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A Sauk City woman died in an automobile crash on Tuesday, October 4, at the intersection of Highway 12 and State Highway 188. Chelsea Kovacich, 33, died when a car trying to turn towards Madison on Highway 12 from 188 struck her vehicle. She was pronounced dead at Sauk Prairie Hospital.

Earlier this year, the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin’s Office of Energy Innovation launched the Critical Infrastructure Microgrid and Community Resilience Centers pilot grant program for local utilities to study the benefits of pursuing a microgrid in their community. Four member utilities of WPPI Energy participated in the study.

The state’s top election official has admitted that an “unfortunate mistake” by the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) caused an error on the upcoming fall ballots, depriving Independent candidate Douglas Alexander of his legal right to have a summary of his platform printed beneath his name, as required by law. 

The Wisconsin Heights School District has “an approved offer to purchase [the Black Earth Elementary property] from William Baney,” according to District Administrator Jordan Sinz. “[Baney] intends to keep the building and renovate the space.  His intended purpose at this time is to provide retail space for crafts and antiques.”

By Autumn Luedke

Sauk Prairie Healthcare lost a longtime friend, Dr. Haakon Carlson, on Friday, August 12.

In anticipation of the start of the 2022 school year, Gov. Tony Evers today announced a $90 million investment in K-12 education using available American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds. $75 million of this is supplemental funding designed to provide nearly $100 in per-pupil aid.

On Saturday, August 13, the Dane County Sheriff’s Office, with the assistance of the City of Madison Police, held their first Gift Cards for Guns event at the Alliant Energy Center. During the four-hour event, a total of 577 weapons were surrendered in exchange for $43,380 in gift cards for gas and groceries. 

Quilters from across the country submitted their best work for judging in this year’s Great Wisconsin Quilt Show. Two area quilters and their quilts have been selected to compete in the 2022 Great Wisconsin Quilt Show Quilt Contest. Their quilts will be displayed for more than 20,000 visitors to the annual event in Madison this September.

By Howard Hardee, The Badger Project

Count on it: When Wisconsin’s political districts get redrawn, an unusual number of state lawmakers head for the door.

Tom Crabb, General Manager Space Operations at Sierra Space in Middleton, explains the different parts of a rocket engine to Sen. Tammy Baldwin last week. Baldwin toured the Middleton facility on Aug. 12 after helping secure a $20.2 million dollar contract for the company, which co-invested in the project with the Air Force Research Laboratory.