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The 2022 Dane County budget includes local infrastructure projects for area roads centering around Black Earth Creek.

Kayser Automotive Group announced last week it had come to terms with Courtesy Ford of Sauk City under which Courtesy will sell Kayser’s Ford franchise assets. The facility is now open for business as Kayser Ford of Sauk City.

By Heather Graves and Lea Kopke

The Press Times

The local Mazo Mobil Mart was robbed at knifepoint on September 14, around 8:18 p.m. Arena police assisted with a K9 search but no one was found.

Dane County Board of Supervisors Resolution 2021 RES-157 has been drafted by District 20 Supervisor Jeff Weigand and supported by Dave Ripp, District 29, and Tim Rockwell, District 19. It questions the constitutionality of the Public Health of Madison & Dane County (PHMDC) Face Cover Emergency Order #2.

COVID-19 transmissions in Dane County remain high, but the seven-day and two-week averages show that the numbers have begun to level out since the county implemented the Face Covering Mask Order on Aug. 19.

Sauk Prairie Healthcare will be administering COVID-19 vaccinations during the Annual Wisconsin State Cow Chip Throw event on September 4th from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Healthcare workers will be available for vaccinations at the Wellspring location (at the corner of Lincoln and 1st Street), which is adjacent to the event. 

COVID-19 relief funds will go toward creating a training center in Sauk County.

By Peter Cameron / The Badger Project

A local connection

A housefire burned a $145,000 house in Mazomanie on Sunday.

At 11:45 a.m. Dane County Sheriff’s Deputies, Arena EMS, Black Earth/Mazomanie EMS, and the Mazomanie and Black Earth Fire Departments responded to a residence on fire at 20 North John Street, in the Village of Mazomanie. The fire resulted in a total loss.