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(2010/03/11)
A discussion on proposed changes to the city’s sidewalk ordinance led to an exchange between Committee of the Whole members Monday evening. In the end the changes which would clarify the ordinance were referred to the Public Works and Utilities Commission.
(2010/03/11)
A public hearing on the first phase of the Hollister Avenue project concluded quickly at Tuesday’s Tomah Common Council session. The project, replacement of aging water and sewer mains, storm sewers and street improvements, involves the north-south street from Williams Street to W. Clifton Street as well as several west side cross streets. The estimated cost of the two year project is about $9 million. The 2010 phase of the project has an estimated cost of $4.2 million. Work is expected to start in April.
(2010/03/11)
Ed Leineweber wants to be the next Fourth District Court of Appeals judge.
(2010/03/11)
Tomah Police Chief Wes Revels advised the Committee of the Whole Monday of several upcoming programs.
(2010/03/10)
Literacy coaches will be a positive addition to the curriculum, Tomah School District administrators say.
(2010/03/10)
Monroe County’s Building Committee Friday recommended using up to $83,000 in jail assessment funds to hire a DePere building consulting firm to begin the initial consulting phase to address jail and courthouse space needs.
(2010/03/10)
A public hearing on the Hollister Avenue project heads agenda items at Tuesday’s Tomah Common Council meeting. The hearing will consider comments on the project by property owners and review the engineering report on the project. A public information meeting was held in January, and last month the council adopted a preliminary resolution to begin the process of levying assessments.
(2010/03/04)
The Tomah School Board could decide on a new superintendent before the end of April.
(2010/03/04)
MADISON — Two Tomah brothers who defrauded two local banks of $2 million while trying to keep their auto dealership afloat each were sentenced Wednesday in federal court to two years in prison and ordered to pay $1.42 million in restitution.
(2010/03/04)
Scott Harrington of Vandewalle & Associates wrapped up his work with Tomah’s Long Range Planning Committee Tuesday by urging the committee to pursue the regional transportation hub concept which has the most potential of the four broad use proposals for the 61-acre railroad property on N. Superior Avenue.
(2010/03/04)
A kitchen fire Saturday afternoon made two units uninhabitable at the Monroe County Housing Authority’s apartment complex at 515 N. Kilbourn Ave. There were no injuries.
(2010/03/02)
People who contemplate launching a small business begin with many questions:
(2010/03/02)
The worst of the flu season may be over but Monroe County Health Department director Sharon Nelson is keeping her fingers crossed.
(2010/03/02)
Spring elections to fill a number of local offices are a month away. Election day is Tuesday, April 6.
(2010/03/02)
Underage use of alcohol is a serious problem that often leads to harmful consequences for youth and their families. Too often in Monroe County, individuals look the other way when it comes to teen drinking, assuming it is a “rite of passage.” It is not unusual for well-meaning parents to provide alcohol to their teens’ friends at house parties and take away their keys in an attempt to keep them “safe.” The reality is alcohol damages the brain and is a contributing factor in the four leading causes of death among people under the age of 21. These include traffic crashes, accidents, homicides, and suicides.
(2010/02/27)
Unless participants in Tomah’s farmers market learn to get along, there may not be a farmers market this summer.
(2010/02/27)
Solid Waste Manager Gail Frie offered a plan to generate energy and extend the life of Monroe County’s Ridgeville landfill at Monday’s meeting of the Solid Waste Management Committee. The committee approved $14,000 to begin the initial planning for the gas to energy project.
(2010/02/27)
The Monroe County Board of Supervisors to sent letter to both Market & Johnson and Venture Associates offering no further payment regarding the failed justice center project.
(2010/02/27)
Forget the economy and budget deficits. It’s deer that are on the mind of state Rep. Mark Radcliffe’s constituents these days.
(2010/02/27)
MADISON — A Tomah man pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to taking $45,000 during the December 2008 robbery of a Juneau County bank.
(2010/02/23)
Eight elementary school teachers would be shifted into new positions and remedial reading would take a hit, but there were no layoffs included in a budget repair plan presented to the Tomah School Board Thursday.
(2010/02/23)
Monroe County’s Board of Supervisors will tackle the aftermath of the Justice Center project Wednesday when they make a decision on payments sought by the architect and construction manager for the defunct building proposal. The full board will meet in closed session with legal representatives at 7:30 p.m. and make a decision after reconvening in open session around 8 p.m.
(2010/02/23)
After two years of coaching both football and boys basketball, Brad Plueger is dropping basketball.
(2010/02/23)
A 28-year-old woman was indicted Thursday in U.S. District Court for attempting to enter Fort McCoy with a fake ID, according to U.S. Attorney’s Office in Madison.
(2010/02/18)
Had it been up to the tiny handful of Tomah voters who showed up for Tuesday’s primary election, La Crosse County Circuit Judge Ramona Gonzalez would have won a landslide in the race for Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals judge.
(2010/02/18)
Monroe County ranked 50th in overall health in a new Wisconsin county health ranking system developed by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. La Crosse County was 22nd and Vernon County 11th in the rankings of Wisconsin’s 72 counties.
(2010/02/18)
A snowmobile accident Sunday resulted in injuries to a Tomah woman. The crash occurred at about 12:30 p.m. on the trails just northeast of Cashton in the Town of Jefferson off of Olympic Ave.
(2010/02/17)
Area voters will see three names on the Tuesday spring primary ballot due to an open seat on the state appeals.
(2010/02/17)
Tomah Police Department Investigator Rob Walensky’s office was a cramped place earlier this week. Roughly $2,300 worth of stolen merchandise consumed most of the space.
(2010/02/17)
The Tomah Common Council approved moving forward on the Shared Ride Taxi Service program last week. The proposal has been reviewed by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation which directed the city to proceed. The service would be implemented in May.
(2010/02/17)
Settlements with the two unions that represent city employees were approved at Tuesday’s Common Council meeting.
(2010/02/11)
Action on special beer permits for two popular summer events was tabled at Monday’s meeting of the Tomah Committee of the Whole. The Tomah Veterans Association and a new organization, MC Support Services LLC, have both filed applications for permits to be used during the tractor pull in June 23-27 and the Monroe County Fair, July 28-Aug. 1. The Veterans Association had requested that action on the permits be tabled.
(2010/02/11)
If a primary for state Supreme Court isn’t expected to draw many voters, a primary for Court of Appeals is expected to draw even less.
