COLUMBIA COUNTY County Government Website UW-Extension Website Election Results
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EVENTS: Annual Lake Wisconsin Lions Club Eskimo Open (Feb); Horse & Carriage Festival (Columbus-Jun); Annual Susie the Duck Days (Lodi-Aug); U.S. Watermelon Speed-Eating and Seed-Spitting Championships (Pardeeville-Sept)
GRASSROOTS GROUPS: Columbus Fall River Grassroots
ALLIED GROUPS
ENVIRONMENTAL INTEREST: Pine Island State Wildlife Area; Lost Lake State Natural Area; Gibraltar Rock State Natural Area
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS: Sierra Club-Four Lakes Group; Town and Country Resource, Conservation and Development Council; The Prairie Enthusiasts-Empire-Sauk Chapter; Ice Age Trail Alliance; Madison Audubon Society; Natural Heritage Land Trust; Stewards of the Dells of the Wisconsin River; Ducks Unlimited; Heritage Trail Chapter - Ice Age Park & Trail; Columbia County Master Gardeners
PROGRESSIVE POLITICAL GROUPS: Columbia County Democrats
MEDIA: Portage Daily Register - newspaper. WBKY 95.9 FM, WDDC 100.1 FM, WPDR 1350 AM - Portage -radio. Columbia County is part of the Madison media market.
LINKS TO MUNICIPALITIES:
Cities: Columbus (partly in Dodge County); Lodi; Portage (county seat); Wisconsin Dells (partly in Adams County, Juneau County, and Sauk County)
Villages: Arlington; Cambria; Doylestown; Fall River; Friesland; Pardeeville; Poynette; Randolph (mostly in Dodge County); Rio; Wyocena
Towns: Arlington; Caledonia; Columbus; Courtland; Dekorra; Fort Winnebago; Fountain Prairie; Hampden; Leeds; Lewiston; Lodi; Lowville; Marcellon; Newport; Otsego; Pacific; Randolph; Scott; Springvale; West Point; Wyocena
Unincorporated communities: Anacker; Belle Fountain; Dekorra; Durwards Glen; East Friesland; Englewood; Harmony Grove; Ingle; Keyeser; Leeds; Leeds Center; Lewiston; Lowville; Marcellon; North Leeds; Okee; Otsego