Feb. 21, 2013 EVANSTON, Ill. — Jared Berggren and Ben Brust each scored 12 points, and No. 19 Wisconsin shut down Northwestern 69-41 on Wednesday night for its fifth win in six games. The balanced Badgers (19-8, 10-4 Big Ten) had five players with at least eight points and held the Wildcats to 29-percent shooting during [...]
Feb. 21, 2013 – 8:12 am TOWN OF BIG FLATS, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say a 55-year-old man who shot and wounded an Adams County sheriff’s deputy has died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The Adams County sheriff’s office says Thomas Costigan of West Allis was pronounced dead Wednesday evening. The sheriff’s office says Costigan [...]
Feb. 20, 2013 Voters in Bangor approved a referendum to exceed tax levy limits for the next three years by $600,000 each year. The district says the money is needed to maintain programming and the money will not raise property taxes because it coincides with the payoff of some long term bonds. Yes – 328 [...]
Feb. 20, 2013 – 4:04 pm A University of Wisconsin-La Crosse student found in a ditch Sunday after leaving a local tavern died of hypothermia secondary to intoxication. An autopsy conducted Tuesday in Madison on 23 year-old Neala Frye determined the cause of death. An Onalaska police officer found Frye’s body about 8:40 p.m. Sunday [...]
February 20, 2013 By Bill Scott The 70th Annual WIAA Individual Wrestling Championship Tournament gets underway Thursday and concludes Saturday at the Kohl Center in WIAA State Wrestling action Madison. Division 1 preliminaries get underway at 3pm, quarterfinals start at 5:15 and Divisions 2 & 3 preliminaries cap off day 1 at 7:15pm. A total of 14 champions will be [...]
Feb. 21, 2013 EVANSTON, Ill. — Jared Berggren and Ben Brust each scored 12 points, and No. 19 Wisconsin shut down Northwestern 69-41 on Wednesday night for its fifth win in six games. The balanced Badgers (19-8, 10-4 Big Ten) had five players with at least eight points and held the Wildcats to 29-percent shooting during [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Joe Johnson hit a buzzer-beating jumper in overtime last night to give the Brooklyn Nets a 113-111 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks. Johnson finished with 24 points, and Brook Lopez and Deron Williams added 19 apiece for the Nets. Brandon Jennings scored a game-high 34 points for the Bucks. NEWARK, N.J. [...]
February 18, 2013 - By Bill Scott The Green Bay Packers released C Jeff Saturday today. Saturday, who signed with the Packers as an unrestricted free agent in March 2012 after playing 13 seasons (1999-2011) with the Indianapolis Colts, started 14 games for Green Bay this past season and was named to his sixth career Pro Bowl. He [...]
Feb. 20, 2013 – 3:03 pm According to the Vernon County Sheriff’s Department at around 9:50 p.m Tuesday night, 25 year old Tyken Wendland of La Farge was driving west on Hwy. 82 about a half-mile west of Green Hollow Road when she lost control of her vehicle, crossed the eastbound lane, went down an embankment [...]
Feb. 21, 2013 – 8:12 am TOWN OF BIG FLATS, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say a 55-year-old man who shot and wounded an Adams County sheriff’s deputy has died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The Adams County sheriff’s office says Thomas Costigan of West Allis was pronounced dead Wednesday evening. The sheriff’s office says Costigan [...]
Feb. 20, 2013 Voters in Bangor approved a referendum to exceed tax levy limits for the next three years by $600,000 each year. The district says the money is needed to maintain programming and the money will not raise property taxes because it coincides with the payoff of some long term bonds. Yes – 328 [...]
SHERIFF JOHN SPEARS REPORTS THE FOLLOWING ONGOING ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR AND NARRATIVE EXCERPTS FROM THE WEEK ENDING February 18, 2013 2/11 Jerry Davidsavor, Stoddard, lost control of his vehicle on his ice covered driveway, and struck a tree. He reported no injuries. 2/13 James Nash, Illinois, pulled out of a parking area of Central [...]
