Medary rejects city sewer hookup vote decisive
In a 172 to 60 advisory referendum Medary chose to build its own sewer plant and rejected connecting to La Crosse despite the city's offer. The vote follows negotiations and questions costs, Phase I serving about 1,000 residents with future phases planned.
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Medary
la Crosse
Stanley Peterson
Patrick Zielke
Clayton Connell
Zielke
Peterson
Connell
Fauver Hill School
City of
Annexation delay ties valley view mall to Medary contract
Medary Town restricts annexation for a year after Valley View Mall opens under a contract with the town. Town Chairman Stanley Peterson says this ends any chance of annexing land into the city as the sewer project with Dayton Hudson Properties and Arlen Shopping Centers may keep the town independent. Project manager Daniel Swantko notes residents retain the legal right to initiate annexation, though the developers would not.
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Minneapolis
Arlen Shopping Centers Co
Chattanooga, Tenn
U.S. Highway 16
Zielke
DNR
Peterson
Valley View Mall
Medary
Stanley Peterson
Minneapolis, and Arlen Shopping Centers Co
Chattanooga
Daniel Swantko
Valley View
Dayton Hudson
Mayflies Rise For Brief Summer Flights Along River
Mayflies emerge across the region with light flights early in the season. Along the Black River resident Robert Hess notes heavy swarms on light-colored homes while darker houses have fewer. Biologist Calvin Fremling predicts flights near normal this summer with peaks around mid July and frequent 6 to 11 day intervals.
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Nakomis Ave
Black River
Hess
Mississippi
U.S. Lock and Dam
Dresbach
Calvin Fremling
Winona State University
Fremling
Two candidates named as La Crosse school boss contenders
La Crosse area board of education narrowed the field to two finalists from Wisconsin and Illinois for the next superintendent. The board discussed salaries and background checks while four finalists from Northern Wisconsin and the Milwaukee St Louis and Chicago regions remain in consideration. A separate action approved a 10000 settlement with Kaiser Aluminum for Summit School roof damages, bringing total out of court recoveries to 35000 with insurance repayments.
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Wisconsin
la Crosse Area
Temte
Eugene Balts
Balts
Rice Lake
Kaiser Aluminmum Co
Summit
Kaiser
James Wais
Con
District to lose state aid in enrollment drop
La Crosse School Board approves a 1977-78 budget of 15.54 million, a 111,559 cut as enrollment forecasts fall to 8,200 from 8,300, triggering an expected $140,000 drop in state aid and a $28,000 rise in local taxes. The panel preserves remedial reading positions and adds a per diem for members while debating financing amid the Fiscal Control Board review.
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Board of Education
Eugene Balts
la Crosse
Fiscal Control Board
FCB
Balts
James Wais
Evan Lowrey
Wais
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