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Strong storms ripped through the area last Thursday, with Arena, Mazomanie Township, and Sauk Prairie sustaining wind damage, including downed trees and power lines. Pictured here is a tree down along the Great Sauk State Trail.

A Black Earth resident created a petition calling for Curtis O’Brien, charged with sexually assaulting a six-year-old, to be relocated to an area “not near our schools or parks.” O’Brien is, per court order, staying with his father at his residence on Center Street, across from Black Earth Elementary School.

By Dee J. Hall

Wisconsin Watch

Significant numbers of Milwaukee voters were dissuaded from voting on April 7 by the sharp reduction in polling places and the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic — with the biggest effects seen among Black voters, according to a new study.

This article is reprinted from 2018.

A Dane County man charged with sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl is now out on bail and living with his father in a house on Center Street, across from Black Earth Elementary School. Curtis O’Brien, 25, allegedly assaulted the girl over the course of two years, starting in 2012. O’Brien first appeared in court in 2018.

Dane County residents will have to wear masks when inside a building--except for their own household--as of Friday, July 13.

By Bram Sable-Smith (WPR) June 29, 2020

The Sauk Prairie School District is delaying the release of additional public documents, just a few weeks after refusing to release its Continuity of Organizational Operations plan to the Star News. The Star News is asking for electronic copies of the same documents received by the board members for each meeting.

Recently released data from Sauk County Public Health provides a local view of COVID-19 cases, with positive results broken down by zip code. 18 percent of Sauk County COVID-19 cases have occurred in Sauk Prairie.