Bowls on the take-out menu

Emma Larson-Grotzke, 21 months, picked out her Soup Supper bowl Thursday by saying, “puppy.” Mary Fischbeck lifts up the chosen bowl as Emma’s dad, Ryan Grotzke, holds Emma at Rusch Elementary School. A payment of $6 bought soup, bread, a beverage, a dessert and a bowl to keep at the annual event, put on by Portage Academy of Achievement students. Proceeds go to the Portage Food Pantry.

Posted in News, Local on Thursday, November 19, 2009 11:45 pm.

Police notebook for Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

Information is taken from the records of the Portage Police Department and does not represent a comprehensive list of police department activity. Each individual named in this report is presumed to be innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Posted in News, Local on Thursday, November 19, 2009 11:45 pm.

Poynette man faces 21 years on new assault charges

 

Posted in News, Local on Thursday, November 19, 2009 10:50 pm.

Center awaits lynx death report

The results of a necropsy report on the lynx kitten that was euthanized in early September at the MacKenzie Environmental Education Center have not been returned.

Posted in News, Local on Thursday, November 19, 2009 10:45 pm.

Meisgeier keeps BID contract

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Posted in News, Local on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 11:45 pm.

More people expected to travel

More people will travel this Thanksgiving holiday compared to last year but nowhere near the figures posted in 2007.

Posted in News, Local on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 11:45 pm.

Fox sighting in Baraboo

A cautious fox looks out from his perch Wednesday on a boulder near the railroad tracks that run along Lake Street in south Baraboo. Red foxes become more active, and therefore more visible, around mid-January during their breeding cycle, according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. The white snow also helps.

Posted in News, Local on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 11:45 pm.

Tips on garage theft sought

MONTELLO - The Marquette County Sheriff's Office is seeking information related to a burglary of a garage behind the Town Pump Tavern, 37, W. Montello St., on Friday.

Posted in News, Local on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 11:45 pm.

Dells officer fired after urination incident sues

Posted in News, Local on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 11:45 pm.

Big-ticket public works in store for Pardeeville

PARDEEVILLE - The village's public works spending next year is expected to be about four times the amount spent this year - partly as a consequence of flooding in 2008.

Posted in News, Local on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 11:35 pm.

Jerry Davis' Backtag column to return

The Backtag column, by outdoors writer Jerry Davis, will return to the Daily Register on Friday to coincide with the start of deer-gun season. The column will appear daily until the end of the season and will appear online on days the Daily Register does not publish.

Posted in News, Local on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 11:35 pm.

Aiken gets 6 months in area burglaries

Posted in News, Local on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 11:35 pm.

Canal Days plan takes a hit

Posted in News, Local on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 11:30 pm. | Tags: Topstory

Shaved like Samson: Pastor gives up beard for biblical lesson

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Posted in News, Local on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 11:20 pm. | Tags: Centerpiece

Driver in fatal head-on crash ordered held on $10,000 bond

 

Posted in News, Local on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 9:10 pm.

Portage woman facing more forgery charges

MONTELLO - A Portage woman already facing more than two decades in prison on felony forgery charges in Columbia County faces an additional nine years in prison on three more charges in Marquette County.

Posted in Local on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 11:30 pm.

Does Pardeeville have comprehensive plan?

PARDEEVILLE - Does Pardeeville have a new comprehensive plan as part of its ordinances?

Posted in Local on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 11:15 pm.

Rio man faces prison time for high-speed chase

A Rio man faces more than four years in prison on a high-speed chase that began when he failed to dim his high-beam headlights for an oncoming vehicle.

Posted in Local on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 11:15 pm.

Illinois man charged with allegedly punching Schubring

An Illinois man was charged Tuesday with felony battery for allegedly delivering a blind side blow to a former UW basketball player that left him in critical condition.

Posted in Local on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 11:00 pm.

Police Notebook: Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

Information is taken from the records of the Portage Police Department and does not represent a comprehensive list of police department activity. Each individual named in this report is presumed to be innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Posted in Local on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 10:45 pm.

Mauston ranch implicated in banner heist

The owner of a Mauston area business allegedly paid a teenager to steal banners directing visitors to the fourth Official Mauston Pumpkin Bash last month.

Posted in Local on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 10:45 pm.

Another location for Operation AFGHAN

Add another drop-off location for the Operation AFGHAN (Aid From the Good Hearted American Nation) Lift project in Portage.

Posted in Local on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 10:45 pm.

New restaurant takes place of Portage Family Restaurant

A new restaurant will open Monday at the former Portage Family Restaurant facility.