(2010/02/11)
Room taxes collected from Tomah local hostelries declined by double digit percentages in the fourth quarter according to information released this week by Chris Hanson, executive director of the Greater Tomah Area Chamber of Commerce.
(2010/02/11)
The Tomah VA Medical Center (VAMC) is beginning preparations for a $1.6 million renovation to its main building - Bldg. 400 - located on 5th Street on the Tomah VA grounds. Construction is anticipated to begin in mid-April. The Urgent Care Renovation project will double the size of the waiting room area on the first floor of Bldg. 400 for patients and family, provide for larger exam rooms for veterans and will house an enclosed ambulance garage. The renovation is part of the almost $6 million in stimulus money the Tomah VAMC received through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
(2010/02/11)
The Veterans Administration is opening a new Community Based Outpatient Clinic in Wisconsin Rapids, but the clinic isn’t likely to impact employment at the Tomah VA Medical Center. The increasing number of veterans coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan will be more than enough to fill both facilities.
(2010/02/11)
Police Chief Wes Revels marked his second anniversary at the helm of the Tomah Police Department by highlighting a meeting next month with tavern owners and the city’s semi annual clean-up April 23.
(2010/02/10)
ONTARIO -- There was no shouting. There were no interruptions. There were no long and loud applauses.
(2010/02/10)
They have the money, a plan and a construction site, now they need the blessing of Monroe County. Thursday Gina Mason and two other representatives of the Animal Shelter Construction Fund (ASCF), Nancy Reidy and Sharel Martin, appeared before the county’s Animal Shelter Sub-Committee to offer a proposal to deal with homeless cats and dogs.
(2010/02/10)
Special beer permits for the Budweiser Dairyland Super National Truck and Tractor Pull and Monroe County Fair will be considered at tonight’s (Monday) Tomah Committee of the Whole meeting.
(2010/02/07)
Transporting students to and from three Tomah School District buildings will get considerably more complicated beginning April 1.
(2010/02/07)
Plans to raise $1.5 million dollars over the next two years to build a new Hospice Touch Serenity House in the Tomah area are off to an encouraging start following an announcement by two groups that have pledged more than $50,000 to the campaign.
(2010/02/07)
Driving 90 miles from Abbotsford to Tomah doesn’t appeal to John St. George.
(2010/01/31)
Now that the WIAA has rejected a football-only conference realignment plan, Tomah High School finds itself with a hole in its 2010 schedule.
(2010/01/31)
Monroe County will need a big December to avoid a decline in sales tax revenue.
(2010/01/31)
A heavy agenda with 16 resolutions resulted in a marathon session of the Monroe County Board of Supervisors lasting more than five and half hours Wednesday. The courthouse annex meeting room was packed during the session which started at 6 p.m., and extra seating had to be brought in.
(2010/01/31)
It will be up to the full Monroe County Board to decide how to proceed on payment requests from two firms who worked on the defunct Justice Center project.
(2010/01/31)
The town of Wilton has been selected to receive a $63,000 Rural Development Community Facilities grant provided through the U.S. Department of Agriculture and funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
(2010/01/29)
Tomah’s Parks and Recreation Commission endorsed a plan for an independent organization to oversee the seasonal farmers market that has been in operation on the south side of Gillett Park for the past 17 years.
(2010/01/29)
Sheriff’s departments from Monroe and La Crosse counties are investigating the death of a 37-year-old female inmate at the Monroe County Jail.
(2010/01/29)
It was a standing-room only crowd that packed council chambers in the municipal center Tuesday evening at a public information meeting on the estimated $9 million Hollister Avenue project. The walls of the meeting room were lined with a street-by-street plan for the project, the first phase of which will commence this spring.
(2010/01/29)
The City of Tomah and the Canadian Pacific Railway are hosting a public meeting on Feb. 2 to discuss preliminary ideas for the redevelopment of a vacant, 60-acre parcel along the rail crossing at N. Superior Avenue.
(2010/01/26)
Local veterans groups and the organization that runs two major events at Tomah Recreation Park find themselves at odds over beer sales.
(2010/01/26)
After leading a recall effort that transformed the Monroe County Board of Supervisors, Dennis Clinard has set his sights on the state Legislature.
(2010/01/26)
Creation of a finance department will be considered by the Monroe County Board of Supervisors Wednesday. The board meets at 6 p.m. in the courthouse annex meeting room in Sparta.
(2010/01/26)
Welcoming -- that is the mission of Tomah Public Library Director Irma Keller, and that idea is carried out in the library’s new website which went online several weeks ago. The site is in English and Spanish.
(2010/01/22)
The Tomah School District faces a structural budget deficit of $1.2 million.
(2010/01/22)
A public information meeting will be held Tuesday, Jan. 26, on the Hollister Avenue project, a two-year multimillion dollar rehabilitation of the near west side north-south corridor and abutting streets. Altogether 56 blocks are involved. The project, which has an estimated cost of $9 million, includes replacement of water and sewer lines, paving, curb and gutter and sidewalks.
(2010/01/19)
Monroe County Building Committee members heard from nine department heads Friday as the start of the process of addressing needs for a new jail/justice center facility.
(2010/01/19)
For most of his first term in the state Legislature, Rep. Mark Radcliffe (D-Black River Falls) has been trying to consolidate two Wisconsin agencies into a building the state wanted to close.
(2010/01/19)
Tomah’s adult school crossing guards were recognized for their service at an informal program Friday at the Tomah Police Department. During the event, Mayor Ed Thompson signed a proclamation designating Jan. 11-16 as Adult School Crossing Guard Recognition Week in Tomah.
(2010/01/18)
For most of his first term in the state Legislature, Rep. Mark Radcliffe (D-Black River Falls) has been trying to consolidate two Wisconsin agencies into a building the state wanted to close.
(2010/01/17)
For most of his first term in the state Legislature, Rep. Mark Radcliffe (D-Black River Falls) has been trying to consolidate two Wisconsin agencies into a building the state wanted to close.
(2010/01/14)
It was a welcome e-mail Diana Retzlaff received from her high school senior daughter Abby on Wednesday morning:
(2010/01/14)
A public information meeting will be held Tuesday, Jan. 26, on the Hollister Avenue project, a two-year multimillion dollar rehabilitation of the near west side north-south corridor and abutting streets. Altogether 56 blocks are involved. The project, which has an estimated cost of $9 million, includes replacement of water and sewer lines, paving, curb and gutter and sidewalks. Water and sewer lines on Hollister Avenue date from the 1930s and 40s.
