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Madison man gets 2 years in prison for seventh DUI
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:12:41 -0800
A Madison man was convicted in Columbia County of a seventh drunken driving charge was ordered to serve more than two years in prison.
Columbia County jobless rate dips
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:03:16 -0800
Columbia County ended 2011 in a downward trend - but in a good way - as the county's monthly unemployment rate fell from 7 percent in November to 6.9 percent in December.
OSHA issues 10 citations against Columbia County foundry
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:11:28 -0800
Fall River - A federal workplace-safety agency has cited a foundry in central Wisconsin for 10 alleged safety violations.
Dealer gets 4 years for overdose death
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:12:00 -0800
At a hearing Monday in Columbia County Circuit Court, Judge Alan White sentenced Darrell McQuay, 30, of Wisconsin Dells, to four years of prison followed by five years of extended supervision.
Examiner says County Board didn't bargain in good faith, owes back pay to employees
Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:40:18 -0800
Columbia County engaged in unfair labor practices during negotiations on the 2009-2010 contract with union-represented employees and must pay some of the employees back pay on top of the back pay that the county paid in May, an examiner with the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission has ordered.
Q&A: This election is a bit different
Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:50:23 -0800
Some Columbia County voters - but not all - will have an opportunity to go to the polls Tuesday and cast a primary election ballot.
High-speed crash results in charges
Tue, 21 Feb 2012 01:39:04 -0800
The clock had already struck midnight when Princess Miles took the wheel on Sunday, speeding down the Wisconsin Dells Parkway and hitting a power pole before crashing her sport-utility vehicle into a tree.
Norovirus cases strike county; school, two care centers were affected
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:27:53 -0800
Columbia County recently had three confirmed cases of the norovirus within nine days, part of multiple cases in a three-county area.
County committee agrees to issue additional back pay to employees
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:43:17 -0800
Columbia County will pay some of its employees "back pay on their back pay," as ordered by a Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission examiner, the County Board's human resources committee
The Daily Register: Making news for 125 years
Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:50:03 -0800
There have been many newspapers in Columbia County, but none have had the longevity or success of the Portage Daily Register.