Tuesday, Aug. 5: Dalton Young of Baraboo, Wis., fell asleep while driving on County Highway WW, going through the intersection and crossing both lanes of Highway 33 in the town of Hillsboro. He then went over the embankment and into the ditch. Neither Young nor his...
Ontario man cited for drunk driving after wrecking car
Ontario man Phil A. Wallace, 18, was arrested for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and failing to keep vehicle under control after wrecking his car on Hoff Valley Road near Ontario on June 20. Wallace made his initial court appearance Aug. 4.
Ontario man arrested twice on alcohol charges
A man was arrested twice in July on alcohol-related charges, according to Ontario police. Ryan D. Berg, 28, of Ontario was first arrested July 4 after he was seen by Ontario police urinating in the 300 block of Main Street. Berg was extremely intoxicated, according to...
Vernon County Sheriff's Report for July 28 to Aug. 3
Thursday, July 31: Chadwick Wylie of La Crosse swerved to miss a deer on County Highway O in the town of Bergen. He overturned, hit a signpost and went through a fence owned by Larry Wrobel of Stoddard. No injuries were reported. Saturday, Aug. 2: Joanne Andrews of...
Two Kendall residents arrested for drunk driving after leaving Ontario softball game
Two Kendall residents were apprehended after allegedly driving drunk from a softball game in Ontario on Thursday, according to Ontario Police Chief Matt Hoskins. At about 9:21 p.m., the Ontario Police Department received a traffic complaint of a possibly intoxicated...
Man arrested for 2012 Norwalk burglary
DNA collected from the November 2012 burglary of the 71 Express gas station in Norwalk has led to an arrest, according to Norwalk-Wilton Police Chief Steve Johnson. Norwalk-Wilton police and the Monroe County Sheriff's Department apprehended Lucas P. Downing, 24, on...
Wilton man accused of child neglect, disorderly conduct
Charges of child neglect and disorderly conduct were filed against James (Jamie) Odegard, 31, of Wilton after accusations that he shot two small children with an airsoft gun. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department reports Odegard was alone with a 6-year-old and...
Kendall man faces battery, disorderly conduct charges
Jonathon L. Walling, 23, of 624 Medbury St., Kendall, was arrested for domestic-violence-related disorderly conduct and battery after he was accused of instigating a physical altercation with a former roommate July 11. According to the report, the former roommate went...
Wilton man arrested on battery charges
Sean P. Lavenduskey, 26, of Wilton was arrested for battery and resisting an officer after an incident at a Wilton bar July 13. According to the report, Lavenduskey had a physical altercation with another man in the early morning hours of July 13. Lavenduskey...
Ontario man arrested for probation violation
Randy L. Harmel, 33, of Ontario was arrested by Monroe County police for violating his probation after a traffic stop July 16. According to the report, Harmel was pulled over after a deputy observed him driving a vehicle without license plates. Police say Harmel lied...
