Baraboo, WI News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/baraboo/ Baraboo, WI News TBirds can39;t dig their way out http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/baraboo/content/60e25be8cad6ba7de464daf16579afd0.html Oregon39;s bigplay ability coupled with a pair of momentumstopping mistakes by the Baraboo High School football team led to a 4212 nonconference setback at home on Friday Field position and turnovers hurt us and you can39;t have that said BHS coach Scott Carr We39;re digging ourselves holes and we can39;t do that and we shouldn39;t be The Thunderbirds were marred by five turnovers in the game including one near the end of Bs key Baraboo39;s win http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/baraboo/content/878be1835455373e46814afb82810b8a.html BERLIN 8212; Facing Berlin39;s strong squad which featured four stateexperienced swimmers the Baraboo High School girls swimming team had to relay on its depth to pull out a win Thursday In every relay race of the meet the Thunderbirds39; second team or B team took third behind the Baraboo A team and Berlin39;s top team in a 9278 victory Our B relays were key to the victory BHS coach Lynn Keeling said The Spotlight: Baraboo native publishes novel http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/baraboo/content/7bfcb75b89708f1d6e23e2f3c8e4ce02.html Bill Meissner is a career singles hitter who at last is swinging for the fences The Baraboo native has published several books including a collection of short stories about baseball 8212; Hitting into the Wind 8212; that earned acclaim in 1994 This month Meissner celebrates the publication of his first novel Spirits in the Grass It39;s another baseballthemed book but Meissner said crafting a novel differs from putting together a collection of short Community Foundation turns 10 http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/baraboo/content/6e2cf3c48d1970482395b2cb38247856.html What39;s a birthday party without ice cream The Greater Sauk County Community Foundation is throwing a party Sunday for its 10th birthday offering guests free train rides entertainment and custard provided by Culver39;s The event is set for noon to 4 pm at MidContinent Railway Museum in North Freedom Engine trouble at the museum prevented the Community Foundation from offering free train rides as planned However those in attendance will receive passes good Picketers decry Columbia Co DA39;s handling of exdeputy39;s case http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/baraboo/content/4510800e50a69f0c2eb839d8c9a125bc.html PORTAGE 8212; Picketers carrying signs denouncing Columbia County District Attorney Jane Kohlwey made a point of walking past the window to her firstfloor office in the Columbia County Courthouse on Friday morning But Kohlwey said she didn39;t see them because she was in pretrial conferences 8212; 23 of them before noon on Friday And because she was in the office at 6:30 am 8212; whereas the picketers gathered shortly before 9 am 8212; Man in jail faces 7th OWI charge after arrest on Hwy 23 http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/baraboo/content/2c03801201f5bc3b2e3ac227f0966a15.html Charges he was driving drunk for his seventh time have a man confined in the Sauk County jail on a 10000 cash bond John C Mathews 47 of Grand Marsh appeared in Sauk County Circuit Court on Thursday afternoon on charges of seventhoffense OWI and driving with a revoked license for the second time If he is convicted the OWI charge carries a maximum 10year prison term At about 6 am Wednesday a Michigan man wins 300K at HoChunk Casino http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/baraboo/content/618d8b4ff2b060e1d84ca41e223b330b.html A Michigan resident visiting the HoChunk Casino on Thursday because of the rain ended up getting more than 300000 in rainy day money to spend Herbert McNutt of Brampton Mich played the Wheel of Fortune MegaJackpot 1 machine and according to a press release said he knew the winning machine when he saw it I was walking with my friend down the aisle and I said that was the Scam takes aim at 39;secret shoppers39; http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/baraboo/content/3e0e728464f02fa67e6c428d5b2ff215.html Authorities are reminding people there39;s no such thing as a free lunch after a local woman was the target of a socalled secret shopping scam Renata Kurabelis of Baraboo wasn39;t duped by the scam artists that sent her a check for 4738 in the mail but she wants to make sure no one else is People live paycheck to paycheck especially in these times said Kurabelis who said she was skeptical of the