MOHAWK - October is National Adopt a Shelter Dog Month and the Herkimer County Humane Society is celebrating with an open house. According to estimates by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, eight to 12 million dogs and cats end...

Reward offered: Humane Society seeks suspects Seattle Post Intelligencer - The Humane Society is offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to an arrest or conviction of burglars who killed 25 small animals and injured several ...

One such stick was found by a Portage County farmer, who donated it to the historical society in 1933. The stories give meaning to each item in the historical society's collection, but they are scattered and sometimes hard to find.