Entries are being accepted for the Juneau August Fest parade on Aug. 29. The parade will line up at 11 a.m. on West Center Street in Juneau and will be about one-half mile long.

Pechmann, 87, founder of Pechmann monuments, and benefactor of uncounted groups and causes, died Sunday.

JUNEAU - A Columbus woman who stole over $80,000 from her employer and torched her own house to pay off her debts is going to prison.

Back in November, general aviation - nearly everything that flies other than commercial airlines and military aircraft - was being buffeted by the recession.

MENASHA - The Weis Earth Science Museum has presented its first "Nelson Award" to Joe Pohl, a retired dairy farmer from Belgium, Wis.

The opponents of nuclear energy in the United States were almost giddy earlier this year when President Barack Obama slashed the budget for a proposed waste storage site in Nevada.

MADISON - A state appeals court has asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to clarify a judge's role in accepting or denying plea agreements.