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Columbia County, Wisconsin

US county information
NameColumbia County
StateWisconsin
SeatPortage
US Area
Total Area796 sq mi (2061.6 km2)
Land Area774 sq mi (2004.7 km2)
Water Area22 sq mi (57 km2)
Population52468 (2000)
Density26/km2 (67.3/sq mi)
Founded1854

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Columbia County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 52,468. Its county seat and largest city is Portage.

Columbia County is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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Roars from a wild cat over the loudspeakers at the pep rally Thursday warned opposing schools not to mess with the Poynette Pumas. After decades of being the Poynette Indians, the Poynette School Board decided to change the name this year. A Nickname Commite was formed and put options forward. The final two nicknames -- panthers and pumas -- were voted on in grades six through 12 last month. A pep rally on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009, was held to announce the winner. For more coverage of Columbia County, Wis., news, visit www.portagedailyregister.com
1.90 min. | 0 user rating		 By Shannon Green Daily Register A Columbia County Sheriffs deputy sergeant is turning his musical talent into a service to fallen law enforcement officers. "You just want to give back as much as you can," said Deputy Sgt. Richard Hoege. "It comes down to honor and respect." Hoege has taken up bagpipes â specifically the Scottish Great Highland bagpipe â as a way to honor members of his profession. A Reedsburg native, Hoege got his musical start in junior high school with his primary instrument, the trumpet, but he also dabbled in sousaphone, tuba and French horn. In 1998, when he was asked to play Taps for the funeral of an uncle who had been a Marine, he accepted, despite having taken a break from the trumpet during college. "At the time I didnt' even own a trumpet," Hoege said. Read more at www.portagedailyregister.com.
7.12 min. | 4.33 user rating		 It could be an elephant bone. Then again, it has some characteristics of a mammoth bone. Oxford resident Ken Lessnau said he found it last year in rural Adams County. On Tuesday, he took it to the University of Wisconsin-Baraboo/Sauk County to let archaeologists examine it. Archaeologist Jim Theler took one look at what Lessnau carried into an office at the University of Wisconsin-Baraboo/Sauk County, and declared, "That is a bone. " But whether the 33-inch, 30-pound object is the bone of a long-extinct mammoth, or whether it came from a modern elephant, is one of many questions that Theler, a senior researcher for the La Crosse-based Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center, wants to explore in more depth. The structure of the bone, and the appearance of mineralization on parts of it, caused him to speculate, tentatively, that the specimen is the upper humerus from the front leg of a not-quite-mature mammoth. The growth plate on the bone, he said, suggests that the animal was sub-adult. The shape of the bone suggests that it might have belonged to a mammoth and not a mastodon, another extinct elephant-like mammal whose remains are more common in Wisconsin than those of the mammoth. But, based partly on a visit Monday to the Adams County site where Lessnau said he found the bone late last fall, Theler was not ready to rule out the possibility that the bone might have come from an elephant. The site, about two miles of Lessnau's home in Oxford, has railroad tracks nearby. It <b>...</b>
7.60 min. | 0 user rating		 Flooding from the Wisconsin River has caused some resident to evacuate their homes in Portage, Wis. after hearing news of a levee failing. According to the Associated Press, the levee south of Highway 33 has eroded and is leaking water, but has not completely collapsed. This levee is part of the Caledonia-Lewiston Levee System built in the 1890s, mainly from sand. Kathy Johnson, deputy director of the Columbia County Emergency Management Office said, "The residents down there are used to having high water and dealing with high water a lot, but this could be something that they've never seen, with this amount of water." The river initially flooded after several thunderstorms last week and the National Weather Service expects the river is about 4 feet over flood levels.
1.02 min. | 0 user rating		 A major flood hit Central Wisconsin the city of Portage was badly hit and the 120 year old sand levee is in bad shape after heavy rain fall.Music & Video by Didier Manchione all rights reserved Moonfull publishing Socan Canada 2010
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The Columbia County Humane Society will have an open house from 11 am to 3 pm Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009. The Portage Daily Register stopped by Friday for a preview. For more news from Columbia and Marquette counties, visit www.portagedailyregister.com.
1.68 min. | 0 user rating		 Aerial Video taken with the Sony Bloggie MHS-PM5 720p 60fps attached to Parkzone F27C Stryker R/C Airplane at the Columbia County Fairgrounds in Portage WI.
10.73 min. | 5.0 user rating		 The Portage United Methodist Church handles the Wednesday chicken barbecue at the 2009 Columbia County Fair. Read more about the fair at www.portagedailyregister.com.
2.40 min. | 0 user rating		 By Lyn Jerde Daily Register Hal Kacanek handed out more than 100 cardboard tubes Saturday to early childhood educators from all over Columbia County and invited them to make music. For those who couldnt make a musical note come out of the tube just by blowing over the top opening, a la flute or soda bottle, he offered a hint: Put your mouth over the opening and hum the word didgeridoo. In offering this music lesson â and in demonstrating that a saucepan lid can produce a sustained bell tone, or that PVC pipes can be made into flutes or marimbas â Kacanek demonstrated that children can experience the joy of making sounds with everyday, ordinary things. Sound can take you places, he said, as he demonstrated a herald trumpet made from a piece of pipe. There are a thousand things you can do to make beautiful sounds. Kacanek, a musician and educator from Waukesha, offered the closing keynote presentation at the eighth annual Think Big Start Small Early Care and Education Conference, held at Portage High School. Read more at www.portagedailyregister.com
