By County Line staff Michael Vierck, 24, of Kendall was found guilty in Monroe County Circuit Court on Oct. 11 of several Kendall area burglaries in late 2010 and early 2011. The incidents included the theft of a television in a Kendall home, a burglary to a shed in...
City of Elroy Police Report
The following is the City of Elroy police report for August. Defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Monday, Aug. 1: Garbage accumulation, Second Main Street — Amber D. Olson of Elroy Thursday, Aug. 4: Failure to yield/stop for emergency vehicle,...
Items stolen from Town of Sheldon
By County Line staff The Town of Sheldon large-item cleanup days, which were from Oct. 19-22, became a real chance for a thief to clean up. Town Chair Dennis Hubbard reported that adapter plates and pallet forks for the town end loader were taken. Hubbard estimated...
Vernon County Sheriff's Report
Tuesday, Oct. 18: Franklin Wilson of Adams, Wis., fell asleep while driving his car and pulling a boat on Highway 35, town of Bergen. He went off the road, struck a mailbox, crossed a driveway and struck another mailbox. Wilson reported no injuries at the time of the...
Highway 71/131 crash sends four to hospital
Four sustained injuries in a single-vehicle crash near Wilton on Sunday, according to Monroe County Sheriff Peter Quirin. At about 10 p.m., Juana Romero Gutierrez, 35, of rural Tomah was driving a car southbound on Highway 131 when she failed to stop for the stop sign...
Two hurt in La Farge stabbing incident
Two men received medical attention after a knife fight in La Farge on Monday, according to Vernon County Sheriff John Spears. The altercation occurred at about 11:45 a.m. between Dustin R. Mogle, 30, of La Farge and Leonard D. Larson, 25, of La Crosse at 513 E. Penn...
Vernon County Sheriff's Report
Monday, Oct. 10: A burglary occurred in Stoddard sometime between Wednesday and Saturday. A residence on Division Street was entered, and cash was stolen. Monday, Oct. 10: Entry had been attempted at the La Farge Public Schools. Screens were slashed, but it appeared...
Man injured in town of Whitestown motorcycle accident
A 60-year-old Madison man sustained injuries Saturday after he lost control of his motorcycle in the town of Whitestown. Keith J. Houlihan was westbound on Highway 33, about six-tenths of a mile west of Taylor Valley Road, when he went into the ditch and overturned....
Sparta man charged with Norwalk Post Office break-in
Police recently arrested a Sparta man who allegedly broke into the Norwalk Post Office and the Norwalk Village Hall last summer. In connection with a range of crimes in Monroe County, Jacob S. Kiernan, 23, faces a total 19 counts, nine of them felony and 10...
Vernon County Sheriff's Report
Monday, Oct. 3: Grafitti was written on the walls of the De Soto Village Office. Monday, Oct. 3: A flag person stopped Dennis Ellefson of Rock Springs, Wis., on Highway 14, town of Kickapoo. Ellefson pulled out to go around another vehicle that had been stopped by the...
