Breakaway Lutherans hold first service

The Burnett Co. Sentinel - Wed Nov 11

More than 100 breakaway Lutherans attended their first church meeting in protest to last summer's vote by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to bless same-sex relationships and ordain practicing homosexual ministers.

Indoor Pot-Grow Operation Found

Z100 Radio - Tue Nov 10

A marijuana-growing operation is busted in Polk County. Investigators found 9-marijuana plants inside a rural Amery home, and found another nearly 1.5-pounds of harvested marijuana.

Bomb squad needed after suspicious briefcases were found

WQOW - Tue Oct 27

Several briefcases that were sealed with tape and left in plain view commanded the full attention of law enforcement Monday.

Washington County OKs purchase of Fair Park buildings

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal - Tue Oct 27

West Bend a ' The Washington County Board agreed Tuesday to pay up to $756,000 this year for all buildings and facilities at Fair Park owned by the Agricultural and Industrial Society.

Man convicted of breaking Premises Registration Law after failing to register property

WEAU-TV Eau Claire - Sat Oct 24

The first person to be convicted of breaking the Livestock Premises Registration Law has been ordered to pay nearly $400. Thirty-nine-year-old Patrick Monchilovich of Cumberland was found guilty by a Polk County judge last Wednesday.

Polk County judge orders beef rancher to register premises

The Country Today - Fri Oct 23

A Polk County judge has ruled in favor of the state of Wisconsin in the state's second case of a farmer refusing to register a livestock premises.

Cumberland Cattle Producer Found Guilty in Premises Registration Case

Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection - Fri Oct 23

A Polk County farmer has been found guilty of violating Wisconsin's livestock premises registration law, and ordered to pay nearly $400. Patrick Monchilovich, 39, of Cumberland, is the first person to be convicted of violating the law, which took effect in November 2005.

Doyle backs taking DNA sample when suspects are arrested

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Wed Oct 21

Gov. Jim Doyle threw his support behind a bill Wednesday that would require people to submit a DNA sample when arrested on felonies, rather than when convicted.

Police Look for Missing St. Croix Falls Woman

KSAX - Fri Oct 09

The Polk County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help to find a missing St.

Hudson -- Somerset man charged in vehicle homicide

Rivertowns.net - Tue Sep 22

A Somerset man has been charged with five felony counts in connection with the death of two people in a traffic accident June 1. Sheriff Dennis Hillstead said Monday that Austin Richard Pederson, 18, was being held in Washington County, Minn., Jail.