3.95 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Iowa and Wisconsin, USA endure damaging storms. On Wednesday, July 7, more rains and flooding arrived in numerous counties of Iowa state, many of which had already been impacted by downpours in June. Thousands of acres of crops in Mahaska County were lost, badly affecting already struggling farmers and local economies. Iowa Governor Chet Culver, who travelled to the affected areas to assess the damage, announced that he had applied for 35 counties to be declared federal disaster areas in an effort to help provide assistance for necessary infrastructure repairs. He also commended local leaders and emergency personnel for their aid and support to each other in facing this disaster. Meanwhile, also on Wednesday, the southern and central parts of nearby Wisconsin state experienced thunderstorms with heavy rains and strong winds. Flooding was reported in numerous counties and thousands lost power when lightning struck. At least one tornado was seen in Columbia County, the 16th for the state already this year, which destroyed a number of farm buildings. In cities such as Green Bay, fire, police and public works officials staffed emergency operations centers to assist residents in need of help. Thankfully, no injuries were reported. Our thanks, Governor Culver, Iowa and Wisconsin personnel for your active concern and aid to the storm-afflicted. Wishing everyone a smooth return to the regularity of daily life as we strive for greater kindness to ease such extreme events as these.
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Union changes offer to county; new proposal would switch health insurance to Dean - Sauk Prairie Eagle Tweet this news
Sauk Prairie Eagle--A union offer to give -Columbia County- flexibility in compensating its employees, while keeping existing workplace rules not directly related to compensation, ... - Date : Fri, 08 Apr 2011 04:33:59 GMT+00:00
Does county need ag agent? Budget might play a role - Sauk Prairie Eagle Tweet this news
Sauk Prairie Eagle--That committee Monday decided to recommend hiring, on an interim basis, a part-time University of -Wisconsin--Extension -Columbia County- agriculture agent, to replace Joe Bollman, who left the post last month to take a job with Pionee - Date : Tue, 05 Apr 2011 05:15:57 GMT+00:00
Randolph woman accused of stealing from visually impaired man - Sauk Prairie Eagle Tweet this news
Sauk Prairie Eagle--Cheryl J. Pittman, 47, of Randolph, is free on a $2000 signature bond after an initial appearance Wednesday in -Columbia County- Circuit Court. Investigators with the -Columbia County- Sheriff's Office say Pittman in March and Apr - Date : Fri, 08 Apr 2011 04:34:23 GMT+00:00
Vote Q&A 2011: Get ready - Sauk Prairie Eagle Tweet this news
Sauk Prairie Eagle--There is, however, one statewide race on the ballot, as -Wisconsin- Supreme Court Justice David Prosser vies for another 10-year term against -Wisconsin- Department of Justice attorney JoAnne Kloppenburg. All -Columbia County- voters w - Date : Mon, 04 Apr 2011 05:17:29 GMT+00:00
Health and Human Services Department waiting to feel effect of budget fallout - Sauk Prairie Eagle Tweet this news
Sauk Prairie Eagle--Pritzl recently attended a -Wisconsin- Counties Association regional legislative meeting in Barneveld (which also was attended by five -Columbia County- supervisors), where a myriad of potential changes in human services, resulting fro - Date : Mon, 04 Apr 2011 04:56:30 GMT+00:00
Unemployment rate at 9 percent in county - Sauk Prairie Eagle Tweet this news
Sauk Prairie Eagle--"We urge job seekers to move quickly and pursue the many private-sector employment opportunities that are available in communities across -Wisconsin-," he said. The Madison metropolitan area, of which -Columbia County - Date : Fri, 01 Apr 2011 04:30:15 GMT+00:00
Rockdale ranks 16th in health - Rockdale Citizen Tweet this news
Rockdale Citizen--CONYERS � Rockdale -County- made the top 20 in a report released last week that ranked Georgia's 159 counties by order of health. Rockdale -County- took the 16th spot on the list compiled by the University of -Wisconsin's- Popu - Date : Sun, 03 Apr 2011 02:44:37 GMT+00:00
Judge may dismiss suit over revoked liquor license suit - Wisconsin Dells Events Tweet this news
Wisconsin Dells Events--City Attorney Joe Hasler said -Columbia County- Circuit Court Judge Dan George March 8 ordered the city to submit its transcript of the hearings on revoking the license and ordered Nock-Trumble Corporation to submit its arguments b - Date : Fri, 01 Apr 2011 22:10:48 GMT+00:00
Nelson jumps back in race for Newport chair - Wisconsin Dells Events Tweet this news
Wisconsin Dells Events--Nelson responded, “I support the county highway department. They maintain our county (road) system. And even if we pay slightly more for the county, it goes toward maintaining the county system of roads.” Nelson served 34 years - Date : Tue, 29 Mar 2011 22:02:27 GMT+00:00
Retired educators to hold 50th anniversary meeting - Sauk Prairie Eagle Tweet this news
Sauk Prairie Eagle--The -Columbia County- Area Retired Educators' Association will be marking milestones on Tuesday, April 12, when it will be holding an anniversary celebration. The CCAREA will be celebrating its 50th anniversary and honoring the -W - Date : Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:33:58 GMT+00:00

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Municipalities and communities of Columbia County, Wisconsin

County seat: Portage
CitiesColumbus * Lodi * Portage * Wisconsin Dells
VillagesArlington * Cambria * Doylestown * Fall River * Friesland * Pardeeville * Poynette * Randolph * Rio * Wyocena
TownsArlington * Caledonia * Columbus * Courtland * Dekorra * Fort Winnebago * Fountain Prairie * Hampden * Leeds * Lewiston * Lodi * Lowville * Marcellon * Newport * Otsego * Pacific * Randolph * Scott * Springvale * West Point * Wyocena
CDPLake Wisconsin
Unincorporated
Community		Okee



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