(2010/01/14)
Tomah residents are reminded to clear their walks. Not doing so can mean fines plus the cost of paying for the removal of ice and snow. Some walks have not be shoveled since the first snow of the season.
(2010/01/14)
Thanks but no thanks. Monroe County’s Property and Purchasing Committee looked at a possible site for a third circuit courtroom Wednesday but later voted to turn down Sparta’s offer to house the courtroom temporarily in the community’s city hall now under renovation.
(2010/01/14)
The Tomah Common Council heard a number of reports during a brief meeting Tuesday night.
(2010/01/13)
The Tomah School District will sign a document that maintains eligibility for a federal grant designed to boost student achievement.
(2010/01/13)
Public officials across Wisconsin are getting complaints about their property taxes, but Tomah Mayor Ed Thompson isn’t one of them.
(2010/01/13)
There will be only one contested race for Monroe County Circuit Court Judge this spring.
(2010/01/13)
The Tomah VA Medical Center (VAMC) was recently selected as one of 20 sites within the Veterans Health Administration to receive a grant for systems redesign and improvement. The $1.3 million grant was awarded to the Intensive Clinical Care Management (ICCM) team consisting of Nurse Practitioner Peggy Dwyer, RN Care Manager Linda Martens, Registered Dietitian Faye Moseley-Rezin, CDE, and Medical Center Director Jerald D. Molnar. The funding will be dispersed during FY 2010-2012.
(2010/01/11)
The Tomah School District will sign a document that maintains eligibility for a federal grant designed to boost student achievement.
(2010/01/07)
Tomah’s Long Range Planning Committee has four broad outlines for developing 60 acres of railroad property and at least one very interested business.
(2010/01/07)
Polls will be open everywhere in Monroe County Feb. 16 thanks to a Court of Appeals judge race that requires a primary.
(2010/01/07)
Two former Tomah City Council members are set to reclaim their seats unopposed.
(2010/01/07)
A 24 by 60 foot double-wide home was a total loss in a fire Sunday noon on County Highway N north of Tomah. Oakdale-LaGrange firefighters were called to the Andy Buck home, 7805 CTH N.
(2010/01/07)
Expecting moms, soon-to-be dads and brothers and sisters have plenty of opportunities to gain valuable information during a number of childbirth education classes scheduled in January at Tomah Memorial Hospital.
(2010/01/03)
Monroe County is saddled with nearly $3 million in delinquent property taxes, and 40 percent of the delinquency can be traced to a bankrupt resort in Warrens.
(2010/01/03)
The number of contested Monroe County Board seats doubled this week.
(2010/01/03)
One Tomah City Council member has decided not to run for another term, and a former alderman is looking to take her place.
(2010/01/03)
One person was injured Wednesday when the car he was a passenger in was struck from behind by a pickup truck on Interstate 90 near Sparta.
(2010/01/03)
A Viroqua man was injured Saturday evening when the pickup truck he was driving left State Highway 27 and struck a house in the town of Portland.
(2009/12/30)
A proposed Monroe County justice center went down the tubes and took a third of the county board with it.
(2009/12/30)
As local residents mark the end of 2009, Tomah Police Chief Wes Revels has some advice:
(2009/12/30)
According to Camp Douglas Volunteer Fire Chief James Newlun, for a department his size, fund-raising for a new fire engine can take four or five years for a squad his size.
(2009/12/30)
A one-vehicle crash late Sunday evening in the town of Wellington resulted in injuries to a Kendall woman who was thrown from the auto. The crash occurred around 10:35 p.m. on County Highway V just north of Missouri Avenue.
(2009/12/28)
The winter storm that crawled over Monroe County produced travel headaches and power outages over the Christmas holiday.
(2009/12/28)
Only four seats on the Monroe County Board of Supervisors had contested races as of Friday, and one seat doesn’t have a candidate.
(2009/12/28)
Two Amish teens were injured and their horse killed when a pickup truck lost control on an icy road and crashed into their buggy Sunday morning in rural Monroe County.
(2009/12/28)
A female passenger was killed and three more injured in a single-vehicle Christmas Eve crash in Tomah.
(2009/12/28)
Four people from Fitchburg were injured early today in a one-vehicle rollover near Tomah.
(2009/12/28)
Despite a troubled economy that forced the cancellation of some blood drives, officials reported a successful year for blood drives at Tomah Memorial Hospital.
(2009/12/27)
SPARTA -- An eastside Monroe County Justice Center is history. Monroe County Board members voted 19 to 5 in support of a resolution that rescinded terms of a previous plan to build a $30 million facility in the eastside of town. The resolution doesn’t, however, rule out the possible of a Justice Center in the future.
(2009/12/27)
The standing corn is almost completely gone, which leaves Monroe County snowmobile trails to a more conventional concern: snow.
(2009/12/27)
The Tomah Veterans Affairs Medical Center’s (VAMC) Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) raised over $29,000 this year, which was 27% above the goal and a 29% increase over 2008.
(2009/12/21)
Only four seats on the Monroe County Board of Supervisors had contested races as of Friday, and one seat doesn’t have a candidate.
(2009/12/21)
A proposal to provide temporary space for Monroe County’s third circuit judge who takes office next August was aired at a meeting of the Property and Purchasing Committee last week. After discussion, committee members decided to postpone consideration.
(2009/12/21)
Bob Fasbender will retire as Tomah School District Superintendent effective July 1.
(2009/12/21)
Resolutions to undo the justice center project head the business of the Monroe County Board of Supervisors which meets Tuesday in Sparta. The December session, which convenes at 6 p.m. in the courthouse annex, is a day earlier than normal.
(2009/12/21)
Burnstad’s Market is one of the first grocery stores in the state to achieve ‘Green Grocer’ certification, under a Wisconsin Grocer’s Association program which assists grocery stores in achieving energy savings and enviromental standards.
(2009/12/20)
Backing away from the justice center project, the Monroe County Building Committee Monday approved a series of resolutions to be considered at next week’s county board meeting. The resolutions, four in number, rescinded action taken previously by county supervisors to set a construction site, bond for the project and retain an architect and a construction management firm. The latter two would sever the county’s relationship with Venture Architects, designer of the defunct Justice Center, and Market & Johnson, the project’s construction manager. The first voids the east side (animal shelter) construction site while the second negates a $30 million bond issue.
(2009/12/20)
Two brothers who defrauded two Tomah banks of $2 million to keep their financially struggling automobile dealership in business pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to bank fraud.
