North Western Abandons Sparta Tomah Tunnel Plan
The North Western Railway will abandon its tunnel between Sparta and Tomah due to unstable soil after a prior collapse. It will use the Milwaukee Road tunnel nearby and add a third track to route traffic through the single tunnel. Buildings owned by Betthauser Lumber in Tunnel City are being razed to clear the cross over.
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Sparta
Wis
North Western Railway
Tomah
North Western Road
Milwaukee Railroad
Tunnel
City
North Western
Wyeville-Sparta
Northwestern
Camp McCoy
Milwaukee Road Tunnel
Milwaukee Road
Tony Betthauser
The
Betthauser Lumber Company
Tunnel City
Chicago
St. Paul
Antique Power Show Ready At Prairie du Chien Aug 10 12
Antique power show and arts and crafts exhibit take place August 10 to 12 at Knights of Columbus Rodeo Grounds Prairie du Chien Wisconsin. Highlights include sawmill shingle mill threshers corn shredders buckwheat grinders horse pulling 2:30 p.m. Saturday and a country western show with Jan Howard Mel Street Buddy Phifer.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Knights of Columbus
Jan Howard
Bill Anderson
Mel Street
Buddy Phifer
Public meeting eyed on Black River Area Airport land use rules
An informal meeting led by a Division of Aeronautics representative will discuss the county's proposed ordinance on land use and height near the Black River Area Airport in Brockway Town Hall. Attendees include Brockway chair Francis Bagan, Madison official Robert Kunkel, Town Attorney Wayne Trimberger, Asst. Dist. Atty. Jerry Laabs, County zoning administrator Don Berg, and County Board members. A public hearing is set for Aug. 2 at 8 p.m. at the same hall.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Division of Aeronautics
Brockway Town Hall
Black River Area
Francis Bagan
Brockway
Robert Kunkel
Madison
Wayne Trimberger
Neillsville
Jerry Laabs
Don Berg
Monroe County Sparta Say They Owe No Revenue Sharing Debt
Monroe County and Sparta officials deny owing federal revenue sharing money. Clerk David Hering says no overpayment notice has been received and Sparta City Clerk Eleanor Brooks notes no word of overpayment and believes the area is underpaid. Brooks cites promised $80 000 in 1972 funds but received $59 452 and $29 645 for the first half of 1973, earmarked to makeup the promised total.
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Sparta
Wis
Monroe County
Wisconsin
David Hering
Eleanor Brooks
Local man transferred after one car crash head injuries
Arvid Anderson about 42 of R. J. Taylor was moved Monday from Black River Memorial Hospital to Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse for serious head injuries from a one car crash at 11 20 p m. His wife Helen Anderson 40 was the driver of the other car which left County Trunk A at the junction with County Trunk F near Alma Center.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Arvid Anderson
R. J. Taylor
Black River Memorial Hospital
Lutheran
Nursing graduates receive state board success and licenses
Tri State briefs report Mrs Willard Roe of Waukon and Mrs Paul McDowell of Waterville earned associate nursing degrees and will be registered after state board exams. Jean Wittenberger and Carey M Griffin of Waukon earned licensed practical nurse degrees. Trempealeau County unit of the American Cancer Society schedules an Aug 8 meeting at Mrs Aldred Sexe’s North Beaver Creek home and a blood donor recruitment session on Aug 9 in Ettrick.
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Waukon
Iowa
Willard Roe
Paul McDowell
Waterville
Area I Vocational Technical School
Calmar
Jean Wittenberger
Carey M. Griffin
Ettrick
Wis
Trempealeau County
American Cancer Society
Aldred Sexe
Beaver Creek
Ettrick Mutual Fire Insurance
Main Street
Mel Lynn
Ian Mackensie
Eau Claire
Area Blood
Ed Auederau
Whitehall
County Blood
Storm damages crops and buildings across three Wisconsin counties
High winds hail and heavy rain hit Centerville to Galesville area causing extensive crop and tree damage. Apple orchards near Galesville suffered severe losses and a barn near the Stanley French Farm was blown down. Additional losses reported in Buffalo La Crosse and Trempealeau counties with hundreds of farmers affected and fields shredded.
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Galesville
Wis
Coulee
Centerville
Robert Sacia
Sacia
Young Brothers Decorahland
Stanley French
Trempealeau County Sheriff's Office
Archie Brovold
Buffalo County
la Crosse County
Douglas Transtad
4-H
Mindoro
William Hansen
Bangor
John Stintzi
Man Charged With Using Another’s Card in Credit Scheme
Russell Fullerton, 58, of Fairchild, faces charges of falsely obtaining $488 in merchandise from Federation Cooperative of Black River Falls using his brother in law’s credit card. The alleged acts span May through mid July this year. Fullerton posted a $1,000 signature bond and awaits a preliminary hearing in Jackson County Court set for 9 a.m. Thursday Aug 2.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Russell Fullerton
Fairchild
Federation Cooperative
Jackson County
Brother
Inlaw
Lawrence P. Peterson
California
Fullerton
Monroe County Employment Rises in June
Monroe County total employed workers reached 12 500 in June, up 900 from April and 200 from June 1972, with gains in construction, farm and government work as youths take summer jobs at Camp McCoy. Unemployment sits at 5.6 percent, below April, matching state and national rates near 5.2 and 5.4. Emergency funds provide 63 youths 26 hours weekly at $1.60, at various government sites. Employers with contracts over 2500 must list openings with the local employment service.
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Sparta
Wis
Monroe County
Wallace Westlund
Camp McCoy
General Road
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Betthauser
Kongo
New York
Central Park Zoo
Prairie
Southwest
Antique Power Club
Tomah High School Pompon Girls
Bea Fick
Sue Rowan
Vicki Tralmer
Baf
Watergate
William Holloway
Tri-State Briefs
Tri-State News
Monroe
Square Fountain
Detroit
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