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Dane County Sheriff’s Department provides updates on body cameras

The Dane County Sheriff’s Office will finally start using body worn cameras, expecting to roll out a pilot program in a few months here from its West Precinct station. 

Sauk Prairie Healthcare featured on PBS Newshour in story about Farmer Angel Network

Our state has received a lot of national television coverage lately, from the Packers making the playoffs to a freak February tornado. In case you missed it, Wisconsin, specifically our area, was also featured on PBS NewsHour.

‘Sauk Prairie Spectacular’ a six-act show celebrating community leaders

The Sauk Prairie Spectacular was held on Monday, January 29th, and was the 67th Annual Meeting and Awards Show for the Chamber of Commerce.

George Culver Library Director takes new job, search for replacement starts


Pictured, Rogers, left, with Renier Thomas, right, at a reception held just prior to the Director’s departure.

Lisa Renier Thomas, the George Culver Community Library’s Director, had her last day on February 7. She left the position she’s held since January of 2022 for a remote position that will allow her to spend more time with her family.

DNR lifts fish consumption advisory for Black Earth Creek

Nearly two years after Black Earth Creek was hooked by a PFAS-based fish consumption advisory those restrictions were lifted by the DNR, based on additional monitoring which showed consistently low enough levels to rescind them. In March of 2022 the DNR issued the advisory for Black Earth Creek based on a 2020 sampling.

Pedestrian killed crossing Phillips Boulevard

A pedestrian crossing the street in the 700 block of Phillips Boulevard in Sauk City was struck and killed by a car going eastbound on February 7, 2024, at 7:32 p.m., according the Sauk Prairie Police Department. The name of the victim is being withheld pending notification of the family. 

Pedestrian killed in Sauk City

A pedestrian crossing the street on the 700 block of Phillips Boulevard in Sauk City was struck and killed by a car going eastbound on February 7, 2024, at 7:32 p.m., according the Sauk Prairie Police Department. The name of the victim is being withheld pending notification of the family.

Mazo, Black Earth townships to see deputies with body cams

Dane County Deputies in the West Precinct will soon start wearing body cameras for a pilot one-year program. Residents in the townships of Mazomanie and Black Earth are among those who will be served by deputies wearing cameras.

Hit and run driver sentenced

Pat Nachreiner, 62, a Plain native who pled no contest to the charges of Hit and Run-Involving Great Bodily Harm, was sentenced to three and a half years in prison and an equal number of time on extended supervision by Sauk County Circuit Court Judge Patricia Barrett.

Representative Considine to retire

Local representative Dave Considine announced on January 31st he will not seek re-election to the State Assembly but will instead “continue in your service until the end of this year.” Considine, first elected in 2014, is halfway through his current term after winning reelection in 2022 with a 59 to 41 percent victory over former Blac

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