by Henry Redman, Wisconsin Examiner October 31, 2023 This summer, Wisconsin lawmakers created several programs aimed at making a dent in the state’s shortage of affordable housing. As those programs are rolled out by...
Archive - October 2023
State Senator Pfaff introduces legislation to lower prescription drug costs
State Senator Brad Pfaff Madison, Wis. – Today, State Senator Brad Pfaff (D – Onalaska) and legislative colleagues introduced legislation to create the Office of Prescription Drug Affordability and the...
Drug arrest made following traffic stop in Viroqua
VIROQUA, Wis. – Vernon County Sheriff Roy Torgerson reports that on Saturday, October 28 at 3:39 p.m., a deputy sheriff conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle on West Broadway Street (State Highway 56) in the city...
Village of Coon Valley lowering speed limit to 25 m.p.h. following safety study
COON VALLEY, Wis. – The Coon Valley Police Department released a statement today that the speed limit on Main Street (Central Avenue) through the entire downtown has been reduced to 25 miles per hour starting...
Vernon County Recovery Court showing success, lands three year operating grant from Department of Justice
VIROQUA, Wis. – Vernon County Grants Officer Amy Oliver announced last week that Vernon County was awarded $515,523 to fund another three years of Vernon County Recovery Court program. The grant comes from the...
Hillsboro Police, Vernon County Sheriff’s Office investigate hit and run accident
HILLSBORO, Wis. – Sheriff Roy Torgerson and Hillsboro Police Chief Patrick Clark report on Sunday night, October 22 at approximately 9:15 p.m., the Sheriff’s Office 9-1-1- Dispatch Center received multiple...
Two people on extended supervision arrested in La Farge drug search
LA FARGE, Wis. – Vernon County Sheriff Roy Torgerson and La Farge Police Chief Steven Palmer jointly report the arrests of Henry Alvin Olson, Jr., 56, and Amber Nicole Biamonte, 32, both of La Farge, WI. ...
Vernon County Sheriff Roy Torgerson reports additional arrest made in connection with a May 23 stolen vehicle investigation
WESTBY – Wis. – The Vernon County Sheriff’s Office reports an additional arrest related to a stolen vehicle investigation in May of this year. In that case 42-year-old Alfred Boydston Jr. was arrested...
Vernon County Economic Development Committee divided over full-time economic development position
VIROQUA, Wis. – In 2017 the Vernon County Economic Development committee hired an outside agency (Place Dynamics) to develop a five year strategic plan for economic development for Vernon County. The plan that was...
One person injured in Readstown accident
READSTOWN, Wis. – The Vernon County Sheriff’s Office reports that on Friday, October 26, at 1:30 p.m., the Vernon County 9-1-1 Dispatch Center was notified of a two vehicle accident on US Highway 14 at the...
