http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/columbia-county/ Columbia County, WI News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/columbia-county/content/700a5b7cd3161b7f375a21f2dcaa23de.html An employee accused of fondling female residents at a Wisconsin Dells nursing home is free on a signature bond after making an appearance Wednesday in Columbia County Court http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/columbia-county/content/ada2018078b06d0fe15efdd566f1f513.html With winter closing in the Merrimac Ferry is now operating on a daytoday basis and might be shut down by the end of the week according to a state transportation spokesman Tuesday morning a small group of cars were lined up on the Columbia County side of Lake Wisconsin as the Merrimac Ferry docked Its ramp dropped a green arrow went on and they rolled onto the boat with the clanking of tires http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/columbia-county/content/5bbe3fea43d18f8c7cd58f3626e07a05.html An employee accused of fondling female residents at a Wisconsin Dells nursing home is free on a signature bond after making an appearance in Columbia County Court Fiftynineyearold Kurt Johnson of Rio faces three counts of seconddegree sexual assault http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/columbia-county/content/e95c6f37bfd7e68a2693af9e3c3f454f.html Iana Yana Sheremeta39;s mother had been calling her more frequently from Ukraine lately When are you coming home Can39;t you come home soon That was the gist of her conversations according to Anna Stopina Yana39;s friend Sheremeta will be home soon Her friends and coworkers in the immigrantworker community in the Wisconsin Dells are raising money to send her body back to Lutzk Ukraine Sheremeta 21 who had lived http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/columbia-county/content/3021216fb36fda96a125aa128dbd9163.html Like lottery winners who suddenly hear from relatives they never knew they had county and municipal highway officials have been getting some unusual calls lately It39;s not money the callers are after though; it39;s road salt I got a call from someone down in the Chicago area that thought they could do a better deal by going out of the Illinois state bidding system and now they39;re looking to buy salt from the rest of us http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/columbia-county/content/c79d825eb7c6b43bc386c67200935ba1.html Snow showers swept through southern Wisconsin early Monday causing a rash of crashes two of which were fatal http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/columbia-county/content/09ab1773fa4f45438d601e225f2e39f6.html Unemployment numbers increased in 45 of Wisconsin39; 72 counties in October including in Dodge Fond du Lac and Columbia countiesIn Dodge County the unemployment rate rose from 44 percent in September to 49 percent That compares to a rate of 45 percent in October 2007In Fond du Lac County the rate rose from 41 percent to 43 percent In Columbia County the rate rose from 42 percent to 46 percentOverall the state http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/columbia-county/content/5bbe559bf0904037b73c332b85ff6fd0.html Harvest of corn for grain is about 83 percent complete the US Department of Agriculture Wisconsin Field Office says Cornyields vary across the state with the west central area producing goodcrops In Pierce County yields were said to be 180 to 250 bushels peracre Not to be outdone farmers on the other side of the state reported corn yields of 185 to 205 bushels per acre on some Sheboygan County farms A Columbia