Jackson County, WI

This year, the Black River Area Chamber of Commerce will be awarding Fern Helbling Scholarships. Fern Helbling was a local registered nurse who passed away Dec. 21, 1999. It was her wish that the interest earned from part of her estate be used to benefit local scholars. The Fern Helbling...

A man involved in a high speed chase in Black River Falls appeared in Jackson County Court. According to the Black River Falls Police Department, on November 24th of last year, around 9:47pm, they observed two vehicles traveling at a high rate of speed on I-94 near Black River Falls. Officers attempted to stop the vehicles, but they fled.

The Jackson County ADRC will be offering the Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program to income eligible seniors again this year. […]. Authorities in western Wisconsin say a 74-year-old man has died of the injuries he suffered while he was pinned under […]. Tyler Bue - A federal...

JACKSON COUNTY, Wis. (WEAU) -The Jackson County Crime Stoppers says they are assisting with a 2012 missing person case. According to a media release by the Jackson County Crime Stoppers, Gene Cloud Jr. was last seen Jan. 25, 2012 at about 7:05 a.m. in Millston Township, Jackson County. The media...

Tyler Bue - Barbara Ann Hansen, age 74, passed away May 15, 2022 at her home in Merrillan. She was born June 17, […]. Emily Jane Halverson, age 85, passed away May 11, 2022 peacefully at The Lodge at Whispering Pines in Plover, WI […]. Tyler Bue -

BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis. (WEAU) - A registered sex offender is being released from state prison on Tuesday, May 17 to live in Jackson County. 30-year-old John Hobein will live at 5 South Roosevelt Ave. in Black River Falls in Jackson County beginning May 17, according to the Black River Falls Police Department and the Wisconsin Department of Corrections.

(Hope Kirwan, WPR) The owners of a rural hydroelectric plant in Jackson County have partnered with a New York-based company to start a cryptocurrency mining operation. According to Hope Kirwan of Wisconsin Public Radio, located on the popular tourist destination Lake Arbutus in west central Wisconsin, the dam and power plant in Hatfield has been in operation since 1908.

The owners of a rural hydroelectric plant in Jackson County have partnered with a New York-based company to start a cryptocurrency mining operation. Located on the popular tourist destination Lake Arbutus in west central Wisconsin, the dam and power plant in Hatfield has been in operation since 1908. At the end of March, Digital Power Optimization announced they partnered with the owners of the power plant and a private investor to start "industrial-scale mining operations," according to a company press release.

The person killed in a two-car crash in the Town of Brockway on April 22 was 49-year-old Dennis Nevaguaya of Black River Falls, the Jackson County Sheriff's Office said.

TOWN OF BROCKWAY, Wis. (WEAU) -Authorities have released the name of a driver who died after a two-vehicle crash in Jackson County. One of the drivers of the vehicles, now identified as 49-year-old Dennis Nevaguaya of Black River Falls, was found dead at the scene. According to a media release...

Authorities have released the name of the individual killed after a two-vehicle crash last Friday afternoon in Jackson County. According to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department, the crash occurred on Highway 54 in the Town of Brockway around 12:47pm. The driver of one of the vehicles was found dead at the scene and has been identified as 49-year-Dennis Nevaguaya of Black River Falls.

Officials in Jackson County have released the name of the individual who died in a two vehicle crash on Highway 54 last Friday. On April 22nd, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office was paged to a two vehicle crash on State Highway 54 in the Town of Brockway. Once on scene, it was determined that one of the drivers was deceased. That driver was 49-year-old Dennis Nevaguaya of Black River Falls. No other information was released by the Sheriff’s Department.