Neoma E. Hill, 88, of De Soto died Sunday, February 17, 2013 at Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse. Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, February 22, 2013 at the Vosseteig-Larson Funeral Home, 320 Main St, in De Soto. Pastor Doug Andersen will officiat. Friends may call at the funeral home on [...]
Gordon Clemment, 75, of Westby died Monday, February 18, 2013 at his home. Funeral services will be held Friday, February 22, 2013 at !1:00 a.m. at Bethesda Lutheran Brethren Church in Westby. Pastor Paul Tjelta will officiate with burial in the Coon Prairie Cemetery. Friends may call from 4-6 p.m. on Thursday at the Vosseteig [...]
Mary Mockrud, 98, of Viroqua died Thursday, February 14, 2013 at Vernon Memorial Hospital in Viroqua. Mary Peterson Mockrud was born December 30, 1914 to Hellick & Brita Peterson in Vernon County. She attended Dach Ridge School, Viroqua High School & Vernon County Normal School. She taught several years in rural schools and worked for [...]
Carter M. Thompson, 79, of Viroqua died Thursday, March 15, 2012 at the home of his son, surrounded by his family. Carter was born in the town of Franklin on November 15, 1932 to Lars and Syneve (Hulsether) Thompson. In 1950 Carter graduated from Viroqua High School and was united in marriage to Ramona Cade [...]
Feb. 21, 2013 – 8:20 am WATERFORD, Wis. (AP) Racine County sheriff’s officials are adding extra patrols near Waterford schools after a possible child abduction attempt. A 15-year-old girl walking home in Waterford Wednesday afternoon says a man got out of his car, started yelling and tried to grab her. The teen says she started [...]
February 21, 2013 By Andrew Beckett Governor Walker on Wednesday night outlined a two year budget plan that includes an income tax cut, provides more funding for job training programs, and restores some of the cuts made to public education during the last biennium. However, Democrats say the proposal falls short of taking the steps that are [...]
Feb. 20, 2013 By DAVID PITT and MARGERY BECK DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The first widespread snowstorm of the season plodded across the Midwest on Thursday, as whiteout conditions sent drivers sliding over slick roads and some travelers were forced to scramble for alternate ways to get to their holiday destinations. The storm, which [...]
February 20, 2013 By Bob Hague Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker unveiled a two-year state spending plan on Wednesday night, which he said will include a middle class income tax totaling $343 million, and a controversial expansion of school choice. “One of the best ways to grow our economy is to put more money back into the hands [...]
Feb. 21, 2013 – 9:15 By Ken Ritter (AP) VEGAS (AP) — Three people were killed and at least three injured in a gun battle between moving vehicles that ultimately crashed at a busy intersection on the Las Vegas Strip, police said. Five vehicles were involved in the crash, including a taxi that burst into [...]
Feb. 21, 2013 – 9:04 am By Gillian Flaccus (AP) TUSTIN, Calif. (AP) — The construction worker was in a panic. He shouted into his phone. “There is one guy down! It’s a white truck! There are shots fired! … The guy has a shotgun and I need an ambulance too! There is someone who [...]
Feb. 20, 2013 BY GILLIAN FLACCUS ASSOCIATED PRESS TUSTIN, Calif. (AP) — The early morning commute was just getting under way on suburban Orange County’s network of freeways when Melvin Lee Edwards pulled up to a stop sign near a busy off-ramp. It was just after 5 a.m. and Edwards, 69, was on his way to [...]
Feb. 20, 2013 – 4:20 pm ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————– Feb. 20, 2013 BY DANA FIELDS AND MARIA SUDEKUM ASSOCIATED PRESS KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Authorities were bringing in heavy equipment Wednesday to remove blackened rubble and aid their search for a missing employee of a popular Kansas City restaurant destroyed by a gas explosion and the ensuing [...]
