Albion, WI News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/albion/ Albion, WI News The Rundown: House fire near drowning and Hardee's theft http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/albion/content/e4904d48d6b9f7bc34d839a5b94b7133.html Jackson County house fire WHAT HAPPENED The Black River Falls Fire Department put out a small fire about 9:30 pm Monday at the K9 County Lodge along Hwy C in the Jackson County town of Albion Edgerton says yes to projects no to equipment in proposed budget http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/albion/content/ebddbe69e84a22160a3e9738417ad125.html Edgerton says yes to projects no to equipment in proposed budget Public invited to meetings on I3990 plan http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/albion/content/8fb94719ae02ecd7b895afa698921a6a.html The Wisconsin Department of Transportation will hold two public meetings to discuss possible improvements and expansions to Interstate 3990 in Dane and Rock counties The first of the meetings is Thursday The improvements include adding a third lane and modernizing interchanges between Madison and the Illinois state line Larry Barta spokesman for the DOT said the project is estimated at 715 million and would involve construction on a 47mile stretch of the Interstate Construction is Meetings set on Interstate 3990 expansion http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/albion/content/1af6f4b90e31bfa862ee5c29a9dd09fd.html The public will have a chance to weigh in on expanding Interstate 3990 to six lanes from Madison to the Illinois state line at two informational meetings in Edgerton and Janesville The first meeting is Thursday Oct 23 at Marshall Middle School 25 S Pontiac Drive Janesville and the second is Tuesday Oct 28 at the Edgerton Public Library 101 Albion St Edgerton Both sites will open at 4:30 pm so the public can look at aerial Improvements slated for Interstate 9039 http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/albion/content/5bd6eedf3cb57f75ca37f3bf28785236.html Improvements slated for Interstate 9039 West MiddletonRockdale power line analysis deadline pushed http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/albion/content/34c1b709a08609ee46b5fe5670656ade.html A Dane County judge has given the Wisconsin Public Service Commission an additional six months to complete analysis of the proposed West MiddletonRockdale power line Circuit Court Judge Michael Nowakowski granted Friday the PSC39;s request to extend the decision deadline on the 345kilovolt line from Jan 9 2009 to July 6 2009 After twice asking American Transmission Co the proposed power line39;s builder for additional information the PSC deemed ATC39;s application complete on July 11 The action Verona gets top honors at Home Talent League awards banquet http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/albion/content/7bd1fae937a9cbed3f20c3f1908436f9.html Verona39;s Home Talent championship team was honored at the league39;s annual awards banquet Sunday night in Waunakee Not only did the Western Section champion claim its first pennant in its more than 50 years of fielding a team in Home Talent baseball Manager Dale Burgenske was named playoff manager of the year for bringing the team back after losing the first playoff tilt in the seasonending round robin tournament The other section champs were Sun Prairie in Bail set for shooter accused in bungled Albion robbery http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/albion/content/88645069814d65681adea212801b59dd.html Cash bail of 5000 was set today for Cortez Tucker 18 of Janesville the man who allegedly fired several shots during a robbery gone bad in Albion Wednesday Dane County Court Commissioner Todd Meurer told Tucker and four codefendants in the robbery they were lucky they weren39;t facing charges of firstdegree murder and being party to the crime of murder for the shooting which came after a botched attempt to rob a person who