VIROQUA, Wis. – The Vernon County National Night Out has grown every year in size, scope and attendance and the Vernon County National Night Out Planning Committee announced this week that its fifth annual...
Archive - July 2024
Statewide crime alert suspects arrested in Viroqua, one turned over to federal authorities
VIROQUA, Wis. – After a number of reports of suspicious interactions with people from St Croix County to Readstown, two men were arrested in what authorities are describing as a “high risk” traffic...
The Mississippi River’s floodplain forests are dying. The race is on to bring them back.
DE SOTO, Wis. – At the junction of Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa, there’s a place called Reno Bottoms, where the Mississippi River spreads out from its main channel into thousands of acres of tranquil backwaters...
The Army Corps is making temporary islands and sandbars in the Mississippi near Grafton
By: Will Bauer | St. Louis Public Radio Boaters and Mississippi River observers may notice a handful of new temporary islands and sandbars in the river near Grafton. The Army Corps of Engineers recently completed...
Walking with water, dancing with Coon Creek: Art celebrating the Coon Creek Watershed on display this summer
COON VALLEY, Wis.– Over the last two years, 70 Coon Creek Watershed residents shared more than 60 hours of stories about the Coon Creek Watershed as part of the Coon Creek Community Watershed Council’s Learning to...
Vernon County Sheriff’s Report for the week ending Saturday, July 27, 2024
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Invasive carp are surging in the Mississippi River. Will people and pets eat them?
By Elise Plunk, Louisiana Illuminator Midwestern states are spending millions every year to prevent a giant, goggle-eyed fish from invading rivers and lakes. But the Asian carp has firmly established a home in the...
Investigation into Fox Lake man for local bank fraud broadens to ‘elaborate, multi-jurisdictional bank fraud and check cashing scheme’
Raymond Scott “Scotty” Regall – Vernon County Sheriff’s Office photo VIROQUA, Wis. – Vernon County Sheriff Roy Torgerson issued an update today that their investigation is broadening into what he...
Citizens United, GOP state parties file FEC complaint over Biden-Harris campaign funds
by Ariana Figueroa, Wisconsin Examiner July 25, 2024 WASHINGTON — A conservative group and a group of Republican state parties Thursday filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission accusing Vice President...
Fox Lake Wis. man arrested in Madison following Vernon County bank fraud investigation
Raymond Scott “Scotty” Regall – Vernon County Sheriff’s Office photo WESTBY, Wis. – Friday evening the Vernon County Sheriff’s Office issued a statement asking the public’s help in locating a man...
