Excelsior, WI News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/excelsior/ Excelsior, WI News Farmer dies in tractor rollover http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/excelsior/content/2beedd267ee18ce0fde470de98bc12f0.html TOWN OF EXCELSIOR 8212; On Nov 21 the Sauk County Sheriff39;s Department received a call of a man pinned under a farm tractor on a farm located on Schneider Road in the town of Excelsior Rock Springs Fire and First Responders along with Reedsburg Ambulance responded to the farm to locate Ray G Martin 58 of Reedsburg pinned under a tractor that had rolled over in a field It is unknown how long Reedsburg man found dead after getting pinned under tractor http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/excelsior/content/c75f0314d3db9c778c375d9dd2be8d33.html TOWN OF EXCELSIOR 8212; A Reedsburg man was found dead by authorities pinned under a tractor on a farm off of Schneider Road Ray G Martin 58 was pronounced dead at the scene at around 2 am Friday by the Sauk County coroner Lt Terry Spencer of the Sauk County Sheriff39;s Department said in a news release Authorities said Martin had likely been pinned under the tractor for several hours The death appears Sauk County man found dead pinned beneath tractor http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/excelsior/content/087cf08d536f44a63c1c17965180ae84.html A Reedsburg man has been found dead pinned under a tractor on a farm in the Sauk County town of Excelsior Sheriff's Lt Terry Spender said in a news release that 58yearold Ray Martin was pronounced dead at the scene about 2 am He likely had been pinned under the vehicle for several hours before being found Semi takes spill on Highway 136 http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/excelsior/content/43348909b0931ffd54ded07bcaa461d3.html TOWN OF EXCELSIOR 8212; A section of State Highway 136 between Baraboo and Rock Springs was shut down for more than two hours Tuesday after a semi lost control and rolled on its side spilling its load of grain along a hillside About 8:30 am Tuesday sheriff39;s deputies and emergency responders from North Freedom were called after a westbound semitrailer truck loaded with corn rolled on its side on Highway 136 at the After debate supervisors OK budget http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/excelsior/content/5b56f350b26b63583359810e0dab4601.html A new program intended to prevent jail inmates from becoming repeat offenders might still go forward although it was pulled from Sauk County39;s 2009 budget The proposed program would consist of hiring a social worker to help inmates deal with life issues and get back on their feet after a stint in jail Although the Sauk County Board decided against spending 100000 to roll out the program next year most supervisors have shown Variety of issues brought voters out http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/excelsior/content/978f47b4cd9fe7389e3c3a82fe797775.html As he stood second in line to vote at the Excelsior Town Hall at 7 am 74yearold Gene Filus said the troubled national economy was the most important thing on his mind And he chose Barack Obama as the candidate to deal with that issue Filus wasn39;t the only Wisconsin voter concerned about the economy About three in five voters across the state called it the most important issue facing the country and Sauk County Reflections: Dairy strike was a violent time in Baraboo http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/excelsior/content/2ba9501e054f08da98e40c7e344992bf.html 25 years ago this week 1983 A Wisconsin Dells man Pfc Walter Vernon Kingsley 20 was killed during a terrorist bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut on Oct 23 He had been missing since the incident His mother Janet Kingsley although suffering the unbearable loss of a child said she was proud he died defending someone39;s freedom He was a 1981 graduate of Wisconsin Dells High School FPC Financial: No 3 but not a typical bank http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/excelsior/content/7378e0b0ddee579f7bf4b4b8c1985e04.html FPC Financial 8402 Excelsior Drive is one of the Madison area39; fastestgrowing banks according to data from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp But FPC Financial is not a typical bank The federal savings bank founded by Deere amp; Co of Moline Ill in 2000 focuses on Deere39;s revolvingcredit product line used by agribusiness construction businesses and consumers for John Deere products Madison was selected for the bank because the company already had a credit