snowfall this winter. Specifically, the NWS is looking for people who live in small towns or rural areas who would be willing to be called when two or more inches of snow has fallen.
(2007/12/03)
The first snowstorm to hit western Wisconsin resulted in two fatal accidents east of Tomah.
(2007/12/03)
Sportsmen in Monroe County picked up the pace during the last seven days of the gun deer season.
(2007/12/02)
The Monroe County Board got yet another chance on Wednesday to hear an update on a plan for a new Justice Center.
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