CAMBRIA, Wis. — A group of people arrested for plotting to kidnap the governor of Michigan took part in a combat training this summer in Columbia County. Columbia County Sheriff Roger Brandner said ...

PACIFIC, Wis. — With approval from state regulators secured, a Madison-based utility is readying a 200-megawatt-hour carbon dioxide-based energy storage project in Columbia County. When everything is ...

PORTAGE, Wis. (WKOW) -- Columbia County Emergency Management (CCEM) has announced road closures as a result of the Wisconsin River rising. CCEM Director Bob Koch said Blackhawk Road, beyond Ulrich ...

A Columbia County restaurant has earned the title of making Wisconsin’s best burger.

PORTAGE, Wis. -- Columbia County Emergency Management said an emergency slow-no-wake order has been issued for a portion of the Wisconsin River after storms rolled through the area Saturday night. The ...

MARCELLON, Wis. -- A 4-year-old child died Wednesday after falling from a piece of a farm equipment in Columbia County, the Columbia County Sheriff's Office reported. The county's dispatch center ...

WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. (WKOW) -- Dispatch agencies in Wisconsin Dells have merged over to the Columbia County Dispatch Center. This includes police, Kilbourn Fire and Delton/Dells EMS. Nick Brinker is ...

Data is from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hospitalization data is a daily average of Covid-19 patients in hospital service areas that intersect with Columbia County, an area which ...

Chase Steinhoff, 24, of Portage has been charged with illegally shooting a bull elk last fall in Columbia County. Steinhoff faces a Class U misdemeanor for killing the animal, according to court ...