Medary residents prioritizing schools and sewers over shopping centers
Town of Medary residents at a meeting on incorporation versus annexation to La Crosse voiced strong concerns about school district alignment and sewer service. Many oppose sending children to La Crosse schools, fearing reduced local representation, while debates over annexation and a proposed Dayton Hudson shopping center intensified bitter local politics.
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Medary
la Crosse
Onalaska
la Crosse Area
Charles Anderson
W. Young Drive
Holiday Heights
Gary Blackbourn
Green Court
Swanson
Loren Krueger
Town of
City of la Crosse
West Salem
Medary Annexation Debate Draws Heated Town Meeting
Alderman Harold Deak Swanson urged rational judgments as about 100 residents from Medary and La Crosse heard La Crosse annexation supporters explain a Dayton Hudson Properties plan for a $20 million shopping center at the U S Highway 16 and Highway 157 intersection near the City of La Crosse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Swanson
Jack Ertmer
Green Court
City of la Crosse
Ertmer
Dayton-Hudson Properties
Medary
U.S. Highway 16
Harold ‘“Deak
20Th Dist
Dayton- Hudson Properties
Minneapolis
Woman Named To Office May Leave Campbell
Mrs. Mary Ritchie of Campbell was named secretary treasurer of Campbell Utility District 1, but she may resign within a week if the Ritcheys move to Scottsdale Arizona. The appointment follows Fred Lehmeier’s resignation amid a financial controversy.
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Mary Ritchie
Campbell
Campbell Utility District 1
Ritchies
Arizona
Ritchie
Fred Lehmeier
Campbell town board grilled over finances and clerk turmoil
Campbell chairman Robert Benson faced questions from Mrs. Carl Ames about irregularities attributed to resigned clerk Fred Lehmeier who also served as secretary treasurer of the utility district. Ames and Benson sparred over board responsibility and interference, with Ames blaming the entire board for the town’s financial troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ritchies
French Island
Campbell
Robert Benson
Carl Ames
Bainbridge St
Benson
Fred Lehmeier
Lehmeier
Campbell Town
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Paul Hemker
Highway 16
Hemker
Dolbier
John Dolbier
Mg Dary
City of
Bernard Mullenbach
Dayton-Hudson
Tribune
Harold Swanson
Wisconsin
John Shirm
Campbell's Health Inspector
Shirm
Wisconsin Bureau of Municipal Audit
BMA
Jerome Klos
Board
Klos
George Jolivette Jr
Jolivette
Dayton Hudson
Steve Noffke
Caledonia High School
Army
Badgers
University of Wisconsin
Mrs. Ames
Welcome
Rita and
Eric
Rachel Schoen
Blue Stars
Rachel
Hilary Schoen
Highland St
Rita
Eric Lund
Boston
Western Wisconsin Technical Institute
Philadelphia
White House
New York City
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