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Thursday, September 10, 2015 - 10:55am
It didn’t take long for Dale Warthan to break in his brand new rig.
Friends convinced the owner and operator of D&D Trucking of Sparta to enter his brand new dump truck in a truck show, and he came away a winner.
Warthan bought his blue 2016 Kenworth a few months ago. Warthan, a life-long...
Tuesday, September 8, 2015 - 1:45pm
by PAT MULVANEY
Editor
Al Jensen didn’t have too much formal schooling but his youthful quest to be a cowboy provided him with a great life, a good education and great material for a book.
Jensen, who is now 93 and living in Arizona, penned an autobiography of his life titled “The Ranch...
Tuesday, September 8, 2015 - 1:13pm
by PAT MULVANEY
Editor
Developers are studying the feasibility of a 55-megawatt wind farm around Cashton in southern Monroe County.
OwnEnergy of Brooklyn, NY, is conducting the study through a joint venture with the Wisconsin Farmers Union (WFU).
The project area being studied is in...
Tuesday, September 8, 2015 - 1:07pm
by RENAE CALDWELL
Staff Writer
Sparta has lost three bars over the course of as many years. A pair liquor of licenses are up for grabs, but the rules for securing liquor licenses has changed.
Bars that ceased doing business over the past few years include the After Dark on N. Water...
Tuesday, September 8, 2015 - 12:57pm
by RENAE CALDWELL
Staff Writer
Bernie Becker may not be a licensed educator, but he is teaching kids plenty, like kindness, generosity and a strong work ethic.
Most people know Becker as the crossing guard who mans the corner of Water and Montgomery streets. Becker, who turned 74 last week...
Tuesday, September 8, 2015 - 12:10pm
Although they’ve only been at for three years, a pair of Sparta cousins are heating up in the world of barbeque competition.
Chris Brueggeman and Jason Schwarz, collectively known as B.S. Barbeque, finished in 12th place overall in the 5th annual Smokin’ In the Bogs barbeque contest held...
Tuesday, September 8, 2015 - 11:21am
by JOHN PAUL SCHALLER
Staff Writer
An ongoing effort to spruce up downtown Sparta got a boost from the Sparta Area Chamber of Commerce in the form of a $3,000 grant last week.
Sparta Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Tim Hyma sad the grant will support the efforts of the group to...
Tuesday, September 8, 2015 - 11:20am
by JOHN PAUL SCHALLER
Staff Writer
A rural Tomah teenager sustained serious head injuries in a two-car crash Saturday evening.
According to the Tomah Police Department, officers were dispatched to the intersection of North Superior Avenue and West McCoy Boulevard shortly after 8 p.m.
When...
Wednesday, July 22, 2015 - 3:03pm
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Wednesday, October 1, 2014 - 11:05am
A shuttle driver was passing by the intersection at Seven Farms Drive and Etiwan Park Street around 5 a.m. on Monday, July 20, when a teenage girl on the corner caught his attention. She was acting strangely, he would later tell police after calling 911.
“The woman appeared to be distraught,”...