Monday, Oct. 29: Terence Winchel of Kendall struck a horse on Briskey Road, town of Hillsboro, and reported minor injuries. Monday, Oct. 29: Joseph Wirtz of La Farge was driving a combine on Highway 131, town of Whitestown. The head of the combine was not raised high...
Vernon County Sheriff's Report for Oct. 22–28
Tuesday, Oct. 23: Donna Dopson of Readstown swerved to miss a deer on County Highway T, town of Kickapoo. She crossed the center of the road and hit the ditch, but she sustained no injuries. Wednesday, Oct. 24: Several storage rental units in the Readstown area of...
Vernon County Sheriff's Report for Oct. 15–21
Wednesday, Oct. 17: Taryn Greendeer's cattle were out on Parker Road yesterday and today. Damage to a bird feeder was reported. ♦ ♦ ♦ Fourteen car-deer accidents were reported last week: • Dennis Johnson of Soldiers Grove, Wis., hit a deer on Highway 14, town of...
Hillsboro man dies in single-vehicle accident
A 59-year-old rural Hillsboro man died Thursday night in a single-vehicle crash in the town of Greenwood, according to Vernon County Sheriff John Spears. Joseph D. Verbsky was eastbound on St. John's Avenue, negotiating a curve, when he lost control of his vehicle....
Vernon County Sheriff's Report for Oct. 8–14
Monday, Oct. 8: Dixie Palmer of Iowa was southbound on Main Street in Stoddard when she might have blacked out, later saying she had been dizzy. She crossed the centerline and struck a straight truck driven by Joshua Bendel of Galesville, Wis. No injuries were claimed...
Vernon County Sheriff's Report for Oct. 11
Monday, Oct. 1: Wesley Rechlicz of Ontario was backing from a private drive onto Pine Avenue, town of Forest. Mark Sullivan of Hillsboro saw Rechlicz backing up and stopped on Pine Avenue. He then honked his horn, but Rechlicz did not see or hear him and backed into...
Vernon County Sheriff's Report for Oct. 4
Friday, Sept. 28: Carroll Nelson of Readstown attempted to drive through the intersection of Fourth and Center streets in Readstown and struck the vehicle driven by David Blum of Readstown. No injuries were reported at the time of the crash. Friday, Sept. 28: Jermyn...
Two injured in town of Wells crash
Two Norwalk residents were injured when their vehicles collided in the town of Wells on Sept. 26, according to Monroe County Sheriff Peter Quirin. Justine M. Wiedl, 16, of Norwalk was driving a 2003 Chevrolet Blazer northbound on Highway 71, about two-tenths of a mile...
Update: Monroe County police release photo of burned-out car
The Monroe County Police Department released a photo Tuesday of the burned-out car discovered Sept. 18 off County Highway T in the town of Ridgeville. The vehicle contained a body, which the sheriff's department determined was female, though the forensic pathologist...
Update: Body in burned-out car was female
The Monroe County Sheriff Department has determined that the body found in a town of Ridgeville car fire was female, according to Monroe County Sheriff Pete Quirin. A passerby reported the incident, which occurred off County Highway T, at 8 a.m. Tuesday. The body was...
