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Vernon County Sheriff reports fatal semi crash on State Highway 35

STODDARD, Wis. — A 66-year-old Iowa man died Sunday morning after a single-vehicle crash on State Highway 35 in the Town of Bergen. The crash was reported at approximately 8:45 a.m. Oct. 11 near Chipmunk Ridge...

Traffic stop in Prairie du Chien leads to drug arrests

Oct. 12, 2026 PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis. — Two Viroqua residents were arrested after a traffic stop conducted by the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Unit in Prairie du Chien, according to authorities...

Multiple injuries as a result of two-vehicle crash in Gays Mills

Oct. 12, 2026 GAYS MILLS, Wis. — Multiple people were injured Saturday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of State Highway 171 and Old Gays Road in the Village of Gays Mills. According to the...

Driver cited after West River Road crash in Crawford County

Oct. 12, 2026 UTICA TOWNSHIP, Wis. — A northern Illinois man was cited following a single-vehicle crash Saturday evening on West River Road in Crawford County. According to the Crawford County Sheriff’s...

Watch: How Wisconsin’s lake sturgeon are making a comeback in the Milwaukee River basin

Oct. 12, 2026 By Trisha Young, Wisconsin Watch Lake sturgeon have been around for more than 130 million years, long before the Great Lakes formed. Commercial fishing in the 19th century, followed by damming...

Diesel prices add pressure on farmers during harvest

Oct. 12, 2026 By Mónica Cordero, Investigate Midwest The national average for a gallon of on-highway diesel reached $6.20 on Oct. 5, following a sharp increase that began in March and peaked in September...

Wisconsin governor candidates respond to Wisconsin Watch reader questions

Oct. 12, 2026 By Brittany Carloni, Wisconsin Watch At a brewery in Mauston, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley took a question from rural Democrats about what led to his exit and reentry in the chaotic...

Judge orders the Trump administration to cancel taxpayer-funded promotional TV ads

Oct. 12, 2026 By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press President Donald Trump must cancel any remaining television commercials paid for with millions of dollars in taxpayer money to promote his political message, a...

A freed man faces life back in prison after a Supreme Court ruling on the First Step Act

Oct. 12, 2026 By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two years after his release from prison, Patrick Dewayne Smith spends Sundays with his family in a modest brick church with a white...

Many GOP states have imposed new voting rules this year, some mirroring Trump’s midterm proposals

Oct. 12, 2026 By GARY FIELDS and JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press President Donald Trump has pushed Congress to pass a proof-of-citizenship law, signed an executive order seeking a national voter ID...

Measles cases reach 4,080 for the year — the highest in decades

Oct. 12, 2026 By Tim Henderson, Wisconsin Examiner Measles cases for the calendar year surpassed 4,000 for the first time in decades, with as many as five deaths in Pennsylvania, as the federal government...

Trump, Rubio weigh firing US envoy to Greece after mounting reports of improper conduct

Oct. 12, 2026 By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are considering firing U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle after a series...

Sunday Summary: Local stories carried on VernonReporter.Com over the last week

Oct. 11, 2026 VIROQUA, Wis. — From the Board naming Joe Riemann as new general manager of Viroqua Food Co-op and transportation officials announcing the Lansing Bridge will open to traffic by early November to...

US plans for livestreamed execution would put it in company with few nations

Oct. 11, 2026 By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press The U.S. would join a very short list of nations that carry out capital punishment in public if it goes forward with plans to live-stream a military execution...

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