(2009/12/20)
How much Christmas stuff can be recycled? Almost all of it, said Monroe County Solid Waste Management Administrator Gail Frie.
(2009/12/20)
SPARTA - A dam that hasn’t produced power in about 40 years could be fired up again to provide alternative electricity and education for Western Technical College.
(2009/12/20)
State Rep. Mark Radcliffe (D-Black River Falls) now knows what a 10 percent reduction in Wisconsin Medicaid reimbursements to area Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) will have on local healthcare services in Tomah and Black River Falls.
(2009/12/20)
The Monroe County Health Department will offer H1N1 vaccinations to all persons who wish to avoid the risk of H1N1 flu. The Health Department has an adequate supply of H1N1 vaccine to accommodate expanding the target groups for H1N1 vaccination to include ALL persons that request vaccine.
(2009/12/14)
The first significant snow of the year fell in Tomah as a crippling snowstorm dumped nearly a foot of snow on the area Tuesday and Wednesday.
(2009/12/14)
A plan to redevelop railroad property along Superior Avenue is moving forward, and some members of the city of Tomah’s Long Range Planning Committee are impressed with its progress.
(2009/12/14)
The Monroe County Building Committee continued its discussion with the firm Market & Johnson regarding a bill charged to the county for work on the justice center project.
(2009/12/14)
A two car accident Tuesday morning in the town of LaGrange resulted in injuries to three people.
(2009/12/14)
The Tomah City Council received an update on the city website during its monthly meeting at City Hall on Tuesday.
(2009/12/08)
The Lake Tomah Restoration project continues this winter after what Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) personnel called a “successful” fish eradication.
(2009/12/08)
Several candidates took out papers last week for upcoming city elections during the first week of filing.
(2009/12/08)
The Tomah City Council will hold its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday at City Hall.
(2009/12/03)
The Monroe County Board Building Committee continued to discuss concepts for a potential building project Monday, while also trying to put the justice center project further behind them.
(2009/12/03)
A Sparta man was arrested last month after admitting to viewing child pornography.
(2009/12/03)
The name of the man killed in a crash Saturday afternoon along Interstate 90 near Oakdale has been released. Gregory J. Schrimpf, 57, of Waukesha, Wis., died after the van he riding in crashed into a parked semi near mile marker 46E.
(2009/12/03)
A United States Marine killed in action in Iraq, who had served on the cadre staff at the Wisconsin Challenge Academy at Fort McCoy, was honored at a flagpole and marker dedication ceremony at Fort McCoy on Tuesday.
(2009/12/03)
Tomah Memorial Hospital has received a Level IV Trauma Care Facility designation from the State of Wisconsin signaling the health care facilities’ commitment to local care. The certification -good for three years- is a result of a Wisconsin State Trauma Advisory Committee visit to TMH back in October.
(2009/12/02)
Races for the Tomah mayor’s office and the Monroe County Board of supervisors will highlight the spring elections in 2010.
(2009/12/02)
A growing trend involving minors sending pornographic images through cyber space can have unintended consequences for teenagers.
(2009/12/02)
A safety concern at Tomah Memorial Hospital Wednesday caused a temporary lockdown.
(2009/12/02)
A 41-year-old Sparta man was injured early Thursday when the car he was driving went into a ditch and sideswiped a power pole, according to a news release from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department.
(2009/11/25)
SPARTA — The Monroe County Board of Supervisors filled two vacancies on the Highway Committee during Tuesday’s regular monthly meeting at the county courthouse.
(2009/11/25)
The city of Tomah and Ryan Companies, Inc., discussed details of a potential land purchase for a development in Tomah’s industrial park this week.
(2009/11/25)
The Neighbor for Neighbor Food Pantry in Tomah has provided for an increasing need in recent years.
(2009/11/25)
Hunters didn’t see many deer, and they didn’t shoot many deer, at least compared to recent years.
(2009/11/23)
Tomah High School is done with driver education. Tomah School Board members voted to eliminate the district’s driver education program and then declined to contract with Cooperative Educational Service Association District #2 to offer the program after school.
(2009/11/23)
A Thanksgiving tradition will continue at the TeePee Supper Club on Thursday.
(2009/11/23)
After seating eight new supervisors and passing the 2010 county budget during the past month, the Monroe County Board will be back to regular business Tuesday.
(2009/11/23)
The parade will begin at 7 p.m. and will travel along Superior Avenue through downtown Tomah. The parade theme is “Making Spirits Bright.”
(2009/11/23)
Tomah Memorial Hospital, along with other Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) across the state, will see a 10 percent reduction in Wisconsin Medicaid reimbursements beginning Jan. 1, as part of a state budget provision aimed at filling a $600-million gap in the state’s Medicaid program.
(2009/11/23)
FORT McCOY -- Using ceremonial scissors nearly as tall as some of the participants, several children, parents and staff members cut the ribbon at the entrance of Fort McCoy’s new $4.8 million Child Development Center (CDC).
(2009/11/19)
It didn’t take long for the Tomah City Council to pass the 2010 city budget on Tuesday.
(2009/11/19)
Tomah Mayor Ed Thompson will not seek re-election.
(2009/11/19)
Former Tomah Mayor and City Administrator John Rusch announced Tuesday that he plans to run for mayor in 2010.
(2009/11/19)
The owners of the AmericInn Lodge and Suites of Tomah are the future owners of a new Hampton Inn to be constructed on Tomah’s north side.
(2009/11/19)
The Tomah City Council accepted a letter of intent Tuesday from Ryan Companies, Inc., for the purchase of land for development in Tomah’s industrial park.
(2009/11/19)
WASHINGTON, DC - Tuesday, the U.S. Senate approved Senator Herb Kohl’s request to direct $8.8 million in federal funds to Wisconsin military construction projects including one at Fort McCoy in the Senate version of the FY2010 Military Construction Appropriations Bill.
(2009/11/18)
The Tomah City Council will consider the proposed 2010 city budget following a public hearing on Tuesday.
(2009/11/18)
Pastor Jaeson Tobin, 33, principal of the Tomah Baptist Academy and youth pastor of Tomah Baptist Church, was killed in a traffic accident in Tomah on Thursday evening.
(2009/11/18)
Eric Ness came to Tomah Thursday with an urgent message: Credit is available for small business.
(2009/11/18)
New members and a new direction in addressing space needs
(2009/11/18)
The Monroe County Health Department continues to offer H1N1 vaccine to protect people at highest risk. Effective Nov. 19, an additional subset population has been added. The Health Department will continue to vaccinate target groups as follows:
(2009/11/12)
The Monroe County Board made a few more minor adjustments to the 2010 county budget before passing it on Tuesday.
