The Wisconsin DNR will host the eighth annual Wisconsin Free Fun Weekend on June 6-7. Park admission fees, fishing license and trail pass requirements will be waived to encourage people to take advantage of and enjoy Wisconsin's outdoors.
The Columbia County Economic Development Corporation (CCEDC) is taking the lead to establish the Columbia County Economic Recovery Team, with the purpose of building a collaborative effort with organizations across Columbia County. The Economic Recovery Team will meet the unique needs of the…
Getting signatures on Nomination Papers is hard enough, but getting them while trying to keep everyone safe is downright challenging. Ken Van Dyke, candidate for State Senate District 14, is shown here with one of his solutions. People are invited to come outside while Ken sets up his truck …
For several months the Wisconsin State Fair Park Board of Directors and staff have been working to analyze all facets of the annual event, in hopes of being able to provide the Wisconsin State Fair experience that fairgoers have come to know and love over the past 169 years.
On May 21 at approximately 3:19 p.m., Columbia County dispatch received several 911 calls about a vehicle that had crashed on County Highway K near Dalton Road in the Town of Lodi. Shortly after initial reports came in, callers reported the operator of the vehicle fleeing on foot from the cr…
A total of 19 area nonprofit organizations have received community grants totaling $36,100 from Alliant Energy through its Foundation.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has issued a formal letter to the U.S. Army cautioning the military that it must fully comply with state environmental regulations in pending cleanup decisions at the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant (Badger) located in rural Sauk County, west…
The Lodi Agricultural Fair has been a strong community tradition for more than 150 years.
St. Norbert College has postponed is graduation ceremony until late August.
Food pantries, school meal programs, and other food security efforts throughout south central Wisconsin will be able to provide dairy, beef and pork products to families and individuals in need thanks to $4,500 worth of contributions from Vita Plus.
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) protects consumers by ensuring vehicle dealers meet eligibility requirements and follow Wisconsin’s laws. After recent investigations and reviews, the DMV revoked the wholesale dealer licenses of these Columbia Cou…
As a member of the Sauk Prairie Healthcare Foundation Board, local entrepreneur Caleb Maier has a keen interest in the local healthcare system. For the last month, the Foundation has been engaged in a fundraising campaign to purchase supplies and equipment to help care for COVID-19 patients.…
On April 8, a group of nine former Columbia County Board members sent a letter to the current county supervisors. The letter was in regards to the upcoming election of a Board Chairperson and the subsequent Vice Chair seats.
Discover Wisconsin has launched its popular photo contest via social media. In partnership with Wisconsin Counties Association, 12 fan-submitted photos will be published in Discover Wisconsin’s annual calendar, featuring images of Wisconsin destinations. The photo contest is accessible on th…
After careful consideration, the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMoCA) has cancelled the 62nd annual Art Fair on the Square. The event was scheduled for July 11 and 12.
The Village of Dane farmer’s market is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, May 12 from 2:30-5:30 p.m. Plans are to have the farmer’s market weekly in the parking lot in front of Lake Melvin Park.
On May 1, the Wisconsin Pork Association (WPA) and the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) joined forces to start a new program connecting Wisconsin pork producers to local meat processors, consumers and the growing number of people experiencing food in…
There’s no doubt things look a lot different than they did before COVID-19, but Girl Scouts of Wisconsin – Badgerland Council has embraced the “new normal” by providing virtual formats of its iconic programming – including summer camp.
Within one minute of each other, the Columbia County dispatch received a pair of calls on Saturday, May 2 in which both ended in arrests by the Columbia County Sheriff's Department for OWIs.
Alliant Energy customers in Wisconsin would see steady electric and natural gas rates into 2021 under a proposal the company filed today with the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSCW). This proposal delays the periodic rate review the company otherwise would have filed this month, wh…
Sauk Prairie Healthcare is taking steps to safely resume access to vital healthcare services.
In April, Girls on the Run of South Central Wisconsin made the decision to cancel in-person programming at all sites this spring, as well as their celebratory 5K event.
While Governor Tony Evers is allowing some state parks to open back up on Friday, May 1, there a few in the area that remain closed.
