Questions left unanswered in land preservation bill
La Crosse County zoning committee members, farmers, and developers pressed for clarity on Senate Bill 77 now pending governor approval. The bill offers tax credits up to 100 percent for farmland kept as exclusive agricultural land, with a five year start up period and penalties for withdrawal, amid questions on voluntary nature and definitions of key terms.
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la Crosse County
Cochairman
Lawrence Broadhead
Senate
Assembly
Paul Offner
D-La Crosse
Virgil Roberts
Ing
Zinmer Escapes Camp Then Flees Toward Tennessee
Zinmer, 16, who ran away from Lad Lake in Wisconsin, escaped his fenced camp twice and rode hitchhikes toward Columbia Tennessee where authorities picked him up after a jail fire in his paded cell left 42 dead. He was hospitalized in Nashville in critical condition from burns and smoke inhalation. Prosecutors planned arson charges.
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Dousman
Wis
Andrew Zinmer
Tennessee
Zinmer
Columbia, Tenn
Dousman Center
Lad Lake Inc
al Barry
Andy
Barry
Thomas Retzer
Lad Lake
Kentucky
Columbia
Nashville
Maury County
Tenn
Superior
Roy Martinson
Board of Trade
Martinson
Brice Prairie farmer chairs Onalaska Town Board
Earl Pedretti a 36 year old Brice Prairie farmer was elected chair of the Onalaska Town Board succeeding Charles Pierce who resigned to become La Crosse County Board chairman. Pedretti and Carl Pedretti won board votes with the town clerk casting a fifth vote. The board plans to address landfill closure and may delay decisions on wood foundations for homes in Thomas Farms until an architect reviews plans.
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Onalaska
Wis
Earl Pedretti
Pedretti
Brice
Carl
Marge Hagel
Frank Neitzel
Neitzel Construction Ltd
R.3
Thomas Farms
Neitzel
Lucey vetoes study time questioned as session nears
Republicans complain the Thursday special session gives little time to review vetoes in the 1977 79 budget as Gov Lucey prepares to depart for Mexico. Democrats claim haste rushes through controversial bills and blocks full scrutiny of actions before the signing.
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Madison
Wis
Patrick J. Lucey
Lucey
Mexico
Senate
Clifford Krueger
R Merrill
Krueger
Assembly
John Shabaz
New
Berlin
Lacey
Marty Schreiber
Martin J. Schreiber
West Salem organizes for new middle school board action
West Salem Board of Education and Building Committee held an organizational meeting to plan the West Salem Middle School for 500 students in grades five through eight on the high school site. Harold Shaw elected chairman Betty Krysiak named secretary Daniel T. O Neill hired as financial adviser. Wiring and suspended ceilings at an elementary school approved for 40 000 dollars.
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West Salem
Wis
West Salem Board of Education
West Salem Middle School
Harold
Jake’’ Shaw
Betty Krysiak
Daniel T. O'Neill
T. G. Evenson and Associates, Inc
Minneapolis, Minn
Mayo Clinic doctors to speak at St Francis teaching conferences
Three Mayo Clinic physicians will headline medical teaching conferences at St Francis Hospital in July. Each Monday in Marycrest Auditorium at 709 S. 10th St features a different topic: July 11 Dr R A McLeod on a computed tomography of the musculoskeletal and genitourinary systems, July 18 Dr Johnson L This tle on medical treatment of gall stones, and July 25 Oliver Beahrs on logical aspects of inflammatory colon disease and creation of ileal reservoir.
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Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
St. Francis Hospital
Marycrest
S. 10Th St
R.A. McLeod
Johnson L. Thistle
Oliver Beahrs
Lucey veto stance sparks Wisconsin Assembly fury
Democratic leaders accuse Gov. Patrick Lucey of executive arrogance as he plans to veto the Norquist Maurer tax relief plan. They say revenue secretary Dennis Conta pressured the veto without consultation, while John Torphy’s pending confirmation shapes budget policy.
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Madison
Wis
Patrick J. Lucey
Dennis Conta
Michael Ferrall
D-Racine
Assembly
Edward Jackamonis
Waukesha
Lucey
James Wahner
Conta
Wahner
Joint Finance Committee
John Torphy
Mexico
Torphy
Ferrall
Whitehall Board rescinds Pleasantville Elementary closure
Whitehall Wisconsin residents backed a 485 signature petition urging a three year moratorium on closing outlying schools. The board voted to place the issue on the July 25 annual meeting agenda and legal counsel questioned authority to close the school, suggesting seeking voter input.
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Whitehall
Wis
Whitehall Board of Education
Pleasantville
William Koslo
Arcadia
Koslo
Storms Cause Little Damage Across Coulee Region
Heavy thunderstorms swept the Coulee Region with minimal damage. Northern counties saw the heaviest activity, mainly downed trees in Trempealeau Jackson and Monroe. A rural power outage north of Sparta occurred in Monroe County. Funnel cloud reports in Hixton unconfirmed. Rainfall varied from a quarter inch to two inches. A mobile home in Green Oaks Trailer Court north of Holmen suffered water damage after window screens were blown out.
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Coulee
Trempealeau
Jackson
Monroe
Monroe County
Sparta
Hixton
Jackson County
Green Oaks
Holmen
Skyjacking Suspect Ordered Returned to Wisconsin
Bruce Trayer 25 of Prairie du Chien Wisconsin who tried to hijack a Northwest Orient flight from Tokyo to Honolulu was deported to the United States and arrived in Wisconsin. Bail set at 100000. Trayer claimed he faced food additives and planned to crash the plane if needed.
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San Francisco
Wisconsin
Northwest Orient Airlines
United States
Tokyo
Bruce Trayer
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Japan
Trayer
U.S
Richard Goldsmith
Madison
Honolulu
Moscow
Mindoro man pleads guilty in boy incident case
Mark Gunderson of rural Mindoro pleaded guilty in La Crosse County Circuit Court to a first degree reported incident involving a 12 year old boy. Judge Peter Pappas accepted the plea and ordered a pre sentence investigation. The June 12 incident occurred as a boy was fishing near a Milwaukee Road bridge in Campbell town. The maximum penalty is 15 years in prison.
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Mindoro
la Crosse County
Mark Gunderson
R.J. Mindoro
Peter Pappas
Gunderson
Mendota Choie Ulan
Campbell
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