After conducting a search warrant at Kendall business Wood Pipes Smoke Shoppe and Speakeasy, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department arrested owners Tammy J. Wood, 34, and Brian G. Wood, 38, late Wednesday afternoon. According to a press release prepared by the Monroe...
Police release name of industrial accident victim
Police released the name of the man killed in an industrial accident at Valley Pride Packing Plant in Norwalk on Friday, Dec. 9. Monroe County Sheriff Peter Quirin identified the deceased as Edgar Rodriguez Becerra, 31, of Viola. No other details of the incident are...
Person killed at Valley Pride in Norwalk
An individual was killed in an industrial accident at Valley Pride Packing Plant in Norwalk this morning, according to Monroe County Sheriff Peter Quirin. The Monroe County 911 Center was notified of the incident at 9:55 a.m. At first, Wilton Ambulance Service...
Recall Walker petitions will be available in Wilton
Petitions to recall Gov. Scott Walker and Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch will be available in Wilton from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, on the corner of Highway 71 (Walker Street) and Packard Street. Those who would like to sign but cannot get to that location on...
In Haiti, U.S. deportees face illegal detentions and grave health risks
By JACOB KUSHNER About this report: Jacob Kushner reported this story in Haiti and Florida. He produced this story for the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting, with additional reporting for the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, where he formerly...
Hunters register 112,581 deer during opening weekend
More than 600,000 hunters were outdoors Saturday morning, waiting for the opening moment of the 2011 gun-deer season, and by the end of the weekend, a preliminary call-in tally showed hunters registered 112,581 deer over the two-day period. According to a DNR press...
Wisconsin wetlands seen as threat to jobs
But environmentalists lament erosion of broad support for protection By BILL LUEDERS Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism Call it Bud Harris’ theory of environmental relativity. The professor emeritus of natural and applied sciences at the University of...
Under legal pressure, Wisconsin coal-fired power plants trim emissions
But health concerns remain as state, federal regulators take years to punish some polluters By SARAH KARON and LAUREN HASLER Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism ALMA — In 1956, 17-year-old Janis Schreiber moved to this tiny city on the Mississippi River,...
‘High Voltage: The Big Picture’ set for Nov. 29
The Town of Stark’s energy planning and information committee will offer a program, “High Voltage: The Big Picture,” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29, at Sparta City Hall. Coffee and handouts will be available 6:30 p.m. The program addresses the proposed Badger Coulee...
Walker hires lawyer to defend DA who sued state
By BILL LUEDERS Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism Gov. Scott Walker has hired private legal counsel to represent a county district attorney being sued for allegedly violating a state open government law -- a move made necessary because the DA has sued the...
