Wednesday, May 14: A summer home in the town of Hillsboro had been burglarized over the winter. Wiring had been stripped, and some items had been stolen.
Wednesday, May 14: Steven Liles of La Farge swerved to miss a deer on County Highway D in the town of Webster. His vehicle crossed the oncoming traffic lane, went off the road, rolled through a fence, and came to rest on its wheels. He reported no injuries in the crash.
Saturday, May 17: At the Ontario Fastrip, Allison Leis of Sparta attempted to drive around a legally parked vehicle belonging to Melvin DeWitt of Hillsboro. She struck the rear of the DeWitt vehicle with the driver’s side of her car, causing minor damage to both vehicles. No injuries were claimed.
Sunday, May 18: A bicyclist on Lower Hornby Hollow Road complained of an aggressive pit bull-type dog that grabbed his pant leg and would not let go.
Sunday, May 18: Boe Messer of Lake Delton, Wis., lost control of his vehicle on County Highway A in the town of Union when he looked at his GPS system. His vehicle went into the ditch and overturned, landing on its wheels. He reported no injuries.
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Does are preparing to produce fawns, leaving last year’s fawns to fend for themselves, according to the sheriff’s department. This leads to a higher incidence of car/deer crashes every year around Memorial Day.
Seventeen car/deer crashes were reported last week:
• Brenda Snodgras of Westby, on County Highway P, town of Clinton
• Loren Bechtum of Stoddard, on County Road K. town of Harmony
• Mark Skaaland of Westby, on County Highway Y, town of Jefferson
• David Roberts of La Farge, on Highway 56, town of Viroqua
• William Hannah of Genoa, on Highway 56, town of Jefferson
• Randy Herricks of Onalaska, on Highway 131, town of Stark
• Yu Lan Jiang of La Crosse, on Highway 35, town of Genoa
• Adam Buckmaster of Coon Valley, on Barstad Road, town of Viroqua
• Kent Obert of Genoa, on Highway 33, town of Hillsboro
• Jeff Schultz of Coon Valley, on Highway 14, town of Harmony
• Kimberlee Verbsky of Hillsboro, on Highway 33, town of Hillsboro
• Jeremy Miller of Hillsboro, on County Highway Q, town of Greenwood
• Troy Morey of Westby, on Lovaas Ridge Road, town of Christiana
• Terry Turpin of Elroy, on Lovers Lane, town of Hillsboro
• Mary Powers of Mauston, on Highway 33, town of Hillsboro
• Tristan Buros-Nash, on Highway 82, town of Wheatland
• Marc Lingelbach of Chaseburg, on Highway 162, town of Hamburg