VIROQUA, Wis. – Vernon County Economic Development is in the process of a transition. The Vernon County Economic Development Committee has made a series of decisions over the last year that restructured the...
Archive - April 2024
Vernon County Sheriff’s Report for the week ending Saturday, April 27, 2024
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GRAPHIC: US ag census showed fewer farms used manure as fertilizer in the Midwest
by Mónica Cordero, Investigate Midwest/Report for America, Investigate Midwest April 10, 2024 Between 2017 and 2022, the number of Midwestern farms that used manure as fertilizer decreased from 137,305 to 118,944...
24 Wisconsin news organizations partner for a national convention first
by Matthew DeFour / Wisconsin WatchApril 29, 2024 When the Republican National Convention comes to Milwaukee in July, some 50,000 people including thousands of reporters from around the world will get a front-row seat...
Alcohol a factor in head-on collision in rural Viroqua that sent two people to the hospital
VIROQUA, Wis. – Vernon County Sheriff Roy Torgerson reports early Saturday evening, April 27, at 5:51 p.m., a deputy sheriff on patrol came upon a serious, two-vehicle crash on US Highway 14, near Offerdahl Road...
UW-Platteville vacating Richland campus, Senate Democrats blame Republicans
by Baylor Spears, Wisconsin Examiner April 25, 2024 The University of Wisconsin system announced this week that UW-Platteville will vacate its Richland campus by July — a decision that local officials said will cause...
Three vehicle crash on Highway 14 sends two to the hospital
VIROQUA, Wis. – According to the Vernon County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday, April 24 at approximately 11:00 a.m., the Sheriff’s Office 911 Dispatch Center was notified of a three-vehicle crash on U.S...
Families of fentanyl overdose victims hope Amara Rose billboard message will save lives
VIROQUA, Wis. – The family members of overdose victims featured in a new billboard campaign by the Amara Rose Foundation gathered in Viroqua earlier this month near the first billboard to go up. The families are...
State Sen. Pfaff recognized by Wisconsin Dairy Business Association
Madison, Wis. – This week, State Senator Brad Pfaff (D-Onalaska) received the Dairy Business Association Legislative Excellence Award. After receiving the award, Senator Pfaff issued the following statement. :...
32-year-old Lone Rock woman arrested after multiple hit and run crashes in Vernon and Richland Counties
YUBA, Wis. – Tasha Elaine Sitting, 32, of rural Lone Rock, Wis. is facing multiple charges in two counties after deputies from Richland and Vernon Counties responded to numerous calls of crashes and reckless...
