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State Secretary for the Department of Safety and Professional Services Dan Hereth presented a check of $9,563 on Wednesday, Aug. 20 to Western Technical College to further the training of high school …
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By JOHN GESSNER, Staff Writer
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8/25/25
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Tomah city officials have made a slight adjustment to its budget to start the extension of a multi-use trail.
City council members approved with a 5-1 vote to adjust its budget for the multi-use …
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By ERICA DYNES JACKSON, Editor
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8/25/25
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Last year's Fall Festival Royalty court made history as the first group since the covid-19 hiatus in 2020.
This year's court made history in a different way, by being the first group to include …
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By LOGAN EVERSON
Record Editor
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8/25/25
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Tomah Area School District is looking to sell two of its school forest properties.
Tomah’s school board unanimously approved to set a minimum price of $9,000 per acre for both properties …
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By ERICA DYNES JACKSON, Editor
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8/25/25
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Land Transfers August 13-August 20, 2025
Town of Angelo
Sara M Kast TO Gabriel G Clark - 10620 Hardtop Avenue - $80,000
Town of Glendale
Dale R Johnson & Colleen T …
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8/21/25
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As of the first week of August, Fort McCoy’s South Barracks Project was edging ever closer to completion with a variety of work being completed. Nathan Butts with the Resident Office of the …
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PRESS RELEASE
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8/21/25
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The site is known by several names but the most common for the peninsula that juts out into Madison’s Lake Mendota is Picnic Point. Officially, it is the Lakeshore Nature Preserve, owned by the …
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By JOHN GESSNER, Staff Writer
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8/21/25
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August 11
Billy Harris, 25, of Sparta, was charged with possession of THC, operating a vehicle under a suspended license, and bail jumping. A $200.50 fine was imposed.
William Hoover, …
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8/21/25
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The Monroe County Democratic Party has launched a new weekly evening gathering, “Relax, Recharge, Resist,” beginning Sept. 4, 2025, to give like-minded community members a place to …
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By JENNIFER RODRIGUEZ MORAN, Contributing Writer
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8/21/25
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Tomah’s Collin Ritter and his team took first place at the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) golf play day.
Ritter and his team of four people captured the top spot in the …
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By JOHN GESSNER, Staff Writer
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8/21/25
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Labor Day Weekend has always been a busy one for our local communities, with multiple events taking place over the course of the weekend. From Fire in the Hills down in Yuba to the Hillsboro …
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By Nicolette Nauman, Sentry-Enterprise Editor
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8/21/25
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Jane Eileen Kelley, 79, of Sparta, WI, passed away peacefully at her own home in Sparta, WI, on August 20, 2025. Born on October 10, 1945, in Oakdale, WI, to Lloyd and Mabel (Bloom) Fisher.
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8/21/25
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From volleyball tournaments and a petting zoo to a parade where the crowd does the walking, Gatorfest will return Aug. 22-24 for its 23rd year.
The festival, always held the fourth weekend of …
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By ERICA DYNES JACKSON, Editor
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8/18/25
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Sparta Area School District officials are considering how to allocate extra money set aside for community service.
At the district’s Committee of the Whole meeting Aug. 11, members learned …
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By ERICA DYNES JACKSON, Editor
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8/18/25
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The Wegner Grotto County Park will once again welcome artists, families, and curious visitors for its 11th annual Art Outdoors make-and-take art day on Saturday, Aug. 23, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The …
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By JENNIFER RODRIGUEZ MORAN, Contributing Writer
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8/18/25
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140 years ago (1885)
At length, the Ida House, the oldest hotel in Sparta, not counting the “Globe”, has met a fate which has been so often predicted for it. It has gone up (or down) …
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Compiled by: JOHN GESSNER
Staff Writer
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8/18/25
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QUESTION
What is the cause of the Driftless Area?
ANSWER
The short answer is that the dry upland of southwestern Wisconsin caused the glacial ice coming down from the …
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Larry Scheckel
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8/18/25
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On July 30, around thirty women from across the Driftless region gathered at AlterNative Grounds in Norwalk for a Wisconsin Women in Conservation (WIWIC) field day, organized by WIWIC in partnership …
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By JENNIFER RODRIGUEZ MORAN, Contributing Writer
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8/18/25
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Sparta’s Faith Evangelical Free Church held its annual summer Vacation Bible School.
Monetary offerings received during VBS each year are designated to a community outreach with this …
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By JENNY KOEHLER
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8/18/25
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Monroe County officials are considering remediation options to address groundwater contamination near two closed landfills that has affected the drinking water of six homes on Sparta’s south …
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8/18/25
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