Jefferson County Headlines
Sale of Countryside Home on board's agenda (Watertown Daily Times)
JEFFERSON - The Jefferson County Board of Supervisors will decide Tuesday whether or not to ratify a tentative agreement reached this week between a Chicago, Ill., firm and the county for the sale of Countryside Home, a county-run home for the elderly for more than 150 years.
County board to hear annual reports (Watertown Daily Times) JEFFERSON - In addition to deciding on whether or not to sell Countryside Home to an Illinois-based care firm when it meets Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. in regular session, the Jefferson County Board will hear annual reports from county officials and deal with numerous other resolutions and ordinances.
Defense lawyer asks that accused killer's trial be moved from Jefferson County (Wisconsin State Journal) A lawyer for Edward Wayne Edwards, accused of killing two Fort Atkinson-area teenagers in 1980, says the 76-year-old sickly ex-con cannot get a fair trial in Jefferson County.
County board to hear annual reports (Watertown Daily Times) JEFFERSON - In addition to deciding on whether or not to sell Countryside Home to an Illinois-based care firm when it meets Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. in regular session, the Jefferson County Board will hear annual reports from county officials and deal with numerous other resolutions and ordinances.
Defense lawyer asks that accused killer's trial be moved from Jefferson County (Wisconsin State Journal) A lawyer for Edward Wayne Edwards, accused of killing two Fort Atkinson-area teenagers in 1980, says the 76-year-old sickly ex-con cannot get a fair trial in Jefferson County.