(2009/11/12)
The Tomah City Council heard some good budget news during Monday’s meeting at Tomah City Hall.
(2009/11/12)
The Tomah VA Medical Center (VAMC) honored America’s veterans on Tuesday, including two men who survived extraordinary events of World War II.
(2009/11/12)
None of the 23 employees of Tomah’s Norbco plant will involuntarily lose their jobs due to the plant’s closure, a company official said Monday.
(2009/11/10)
The Monroe County Board of Supervisors will consider the 2010 county budget Tuesday, and supervisors will be looking at a lower mill rate than the one presented six days ago.
(2009/11/10)
Tomah City Council President Pete Peterson announced his intent to seek the mayor’s office on Thursday.
(2009/11/10)
The Tomah City Council will conduct just one regular council meeting November.
(2009/11/10)
MADISON - The state of Wisconsin does not have to pay $225,000 to a blind businesswoman in a dispute over an Army dining contract, a federal judge ruled this week.
(2009/11/05)
The Monroe County Board will wait until Tuesday to adopt the 2010 county budget.
(2009/11/05)
SPARTA — Rick Irwin is the new Monroe County Board chairman.
(2009/11/05)
SPARTA - Monroe County Board Chairman Dennis Hubbard lost Tuesday in a recall election, becoming the final supervisor ousted for supporting a proposed $27 million county justice center.
(2009/11/05)
MADISON - Two brothers who owned a Ford dealership in Tomah have agreed to plead guilty in federal court to loan fraud that authorities say cost two Tomah banks more than $2 million.
(2009/11/05)
Tomah residents will likely see a reduction in property taxes for the second year in a row.
(2009/11/02)
WARRENS — The Jellystone Park Camp-Resort in Warrens was purchased Friday by a Texas real estate investor who is a partner in corporations that own the adjacent Three Bears Hotel, which closed a year ago.
(2009/11/02)
The Monroe County Board will consider the proposed 2010 county budget during its annual meeting on Wednesday.
(2009/11/02)
Bids for the renovation of the Tomah municipal center came in lower than anticipated. The low base bid for the project submitted by Hehl Grohn, Inc, Altoona, totalled $273,908. The project estimate was $314,000.
(2009/11/02)
Fort McCoy trained nearly 106,000 personnel during fiscal year (FY) 2009, which ended Sept. 30. The installation has trained more than 100,000 personnel annually since 1984.
(2009/11/02)
Fifty employees of Van Der Molen Recreational Properties will receive a total of $35,000 in unpaid wages.
(2009/10/30)
The Monroe County Board seated six new supervisors Wednesday and put a stop to the controversial $26.7 million justice center project.
(2009/10/30)
Tomah Mayor Ed Thompson announced Tuesday he will run as a Republican for the 31st District state Senate seat now held by Kathleen Vinehout.
(2009/10/30)
Be on the lookout for trick or treaters Saturday. The annual Halloween trick or treating in Tomah will run from 5-8 p.m.
(2009/10/30)
Members of the Tomah Parks and Recreation Commission discussed a growing concern over a population of ducks and geese in city parks during a meeting of the commission on Monday.
(2009/10/30)
The Tomah Farmers Market on the south side of Gillett Park will be closing for the season on Saturday, Oct. 31. The market will be open from 7 a.m.to 1 p.m.
(2009/10/28)
Newly elected county board supervisors will be seated during the monthly meeting of the county board at Sparta High School on Wednesday.
(2009/10/28)
Gov. Jim Doyle on Thursday joined the chorus of calls that an embattled state lawmaker resign as the representative appeared in Monroe County court a day after his arrest for driving under the influence.
(2009/10/28)
The flu bug closed a parochial school in Tomah Friday, but schools in the Tomah School District were reporting only a modest increase in absences.
(2009/10/28)
Attorney Kerry Sullivan-Flock has announced her candidacy for the office of Monroe County Circuit Court Judge, Branch II, the seat being vacated by the retiring Judge Michael J. McAlpine.
(2009/10/28)
Sparta attorney Mark Goodman will seek the Monroe County circuit court judgeship vacated by Michael McAlpine.
(2009/10/28)
A Monroe County Board supervisor who was narrowly defeated in Tuesday’s recall election will likely file for a recount on Monday.
(2009/10/23)
SPARTA - Seven of eight Monroe County supervisors fell Tuesday in a recall election over their support for a proposed $26.7 million justice center.
(2009/10/23)
WILTON — The owner of two business near Wilton has been fined $56,700 for improper handling of waste materials.
(2009/10/23)
A state representative from Bloomer, already threatened with expulsion for two arrests in less than a year was picked up in Tomah late Wednesday afternoon, again on suspicion of driving while impaired.
(2009/10/23)
A Norwalk man is charged with felony manufacturing of THC after Monroe County Sheriff’s Department investigators uncovered a marijuana growing operation on his property.
(2009/10/21)
Tomah School District property taxpayers will face a 14 percent levy increase this year.
(2009/10/21)
State Rep. Mark Radcliffe (D-Black River Falls) got a tour of the Tomah School District and heard a pitch for school funding reform Wednesday.
(2009/10/21)
The Monroe County Building Committee Thursday sent two resolutions on the controversial Justice Center project to the Monroe County Board for action Oct. 28. The first of the resolutions calls for the approval of low bids for the project totalling $25.46 million and the second deals with alternative bids for the project. Both carry a stipulation that approval is contingent that permits be obtained for the project. The resolutions were approved on a 4-1 vote of the committee. The county has a 90 day window to accept the bids from the date of the opening (Sept. 23).
(2009/10/21)
The death of a 21-month-old Cashton girl underscores the danger H1N1 flu can pose in some cases, especially for young children, health officials said Thursday.
(2009/10/21)
The City of Tomah will seek funding for improvements to Bloyer Field.
(2009/10/21)
A fire that destroyed a home near Oakdale last month remains under investigation.
(2009/10/18)
SPARTA - Two men have been charged in separate marijuana growing operations on opposite sides of Monroe County that authorities said yielded millions of dollars’ worth of plants.
(2009/10/18)
The Tomah City Council moved forward with its pursuit of financing for a street improvement on Hollister Avenue during its monthly meeting Tuesday at City Hall.
