counties of Wisconsin

Twenty-five-year-old Brenden Felton was last seen in late October near Hubbard's Landing in Pepin County. The boater says he found a body lodged against a tree in the river Sunday at 2:25 p.m. Anne Felton's Facebook post thanks people for their "kind words, support," and volunteer search efforts.

Editor's note: Story updated to correct location of funeral. CARLTON, Minnesota - The retired director of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Native American Center died after he was shot in Minnesota, authorities said. Andrew Gokee, 57, of Wisconsin Rapids, died over the weekend, Carlton County ...

WISCONSIN RAPIDS - Snow is melting and that means high water in many areas throughout the region. A portion of County GG, between State 173 and State 54, will be closed indefinitely due to high water, the Wood County Dispatch Center confirmed Monday afternoon. RELATED: Finally, it's going to feel ...

Dairy farms have been a staple of rural areas of Wisconsin like Portage, the county seat of Columbia County, one of 23 Wisconsin counties carried by Mr. Trump that President Barack Obama had won in 2012. The industry has been hard-hit statewide, particularly in Columbia County. “We're in a crisis ...

State environmental officials have given a Colorado logistics company the green light to build a Jackson County frac sand rail terminal that neighbors ... The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued a permit Monday allowing OmniTRAX Logistics Services to fill just over 4 acres of wetlands in ...

A training exercise meant to simulate a mass power outage will take place next month at sites across Wisconsin. The exercise, known as Dark Sky, is scheduled to happen May 15-17 in Brown, Calumet, Dane, Fond du Lac, Milwaukee, Outagamie and Winnebago counties. The public should not be ...

(AP) - County health departments in western Wisconsin are warning people about recent potential exposure to measles. The La Crosse Tribune reports that La Crosse and Trempealeau county health departments were notified this month that an out-of-state visitor had measles in its contagious stage.

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Authorities in Northeastern Minnesota are holding a Wisconsin man in connection with a Friday night shooting. The Carlton County Sheriff's Office reported that the 32-year-old man from Bayfield, Wis., is in custody pending charges. Authorities were called to the shooting just before midnight Friday. A man ...

Eau Claire County ranks 35th among Wisconsin's 72 counties for residents' health outcomes but fares much better when assessing factors available to lead healthy lives, according to an annual County Health Rankings report released today. Among factors adversely impacting county residents' health are ...

In the “health factors” ranking, the county dipped from sixth to eighth in measurements of behaviors, clinical care, social and economic elements and physical ... The rankings categorize the five healthiest counties in Wisconsin, from the top, as Ozaukee, Taylor, Pepin, Washington and Waukesha. The least ...

Yogesh Chawla, an Indian American data analyst in Wisconsin, Feb. 20 was among the top two vote getters in a four-candidate primary election race for the Dane County Board District 6 seat, advancing to the general election in April. Chawla, who earned 37.4 percent of the vote, was just behind ...

Milwaukee County continues to rank among the least healthiest in the state and, it turns out, is adjacent to the healthiest Wisconsin county. That's according to the ninth annual County Health Rankings report, which is a collaboration of the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert ...

(WHBL) - Wisconsin county health rankings are out, and Sheboygan County came in at #26 on that list. University of Wisconsin Population Health ... Once again this year, Ozaukee County is first among the state's 72 counties in overall health, and Menominee is last. The results show 14% of Sheboygan ...

The joint health department is now able to provide food safety and licensing services to both counties, whereas only Washington County previously offered the program. However, Johnson said joint service delivery may not be the answer for some counties. "Just because you can share services doesn't ...

The federal government has sued Ozaukee County, claiming it violated the civil rights of a worker at a county-owned nursing home when her employers made her get a flu shot in violation of her religious beliefs to continue working there.

Authorities say a 54-year-old man from Park Falls, Wisconsin has been arrested for his 6th OWI. | Photo: WDIO-TV/File. WDIO-TV Created: March 11, 2018 07:27 PM. HAYWARD - A Price County, Wisconsin man has been arrested for operating a motor vehicle under the influence for his 6th offense. Advertisement – Content ...

Then it was on to an 8th Congressional District caucus in New London, followed by a dinner with Dane County Republicans in Madison. Vukmir has put 52,000 miles on her car in pursuit of the nomination, hitting more than 60 of the state's 72 counties. To make the Milwaukee County event, she came fresh ...

The Wisconsin Office of Rural Health identifies 48 of Wisconsin's 72 counties as facing a “geography-based shortage” of mental health care providers. But Radue says the problem isn't just the lack of mental health resources in rural counties. Psychiatrists are often under-prepared to meet the unique needs ...

(WLUC) - On Thursday, March 8th, Deputies from the Keweenaw County Sheriff's Office were dispatched to investigate a single snowmobile accident that occurred on Trail #3, 1.3 miles North of U.S. 41 in Allouez Township. A snowmobile driven by 58-year-old Dale A. Wiza of Franklin, Wisconsin was ...

The Eau Claire County Board is pushing for the right to garnish the pensions of public workers convicted of stealing from local governments. The move comes after a ... Scott Walker encouraging the state to tweak the state law relating to Wisconsin Retirement System pensions. "We're very hopeful that it'll ...

MILWAUKEE (CN) – The U.S. Justice Department sued a Wisconsin county on behalf of a woman who claims she was forced to get a flu shot to keep her job at a county-owned nursing home, in violation of her Christian beliefs. According to the lawsuit filed Tuesday by the federal government in Milwaukee ...

The federal government has sued Ozaukee County, claiming it violated the civil rights of a worker at a county-owned nursing home when her employers made her get a flu shot in violation of her religious beliefs to continue working there. Lasata Care Center in Cedarburg required all employees to get an ...

COLUMBIA COUNTY, Wis. - Interstate 39 between Highway 33 and U.S. 51 in Columbia County will be reduced to a single lane of traffic in each direction starting Tuesday because of construction, according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. The lane closures will last until May 25, according ...

After hearing the public comments, members of the county Land, Conservation and Zoning Committee voted to send the ordinance back to county lawyers for insertion of even tougher restrictions against new mines. One committee member, Jean Maszk, suggested the ordinance be rewritten to make it ...