Sauk Prairie Healthcare Foundation welcomes five local leaders to its board of directors. The new board members are Paul Merline, Mary Beth Schall, Jane Elmer, Carol Jefferson and Maribeth Baker, MD.
The 24th Annual Million Dollar Shoot Out Charity Golf Outing, originally scheduled for Aug. 12, has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
An Alliant Energy solar generation and battery storage project will provide power to a park building and cabin when they reopen later this year located just south of Sauk City. The new system replaces an overhead line that previously brought electricity to the Department of Natural Resources…
The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office has identified the white vehicle that picked up Thomas Deering and James Newman from the Poynette Piggly Wiggly after their escape from Columbia Correctional Institution a few weeks ago.
On Friday, May 1, South Military Road in the Village of Dane will be under construction as new culverts will be installed.
Roy Cummings, a movie house owner in Oshkosh, knew he would lose big bucks — some $400 to 500 a week — if the northeast Wisconsin city shut down his business and other public gathering places. But he believed it was a wise call.
From a very young age, Mary Lou Hyatt saw the matriarchal patriotism in her family firsthand.
The Prairie du Sac Dam parking lot area and access road will be closed the week of May 4. Alliant Energy is continuing work on a dam improvement project. It requires barges to be put in the Wisconsin River above the dam. Closing the parking lot area and access road will allow about two dozen…
Recently, the Ice Age Trail Alliance-Lodi Valley Chapter announced Wendell Holl as its winner for the 2020 In the Mud Award.
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation — Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) revoked the wholesale dealer licenses of these Columbia County dealers, located at 101 Skyline Drive in Arlington, for failing to properly follow administrative requirements:
Another arrest was made in conjunction with the two inmates who escaped from Columbia Correction Institution in Portage during the early morning of Thursday, April 16.
Sometimes it’s not what you know, but who you know. An interesting chain of relationships resulted in Sauk Prairie Healthcare Foundation procuring three trailers to be used at area clinics as they perform curbside testing for COVID-19.
Two inmates were reportedly captured the morning of Friday, April 17 in Illinois, a little more than 24 hours after escaping from Columbia Correctional Institution.
Below are the final results from the April 7 election for the area, after all absentee ballots were counted April 13. Some results were noted as still being unofficial, per the Columbia County website.
The Department of Natural Resources has closed over 40 state properties amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, per the direction of Governor Tony Evers.
Domestic violence is expected to increase under the COVID-19 emergency as people shelter in place, lose jobs and deal with mounting stress.
Thanks to those who have given blood over the past couple of weeks, and who have scheduled upcoming appointments, the American Red Cross says it is meeting immediate patient needs.
As Wisconsin residents adjust to life under Gov. Tony Evers' safer-at-home order, police departments want drivers to know they won't randomly be stopped and asked where they're going.
As Wisconsin residents adjust to life under Gov. Tony Evers' safer-at-home order, police departments want drivers to know they won't randomly be stopped and asked where they're going.
In this time of social distancing to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus and news changing minute to minute, many people are experiencing anxiety. Parents with children at home now that schools are closed also may wonder how best to use that time.
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Ninety-five percent or about 143 million households in the country will receive an initial invitation to respond to the 2020 Census in their mailboxes between March 12 and 20. The U.S. Census Bureau released informational copies today of the invitations, the enclosed materials, and the subse…
Shortly after returning home from school one day in spring 2010, luscely Flores, who was 13 at the time, and her mother heard a knock on the door. Peering through the window, Flores’ mother saw a man holding a laptop. He wore business casual attire and a lanyard around his neck.
A group is working to meet with DOC leaders about the conditions in the Wisconsin state prison system, specifically surrounding a recent inmate death and two-month lockdown at the Columbia Correctional Institution.
Thirty-year-old Conner Andrews has swum in Lake Michigan since his childhood days vacationing in Door County.
Bald eagle lovers can watch eagles perching or soaring above the Wisconsin River, see rehabilitated eagles be released into the wild and view eagles up close indoors during live raptor shows at the 34th annual Bald Eagle Watching Days Jan. 17-18 in Sauk Prairie.
Gene Davis compares collecting to hunting, the only difference is you don’t kill anything except for your savings account.
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