(2009/10/18)
Monroe County insurers have agreed to pay $750,000 to a woman who accused a jailer of sexual abuse in 2002, according to her attorney. The settlement Monday in the federal lawsuit is the third in recent years involving inmates with mental health conditions who claimed they were abused or neglected while in the Monroe County Jail, said attorney Michael Devanie. The Tomah woman had been diagnosed with a bipolar disorder before she was jailed in 2002 awaiting trial on a charge of felony battery to a police officer. While in jail, former night shift supervisor Lt. David Schaldach repeatedly had her perform a sex act on him, according to the suit. Schaldach knew the woman was in a vulnerable mental condition, as a jail nurse had recommended she be on suicide watch after she lost custody of her children due to being jailed, according to court documents. The county in February 2007 had settled another lawsuit involving Schaldach brought on behalf of Brenda Mombourquette, for a guaranteed $6.1 million that could increase to $13 million if Mombourquette reaches her maximum life expectancy, Devanie said. The lawsuit claimed Mombourquette reported Schaldach’s activities with the other inmate. After he found out, Devanie said, Schaldach failed to put Mombourquette on suicide watch despite doctor’s orders in November 2002. She was found hanging from a sheet in her jail cell four days later, leaving her with permanent brain damage and requiring full-time care. Schaldach, 62, of Warrens, was allowed to retire but later pleaded no contest to misconduct in public office in the Tomah woman’s case. He was sentenced in July 2008 to 1½ years in prison. The woman languished between jail and the Winnebago Mental Health Institute for two years before being found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect on the felony battery charge. She was under psychiatric care and receiving psychotropic medications while in jail, but Schaldach made threats to further harm her if she revealed their sexual activity, according to court documents. Former Sheriff Chuck Amundson and former Undersheriff John Cram were told about Schaldach’s conduct but chose to protect him, said Devanie. The third suit involved a $2.2 million settlement to Scott Lawson, who was arrested while hitchhiking near Tomah in the 1990s. Lawson, a schizophrenic, needed two years of psychiatric treatment at the Winnebago facility after being incarcerated in Monroe County for two months without his medication, said Devanie.
(2009/10/18)
The debate surrounding the proposed justice center in Monroe County will come to a head Tuesday as eight Monroe County Board supervisors face recall.
(2009/10/18)
A Sparta lawyer has announced that he will be a candidate for Monroe County in the Spring 2010 election. J. David (Dave) Rice, 62, of Sparta made the announcement on Wednesday. Rice will run for the third Monroe County judgeship created by the Wisconsin Legislature in 2007. The election will be held on April 6, 2010, with the new judge to be seated on Aug. 1, 2010.
(2009/10/15)
A chemical treatment was released into Lake Tomah to eradicate the fish population as part of the Lake Tomah Managment Plan this week.
(2009/10/15)
The group that filed for the recall of nine Monroe County Board supervisors is stepping up its efforts as the recall election draws near.
(2009/10/15)
The Tomah City Council will hold a public hearing regarding an airport petition package to seek state and federal funds for improvements to Bloyer Field during its meeting at City Hall Tuesday that begins at 6:30 p.m.
(2009/10/15)
Monroe County Circuit Court Judge Michael McAlpine will not seek a fourth term, making two judgeships up for grabs this spring.
(2009/10/15)
A contract to build 23 new houses at Fort McCoy has been awarded.
(2009/10/11)
The chemical treatment of Lake Tomah to eradicate the fish population began on Wednesday and continued into today (Thursday).
(2009/10/11)
The Long-Range Planning Committee discussed redevelopment concepts for the railroad property during its monthly meeting at City Hall on Tuesday, but the city is awaiting grant approval before going further.
(2009/10/11)
Gov. Jim Doyle signed a bill last week that calls for state regulations for wind farms, which has some local officials concerned about their roles in regulating.
(2009/10/11)
Downtown Tomah will get a makeover next week. Clean Up Day is Friday, Oct. 16, and volunteers will head out to clean up the downtown area. The event will begin at 8 a.m. and last until 1 p.m. Event organizers are looking for volunteers, and interested individuals can sign up by contacting the Greater Tomah Area Chamber of Commerce. Volunteers can sign up for any amount of time.
(2009/10/11)
Scott Walker announced last week that Jerry Nauman will serve as Monroe County Coordinator for his campaign for Wisconsin governor.
(2009/10/11)
A case of road rage near Millston escalated to a man pulling a gun and shooting near another vehicle.
(2009/10/05)
The bids have been received for the Monroe County Justice Center project, the designs have been approved and a proposed moratorium was defeated on Wednesday. The debate over the project, however, is likely far from over.
(2009/10/05)
Tomah High School took on a slight chill this week during a boiler replacement.
(2009/10/05)
The treatment of Lake Tomah as part of the Lake Tomah Management Plan will be delayed by two days due to the weather forecast for early this week.
(2009/10/01)
Opponents of a proposed justice center failed in their attempt to block the project for two years.
(2009/10/01)
The price tag for the proposed Monroe County justice center is more than $3 million under the original estimate.
(2009/10/01)
Winnebago and Lake parks will be closed during the treatment of Lake Tomah next week as part of the Lake Tomah Management Plan.
(2009/10/01)
Two people were injured in a motor vehicle crash on Tuesday in the Township of Lincoln
(2009/09/30)
There is a potential cost to doing nothing. That is what some members of the Monroe County Board wish to convey with the fiscal note of a resolution that would put a moratorium on the Justice Center project. The County Board will consider the resolution during its monthly meeting on Wednesday.
(2009/09/30)
The $30 million Monroe County Justice Center will once again highlight the monthly meeting of the County Board on Wednesday at the Courthouse in Sparta.
(2009/09/30)
A remodeling project at Tomah’s City Hall could include previously scrapped plans.
(2009/09/27)
One more County Supervisor who voted for a $30 million Justice Center will face recall this fall, increasing the number of supervisors facing recall to nine.
(2009/09/27)
The Tomah Fire Department responded to a small fire in the basement of a home at 521 West Benton Street on Tuesday.
(2009/09/27)
Warrens Cranberry Festival announced its 2009-10 Royalty at a coronation ceremony Sunday at the Warrens Lions Building.
(2009/09/27)
Subject to weather conditions, a chemical treatment will take place in Lake Tomah starting the week of Oct. 5.
(2009/09/22)
It’s not quite the 240 students projected last month, but the Tomah School District still has a very large kindergarten class.
(2009/09/22)
The 37th Annual Warrens Cranberry Festival kicks off this Friday.
