A Sparta man faces several charges of misconduct against police officers, including a threat to shoot police. Twenty-five-year-old Anthony Cox was arrested last week, after police...
Three men are arrested after a suspected theft and car chase with the Sparta Police Department Wednesday afternoon. The Sparta Police Department was dispatched to the...
Police in Sparta have released the name of a man whose body was found under a parked truck on Sunday. He was identified as Dwite Shaver,...
Sparta police are investigating the death of a person whose body was found Sunday afternoon outside a supermarket. Officers and an ambulance were dispatched to Hansen’s...
The officers’ names and man killed in police-shooting just south of Sparta have been released. Police shot and killed 32-year-old Michael Lee Nguyen outside the The...
A police-involved shooting south of Sparta led to a shutdown of Highway 27 for several hours, and has caused the temporary closing of a popular tavern....
Sparta, Wis. — Penelope the pig sounds like the title to a children’s story, but she is the real deal for a Sparta boy living with...
A Sparta, Wis., man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for trafficking and sexually exploiting children. Zachariah Svoboda was charged with 34 criminal counts related...
A 9-year-old boy from Sparta has died, after falling through ice on a lake and being trapped underwater for an hour and 35 minutes. Two boys...
Sparta schools went on lockdown Monday after authorities received information about a student making threats with weapons on Snapchat. “There was a Snapchat posted by a...
The seventh-ranked Sparta High School football team knocked of second-seeded Ashland in the first round of the WIAA playoffs 36-8 on Friday night. The Sparta Police...
She was found splashing water on her face in a neighbor’s kiddie pool, having, what Sparta police called, “the time of her life.” Jasmine Cruz was...
He was the first on the scene for a fire in Sparta and one of the last on the force that would seek attention. The Sparta...
Arrested for his fifth OWI was just the beginning of an early Sunday morning for a Sparta man. Charles Vian Jr., was pulled over for not...
An Iowa man accused of threatening to kill his relatives at the Sparta High School graduation ceremony is returning to Wisconsin to face chargers. Benjamin Sidie...
Sidie accused of wanting to kill relatives, then to be killed by cops
Police have named a suspect in the threats that shut down the Sparta High School graduation on Friday. Sparta police say 42 year-old Benjamin Sidie is...
Sparta high school’s graduation ceremony, moved inside due to weather, has now been cancelled altogether — because of some sort of threat. The school district released...
A high-speed pursuit by Sparta police ended in the village of West Salem on Thursday night. According to the report, the chase began at 10:21 p.m....
SPARTA, Wis. — The Wisconsin Department of Justice has released the name of a 21-year-old Sparta man who was fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy. The DOJ...
