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The Lake Delton Village Ordinance Review Committee proposed no longer allowing motels to rent rooms long term to students and short term to tourists.

The contract for fishing piers for Lake Delton and Newport Park and a dock for Newport Park were approved by the Village of Lake Delton on Monday.

Wisconsin Dells High School students' scores on the ACT college entrance exam have been slightly below the state average, and the school's principal proposed a strategy for helping students score bett

A new snowmobile trail connects Wisconsin Dells to Juneau County by way of the town of Dellona.

When the town of Dell Prairie has extra money left over in its budget, the town should have specific plans for its use, said Dell Prairie Town Board Chairman Dan McFarlin at a meeting Feb. 14.

Josef Limbrunner, 81 of Wisconsin Dells, died Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012 at St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center in Madison.

Shirley M. "Percy" Jewell, 80, of Portage, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012 at Tivoli Health Care in Portage, following a long battle with cancer.

Dellona Residents objected to allowing the storage of empty dumpsters on another resident's property at a meeting Monday, but the Dellona Plan Commission voted to take no action because it needed more

The Wisconsin Dells Plan Commission approved a zoning change at Trappers Turn and the splitting of two properties on Broadway Wednesday.

The Wisconsin Dells School Board will talk about a bus replacement and a new after school program at a meeting Monday.

The Wisconsin Dells/Lake Delton Parks and Recreation Department has a new face: Adam Breest.

The Parks, Recreation and Waterways Committee approved a trial run this spring of an after school program for children at Lake Delton School.

The Wisconsin Dells School District has hired a new high school associate principal, middle and high school activities director and high school head football coach.

The Lake Delton Village Ordinance Committee approved changes to chapters of the village municipal code regarding zoning and fire protection on Monday.

Gerald Sutherland, 51 of Wisconsin Dells, died Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012 in Baraboo.

The Newport Town Board approved a list of conditions to be attached to Royal Brackman's sand mining conditional permit use application at its meeting Wednesday.

The Lake Delton Village Board approved the first step in the possibility of building a new fire station at its meeting Monday.

The Kilbourn Public Library is increasing its e-book collection by about 4,000 items and had an increase of more than 14,000 visitors in 2011, the same year that the library expansion was completed, l

The Wisconsin Dells Parking Board will pay to put up new crosswalk signs by JustAgame Fieldhouse to protect pedestrians and will post an area behind the fieldhouse as no parking.

The Dellona Plan Commission voted down a proposal for all-terrain vehicles to use town roads at a meeting Monday, but the matter could be revisited.