(2009/09/22)
The cause of death remains unknown after an autopsy was performed on a 32-year old Tomah woman found dead at a city residence earlier this month.
(2009/09/22)
Poisoning a lake is a science — a very exact science.
(2009/09/22)
A Republican running for state treasurer said he would bring a combination of competence and fiscal conservatism to the office.
(2009/09/20)
The Sparta City Council will take up the issue of site approval for the Monroe County Justice Center without a recommendation from the Planning Commission.
(2009/09/20)
The Monroe County Board will consider another moratorium for the Justice Center project during its Sept. 30 meeting.
(2009/09/20)
The Ho-Chunk Housing and Community Development Agency (HHCDA) announced this week that its for-profit corporation acquired the Tomah Hardware Hank on Sept. 14.
(2009/09/16)
It will take at least one more meeting to get two state agencies to share a state-owned building in the town of Tomah.
(2009/09/16)
Timing -- not the message or the messenger -- influenced the Tomah School District’s decision not to show President Barack Obama’s live speech to students last week.
(2009/09/16)
Despite a recall of eight Monroe County Board Supervisors who support the project, the board’s Building Committee is moving ahead with the $30 million justice center project. Bids for the project, which will combine a jail and courtrooms for three circuit judges, will be opened Sept. 24. Committee members plan to offer the bids and final design of the project for approval at the Sept. 30 county board meeting. Board members are expected to vote on a bonding plan for the project at the Oct. 28 meeting ---eight days after the recall election.
(2009/09/16)
What happened to summer? The warmest season of the year usually marked by scorching temperatures has been a dud this year.
(2009/09/16)
The 1st Annual Remembering Teresa Run/Walk will take place on Saturday, Oct. 3, at Tomah Memorial Hospital. This event is to draw awareness to the widespread problem of domestic violence. Recently Teresa Williams was involved in a tragic domestic violence incident. Teresa’s life was taken too soon, but from her tragedy we will grow.
(2009/09/16)
Every department has been expanded at Burnstad’s Market after a recently completed renovation of the market and Burnstad’s European Restaurant & Pub in Tomah.
(2009/09/13)
Eight of the 13 Monroe County Supervisors who voted for a $30 million Justice Center will face recall this fall.
(2009/09/13)
Where to put the county’s third circuit judge and what to do with the space in the courthouse if the new justice center is built were two topics discussed at Wednesday’s meeting of the Monroe County Property and Purchasing Committee.
(2009/09/13)
The Tomah City Council held a brief discussion regarding sobriety of bartenders during its meeting Tuesday at City Hall, but no action was taken on the subject.
(2009/09/08)
Tomah’s Long Range Planning Committee spent the bulk of it’s Tuesday session going over left over items from the committee’s comprehensive plan. The committee set assignments and time lines for some of the items and set others aside for future consideration.
(2009/09/08)
Monroe County’s new administrator Cathy Schmit will weigh in as deliberations begin on the county’s 2010 budget. Schmit will work with department heads to look for $513,000 in cuts from the initial budget presented at Wednesday’s meeting of the county Finance Committee.
(2009/09/08)
A program in honor of former prisoners of war (POW) and those missing in action (MIA) will be held at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center in Tomah on Friday, Sept. 18, at 1 p.m. in the chapel.
(2009/08/31)
Now that the Monroe County Board of Supervisors has rejected a referendum on the proposed $30 million Justice Center, opponents of the project will focus on recalling the Supervisors who support it.
(2009/08/31)
Ron Kind read the column written by Sandra McAnany about the quality care that her grandfather, 83-year-old Lynn “Sam” Nichols, receives at the Tomah Veterans Administration Hospital and wanted to see for himself.
(2009/08/31)
Becky Solberg of Sparta Floral, and Jenny Erickson from A Healthy Touch Massage Therapy and Bodyworks, will be the featured presenters at a free education seminar slated for Thursday, Sept. 3, at the LaGrange Town Hall.
(2009/08/28)
The Monroe County Board voted Wednesday not to hold an advisory referendum on the $30 million Justice Center project.
(2009/08/28)
The state Department of Natural Resources is urging Lake Tomah residents to prepare for lower water levels. The long-planned drawdown of the urban impoundment is scheduled to begin Tuesday, Sept. 8.
(2009/08/28)
When Away to Learn owner Melisa Thideman got the letter from the Tomah School District inviting her day care center to participate in 4-year-old kindergarten, she jumped at the chance.
(2009/08/28)
The Monroe County Board of Supervisors is back at full strength after the appointment of Jeff Antony to fill the vacant 4th Supervisory seat.
(2009/08/26)
A large and vocal crowd turned out Thursday in Tomah to talk to U.S. Rep. Ron Kind about health care reform, with most who spoke saying they opposed a government-run program.
(2009/08/26)
Fundrasing for a new Veterans Memorial to be erected in Butts Park has begun, and the Veterans Memorial Oversight Committee is looking for help.
(2009/08/26)
An unexpected surge of students has put almost every five-year-old kindergarten class in the Tomah School District over capacity.
(2009/08/26)
A resolution that would approve a referendum on the Monroe County Justice Center will be before the County Board on Wednesday.
(2009/08/20)
Sparta Planning Commission wants a funded plan for the current courthouse
(2009/08/20)
Police warn teens that not everything on the internet or in the world of wireless is what it seems
(2009/08/20)
Four Monroe County Supervisors have filed challenges to petitions for recall.
(2009/08/20)
Third-District Congressman is considering it After incumbent Jim Doyle confirmed he won’t seek re-election, the seven-term Democratic Congressman from La Crosse issued a statement saying he is considering a run and will make his decision "in the weeks to come."
(2009/08/20)
As the Republican leader in the state Senate, it’s the job of Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau) to travel the state and recruit candidates for the state Legislature.
(2009/08/19)
A referendum on the justice center project would have a price tag of approximately $40,000 and could be held as early as this fall.
(2009/08/19)
Want to question U.S. Rep. Ron Kind (D-La Crosse) in Tomah Thursday?
(2009/08/19)
One adult and three children were treated at a local hospital after a vehicle-tractor crash Aug. 9.
(2009/08/15)
The Monroe County Board will consider putting the justice center project to a referendum when it meets on Aug. 26.
(2009/08/15)
Health Care session Aug. 20 will be held at Tomah High School
(2009/08/15)
A Spooner man was killed in a motor vehicle crash near Warrens that closed a portion of Interstate 94 to westbound traffic for several hours on Tuesday.
