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After 34 years, Hawley Auctions had a good system down. In March, however, the pandemic demanded that they reimagine that finely-tuned operation.
Going to an auction once meant spending a day at Hawley’s, catching up with the regulars, and scoping out finds firsthand. Now, the chairs have been...
Distribution By Feds Slowing Vaccine Process
WISCONSIN–Wisconsin Department of Health Services Deputy Secretary Julie Willems Van Dijk told a group of reporters at a virtual press conference last Monday that slow shipment of COVID-19 vaccines by the federal government is to blame for the low number...
In a normal year, you could be forgiven for not being able to name your state’s Department of Health Services Secretary-designee. But 2020 was not a normal year, and as the drama, chaos and political clashes of the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded, Andrea Palm became something of a household name in...
911 Disconnect – 20
911 Open Line – 2
Accidents – 6
1 Accident – Private Property
5 Accident – Property Damage
Alarm – 1
1 Commercial
Animal Complaints – 6
2 Cruelty
4 Stray
Assist Citizen – 18
Assist DCSO – 9
Assist Fire/Police – 15
Attempt to Locate Person – 1
Bail Jumping – 1
Battery – 1...
This morning, I listened to an interview with Craig Harrison, a soldier in the British Army. He described a firefight in the desert, in which he and his compatriots were on the verge of being overrun and killed. “Smashed” is the word he used.
As bullets slammed into the ground, into flesh and into...
120 Years Ago-
Jan. 17, 1901
The not altogether-unlooked-for event, the marriage of our popular banker, T. G. Lingard, and Maren Halferdahl, the much-esteemed milliner at Dahle Bros. store, took place yesterday, Jan. 16, at the Lutheran parsonage with Rev. Holte officiating.
Electric lights were...
Thank you to Chair Dennis Jelle and the Town of Blue Mounds Board for providing their monthly board meetings on ZOOM. During the current pandemic, the Board makes it safe for Town residents to stay involved and informed. It’s a great public service. I realize it has some cost as well as a bit of...
Veteran’s of Foreign War member are deeply grateful for the generous grant that the Mt. Horeb Community Foundation has bequeathed to us for 2021! During this Covid-19 pandemic, the VFW Post has been unable to hold our popular Steak Dinner nights at the club, so our revenue flow has suffered. A...
Most of us would not consider the year 2020 to be one full of blessings. But in our congregation and in many others across the country blessings still abound with some coming about as a direct result of the pandemic, the justice issues surfaced of late and the political turmoil. Through local...
Public Health Madison & Dane County continues to match Tier 1A frontline healthcare workers who are not affiliated with a major health system to vaccinators in an effort to help them get the COVID-19 vaccine.
These healthcare workers, by definition, have risk of exposure to COVID-19 and include...
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