PORTAGE, Wis. (AP) — Sheriff’s officials say the death of a state prison inmate in Columbia County is a homicide. Authorities said Monday an autopsy shows 40-year-old Jerome Scott died by ligature strangulation at the Columbia Correctional Institution. Investigators say Scott’s cellmate is accused of killing him Feb. 12. The 42-year-old cellmate is apparently cooperating with authorities. Officials say he has provided information that’s consistent with the cause and manner of Scott’s death. Columbia County Sheriff Dennis Richards said in a statement that both men are from the Milwaukee area and both were incarcerated for previous homicide-related convictions. Formal charges are not expected until next week. The prison is a maximum-security facility in Portage.
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photo: waupun mayor rohn bishop The Waupun Common Council has postponed action on wage increases for paid on call firefighters and elected officials to get more public input. The council discussed the matter, sometimes heated, at their meeting this week and will take up the issue again at their April 8th meeting. If […]
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A house fire near New Holstein claimed the life of a child. Shortly after 2am Wednesday firefighters were called to the scene on Honeymoon Hill Road near County Road T. A child in the home was pronounced dead at a hospital. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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