Edgar Rodriguez Becerra, 31, of Viola died Friday, Dec. 9, 2011, at Mayo Clinic Health System in Sparta. He was born Feb. 15, 1980, to his father, Adan Rodriguez Juarez, and his mother, Maria de los Angeles Becerra Sombrano. Edgar traveled to the United States for a...
Vernon County Museum Notes: Reprinted 1878 plat-map indices for sale
By KRISTEN PARROTT | Vernon County Museum curator Have you started your holiday gift shopping? The museum's gift shop contains lots of books and toys that your loved ones may enjoy. We have just reprinted the index to the 1878 Vernon County plat map, and this book now...
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...
Money & Politics: New study tracks independent spending
By BILL LUEDERS Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism In four critical Wisconsin state Senate races last year, groups making independent campaign expenditures actually spent more than the candidates themselves. That jaw-dropping finding is from a report...
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,...
Vernon County Museum Notes: Vintage Thanksgiving cards on display
By KRISTEN PARROTT | Vernon County Museum curator In keeping with the approaching holiday, the museum's main research room is decorated with a collection of vintage Thanksgiving postcards. Most of the cards feature at least one turkey, although a few depict autumnal...
Royall School District winter athletics schedule
Home games are in bold. VARSITY GIRLS BASKETBALL • 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 26 — Scrimmage at Richland Center • 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1 — Royall at Mauston • 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5 — Royall at West Salem • 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9 — Royall at Hillsboro • 7:30 p.m....
Money & Politics: Democratic rep rips role of money in politics
By BILL LUEDERS Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism Asked to describe the connection between money and politics, Kelda Helen Roys drops one adjective, then another: “Inseparable.” “Insufferable.” As the Democratic state Assembly rep from Madison sees it,...