(2009/08/15)
Mayor Ed Thompson weighed in on the Monroe County Justice Center debate during a meeting of the City Council on Tuesday.
(2009/08/15)
A 55-year-old Madison woman was released from federal custody Monday after she and three others were arrested at Fort McCoy on Sunday after they walked onto the base to protest wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
(2009/08/12)
State Rep. Mark Radcliffe (D-Black River Falls) is moving forward with his plan to house the Wisconsin State Patrol’s Tomah headquarters and a Department of Natural Resources ranger station in the same building.
(2009/08/12)
A group opposed to the construction of a Justice Center in Sparta turned in petitions for the recall of 13 Monroe County Supervisors to the County Clerk last week.
(2009/08/12)
The Monroe County Building Committee got a look at interior design material and illustrations during its meeting at the Courthouse on Friday as architects prepare the designs for bidding.
(2009/08/12)
The Tomah Police and Parks and Recreation Departments are working to curtail recent vandalism at city parks.
(2009/08/12)
Is Tomah City Hall adequate for a town hall meeting these days?
(2009/08/09)
Another potential development concept for the railroad property along Superior Avenue was introduced to the City of Tomah’s Long Range Planning Committee on Tuesday.
(2009/08/09)
$509,000 would be used for ADA access at Amtrak station
(2009/08/09)
Same-sex couples in Wisconsin were able to register domestic partnerships for the first time on Monday.
(2009/08/09)
The Oakdale Credit Union remains open after a fire damaged the credit union’s lobby on Monday.
(2009/08/09)
The cause of a fire that occurred on the corner of Hollister Avenue and Jackson Street in Tomah on Sunday is believed to be arson and is under investigation.
(2009/08/09)
A young Tomah couple has been charged with causing $25,000 worth of damage to cemetery headstones six years ago.
(2009/08/05)
As the debate surrounding a proposed Justice Center for Monroe County grows in intensity, Sheriff Dennis Pedersen is unwavering in his support of the project.
(2009/08/05)
A Tomah man accused of killing his wife appeared in Monroe County Circuit Court on Thursday.
(2009/08/05)
One year after the Tomah VA Medical Center launched Home Based Primary Care (HBPC), the program continues to grow.
(2009/08/05)
The Monroe County’s Justice Center Building Committee got a do-over on Friday after the validity of a meeting earlier this month was questioned.
(2009/08/05)
The Monroe County Clerk’s Office has received two letters of intent for the County Board’s vacant 4th District seat.
(2009/08/02)
The City of Tomah’s sidewalk ordinance was again a topic of discussion during a meeting of the Public Works and Utilities Commission last week.
(2009/08/02)
The emerald ash borer (EAB) has made its way into Wisconsin.
(2009/08/02)
The Greater Tomah Area Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) unveiled its new logo on Monday.
(2009/08/02)
One person was killed and another was injured in a crash Sunday in the town of Jefferson in Monroe County. It was the fourth traffic fatality in the county during 2009.
(2009/07/29)
SPARTA — Bond was set at $1 million Friday for a Tomah man arrested Thursday in the shooting death of his wife.
(2009/07/29)
The Monroe County Board approved several new positions during its monthly meeting at the Courthouse in Sparta on Wednesday despite the financial concerns of several supervisors.
(2009/07/29)
With tax delinquencies on the rise, Monroe County will have a better grasp of its financial situation next month.
(2009/07/26)
SPARTA — The administrator of the Village of Holmen will become the first administrator of Monroe County.
(2009/07/26)
The Sparta City Council weighed in on the debate over the proposed Monroe County Justice Center on Tuesday.
(2009/07/26)
A group of Monroe County taxpayers opposed to the justice center project filed petitions against 13 county supervisors this week.
(2009/07/26)
Several cases of the H1N1 virus — also known as swine flu — have been confirmed in Monroe County this summer, and county health officials are preparing for the fall.
(2009/07/22)
Assessments for the City of Tomah show a slight increase in real estate and personal property, and a slight dip in manufacturing equalized values.
(2009/07/22)
Electors at the Tomah School District annual meeting will be asked to endorse a 13 percent tax levy increase.
(2009/07/22)
The Monroe County Board will receive an update on the interview and hiring process for a county administrator during its monthly meeting at the County Courthouse in Sparta on Wednesday.
(2009/07/22)
The seven-county area around La Crosse has 82 confirmed cases of H1N1 flu, the Wisconsin Division of Health reported Wednesday.
(2009/07/19)
A Tomah couple and the Tomah Police Department reached a compromise agreement during a meeting of the City Council at City Hall on Tuesday after the couple received an abatement order for their dogs.
(2009/07/19)
The Tomah City Council voted to approve an assessor contract on Tuesday, choosing to move forward with an assessment in 2010.
(2009/07/19)
As debate over the proposed $30 million Justice Center approved by the Monroe County Board continues, some opponents of the project have started an effort to hold recall elections in hopes of getting the issue put to a referendum.
(2009/07/19)
A Tomah family involved in a deadly crash in Georgia has returned home on a private plane provided by the Culver’s restaurant chain.
(2009/07/19)
The driver of a semi was injured in a crash on Interstate 90 near Tomah Tuesday.
(2009/07/19)
Figuring out David Delaney’s political philosophy isn’t hard. It’s right there on the T-shirts, caps and other items he sells.
(2009/07/14)
Architects told the Monroe County Board’s Justice Center Building Committee on Friday that the design phase of the project is still on schedule.
(2009/07/14)
While Gov. Jim Doyle signed the 2009-2011 biennial budget amid much fanfare for its timely completion, one thing not getting much attention is the huge increase in fees paid to landfills. The bill more than doubles the current fee for bringing refuse to landfills, known as the tipping fees. Effective July 1, the fee went from $5.89 per ton of waste to $10.30 per ton. The rate goes up again in October, to $13 per ton. It’s a safe bet the increase was not included in anyone’s 2009 budget.
(2009/07/14)
In the end, the leaders of the state Legislature offered rural lawmakers input on the state budget.
(2009/07/14)
United States Senator Herb Kohl announced this week that $8.8 million in federal funds have been approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee for Wisconsin military construction projects as part of the Military Construction Appropriations Bill for fiscal year 2010.
(2009/07/14)
A motor vehicle crash early Friday resulted in injuries to the driver. The crash occurred at about 12:14 a.m. on U.S. Highway 12 & 16 about 0.15 of a mile west of Griffin Road in the township of Oakdale.
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