Prosecutors in Juneau County are moving ahead with arson charges against the owner of Beagles Bar in Lyndon Station.
The D.A. in Mauston yesterday filed charges against 43-year-old Heath Fjorden. Investigators say he dumped gas on the basement floor of the bar earlier this month, then lit it on fire. Firefighters were suspicious of the fire from the get-go. Fjorden is in the hospital with severe burns, he says he was burned during a grill mishap at his home. Investigators say he was burned in the fire.