Monroe County, WI

Monroe County is now experiencing a high COVID-19 Community Level. During a high COVID-19 Community Level, there is potential for our local health care systems to be overwhelmed due to. increased levels of circulating illness and severe disease. We urge every resident to take critical. steps to protect their health...

A farming accident in western Wisconsin resulted in the death of a 2-year-old child. The incident happened last Sunday at a rural address near the town of Wilton. The Monroe County Sheriff's Office reported that a 911 caller said a child was run over by farm equipment and unresponsive. First...

SPARTA, Wis. (WEAU) - A registered sex offender is being released from state prison on Monday, May 16 to live in Monroe County. 67-year-old David Skidmore will live at 10091 Impala Avenue in the Town of Angelo in Monroe County beginning May 16, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office and the Wisconsin Department of Corrections.

SPARTA, Wis. (WEAU) -The Sparta Police Department is investigating a death, and they say they are “confident there is no threat to the public.”. According to a social post via the Sparta Police Department Facebook Page, on Tuesday at about 10:17 a.m. Sparta Police Department officers responded to a home located in the 100-block of Jefferson Avenue for a report of an unresponsive person.

WILTON, Wis. (WMTV/Gray News) – A 2-year-old died Sunday following a farm machinery accident in Wisconsin, officials say. According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, emergency responders were called to an address in the town of Wilton shortly before noon. The caller told dispatchers that the child had...

According to the Monroe County Sheriff's Department, shortly before noon, the Monroe County 911 Communication Center received a call that a child had been involved in a farm machinery accident at an address on Lilac Avenue in the town of Wilton. The caller indicated that the child, 2, had been run over and was not responsive.

Authorities in Monroe County are confirming reports that four children died in a house fire in a rural area last Thursday night. The Sparta area Fire District responded to a location in the Town of Little Falls shortly after 9:00 p.m. Arriving firefighters were told people were trapped upstairs in...

MONROE COUNTY Wis. (WLAX/WEUX) – A two-year-old child died following a farm machinery accident in Monroe County. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office says emergency responders were called to an address in the town of Wilton, shortly before noon yesterday. The caller had told dispatchers that the child had...

TOWN of WILTON, Wis. (WMTV) - A two-year-old child died on Sunday following a farm machinery accident in Monroe Co., according to the Sheriff’s Office. In a statement, the Sheriff’s Office reported that emergency responders were called to an address on Lilac Ave., in the Town of Wilton, shortly before noon.