SPARTA, Wis. — There were times during a recent trip to southwest Wisconsin when I didn’t know whether I wanted to grip my camera or my paddle. Paddling along a section of the winding Kickapoo River ...

Aug. 26--Major flooding is a familiar occurrence for communities along the Kickapoo River in southwestern Wisconsin. But the magnitude of the water that swept through communities along the Kickapoo ...

A swiftwater rescue was conducted in the afternoon hours of August 11, 2019 on the Kickapoo River between landing 10 and bridge 11, near Rockton, WI in the town of Whitestown. Sheriff Spears reports ...

Vernon County Sheriff Roy R. Torgerson reports a drowning occurred on Thursday, June 1, at about 1:15 p.m. in rural Ontario, Wisconsin, in the town of Whitestown. Aundra D. Keaton Jr., 19, of ...

VERNON COUNTY, Wis. (WEAU) - The Vernon County Sheriff is reporting a drowning occurred on Thursday June 1, 2023, at around 1:15 p.m., in rural Ontario, Wis. in the Town of Whitestown. According to a ...

The sun had barely risen at the Kickapoo Valley Ranch near La Farge, and I was already tempted to abandon my plans for the day and instead spend it rocking away on my cabin’s porch. I cradled a cup of ...

Waukesha s Blue Fuel Marketing spent the past weekend helping people get to know nature in Wisconsin up close and personal. Waukesha’s Blue Fuel Marketing spent the past weekend helping people get to ...

ONTARIO, Wis. (WKBT) -- A 19-year-old from Middleton drowned in the Kickapoo River in Vernon County Thursday, the county's sheriff's office said. A release from the Vernon County Sheriff's Office said ...

The Kickapoo Reserve Dam Challenge Triathlon will be held Saturday, Oct. 7, with a race start of 9 a.m. The event takes place at the Kickapoo Valley Reserve, a public property in southwest Wisconsin ...