Posted in Local on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 10:30 pm. | Tags: Centerpiece

City still in wage talks with unions

The city's finance committee recommended approval of a $7.2 million city spending plan for 2010 on Tuesday that would raise the mill rate to 7.97.

Posted in Local on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 10:30 pm. | Tags: Topstory

City may annex Surgeon’s Quarters

The owners of the Surgeon's Quarters want to be a part of the Portage community - officially.

Posted in Local on Monday, November 16, 2009 10:15 pm.

Portage man charged with 10th alcohol driving offense

A Portage man faces nearly 20 years in prison if he is convicted of a 10th alcohol-related driving offense.

Posted in Local on Monday, November 16, 2009 10:15 pm.

Oxford man gets jail time for touching himself while driving next to bus

MONTELLO - An Oxford man found guilty of touching himself sexually in his car in view of a high school girl on a bus will spend time in jail and on probation and be listed for two decades as a sex offender.

Posted in Local on Monday, November 16, 2009 10:15 pm.

Police Notebook: Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009

Information is taken from the records of the Portage Police Department and does not represent a comprehensive list of police department activity. Each individual named in this report is presumed to be innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Posted in Local on Monday, November 16, 2009 10:00 pm.

Law designed to save farmland raises questions

Columbia County officials aren't the only ones in south-central Wisconsin scratching their heads about the implications of a new state law designed to save farmland.

Posted in Local on Monday, November 16, 2009 9:45 pm. | Tags: Topstory

Homework Club makes the grade

If you think Homework Club isn't cool, step aside, because there's a waiting list to join it.

Posted in Local on Monday, November 16, 2009 9:30 pm. | Tags: Centerpiece

Thompson family buys old Gordo's

At the old Gordo's Bar & Grill in Portage, a changing number of regulars - at various times 10 or more - sat on stools around the new green-marble-textured topped bar on a recent Wednesday afternoon.

Posted in Local, News on Sunday, November 15, 2009 11:55 pm.

Interstate traffic affected through Tuesday

Westbound/northbound Interstate 39 in Columbia County will be reduced to one lane of traffic through 11 a.m. Tuesday.

Posted in Local, News on Sunday, November 15, 2009 11:55 pm.

Uncovered cistern gives insight into prominent Baraboo family

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BARABOO - The family of early Baraboo banker Jacob Van Orden was apparently not adverse to the occasional sip of Kentucky bourbon and likely had the music of a piano in their home, according to clues uncovered last week.

Posted in Local, News on Sunday, November 15, 2009 11:55 pm.

MENDING A BROKEN HEART; girl has had two open-heart surgeries, and she's only 9

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MADISON - Lana Rae Bender has survived two open-heart surgeries before age 10.

Posted in Local, News on Sunday, November 15, 2009 11:50 pm. | Tags: Centerpiece

What's it really like in Afghanistan? Area soldier answers questions

This May, Berik Nicholson was deployed to a "hot spot" - Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan - as a prison guard.

Posted in Local, News on Sunday, November 15, 2009 11:40 pm. | Tags: Topstory

193 animals found on property; 2 charged; children removed

 

Posted in News, Local on Friday, November 13, 2009 11:45 pm. | Tags: Topstory

Get holiday parade entries ready

 

Posted in News, Local on Friday, November 13, 2009 11:45 pm.

Fire Calls for Nov. 14, 2009

Information is taken from the records of the Portage Fire Department.

Posted in News, Local on Friday, November 13, 2009 11:45 pm.

WRITERS WRITE: Memories of the big deer hunt

Back in the mid-1940s, I was really excited planning my first big deer hunt up north.

Posted in News, Local on Friday, November 13, 2009 11:45 pm.

Town of Newport wants to increase budget, levy

Posted in News, Local on Friday, November 13, 2009 11:10 pm.

Cambria-Friesland School District committee talks ballot choices

Posted in News, Local on Friday, November 13, 2009 11:10 pm.

10-year-old Portage boy makes 911 call for ill mom

Posted in News, Local on Friday, November 13, 2009 11:00 pm.

Corrections for Nov. 14, 2009

• A headline on the front page of Friday's Daily Register gave incorrect information. Federal officials conducted a controlled burn Thursday at the Leopold Wetland Management District.

Posted in News, Local on Friday, November 13, 2009 10:55 pm.

River Crossing wins charter school honors

Posted in News, Local on Friday, November 13, 2009 10:55 pm.

Raking for the community

Amos Atkinson, 13, puts some elbow grease into raking leaves Friday at 815 W. Franklin St. as part of a St. John’s community service project. Behind him is Ashley Etter, 14.

Posted in News, Local on Friday, November 13, 2009 10:50 pm. | Tags: Centerpiece