Green County and area meetings set for August 12 13 14
Local government and school district panels announce agendas for Monday through Wednesday with sessions on budgets personnel negotiations and public safety items. Highlights include Ready Wisconsin AmeriCorps grant discussions highway employee matters and reviews of 2014 budget drafts across Green County Juda Monticello and nearby entities.
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Green County Law Enforcement and Public Safety Committee
Green County Sheriff's Office
Wisconsin AmeriCorps
Green County Highway Committee
Highway Commissioner's Office
School District of
Juda
Monroe
Parkside
Argyle
Brodhead
South Wayne
Lafayette County Information Technology Committee
Green County Human Services Board
Government Services
City of Monroe Board of Public Works
City of Monroe Judiciary and Ordinance Review Committee
Green County
Pleasant View Nursing Home
Green County Board of Supervisors
Timothy Davis
Lafayette County Finance Committee
Finance Department
Green County Sheriff's Department
DNR
Ryan Caputo
Lafayette County Human Resource Committee
Green County Health Committee
Maureen Milligan
Village of
New Glarus
Wisconsin Historical Society sites see 16 percent rise in attendance
Attendance at 12 Wisconsin Historical Society sites and museums rose 16 percent this year helped by popular programs and better weather. Through July Old World Wisconsin in Eagle showed a 30 percent gain while Circus World Museum in Baraboo rose nearly 14 percent. Administrator Cheryl Sullivan notes July 2012 had poor turnout due to heat and cites Laura Ingalls Wilder display and monthlong events as drivers of higher attendance.
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Old World Wisconsin
Eagle
Circus World Museum
Baraboo
Cheryl Sullivan
The
Historical Society
Division of Museums and Historic Sites
Old World
Lakefest 2013 to Highlight Belleville Lake Restoration
Belleville hosts Lakefest 2013 on Sunday September 1 marking the four million dollar lake restoration effort. A 7 am triathlon starts activities run 10 am to 3 pm with free paddling, a waterfront trail walk, river boat and pontoon rides, and reptile exhibits. Attendees can learn about the restoration design hear from DNR experts and vote in the Best Lake Belle View photo contest.
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Belleville
Berm
Sugar River
Briar Pickers
Kristy Larson
Department of Natural Resources
Lake Belle View
Bellevillelakefest
Hearing set on tougher drunken driving bills
The Assembly Judiciary Committee will hold a Thursday public hearing on measures to raise penalties for drunken driving. Proposals would classify a first offense at 0.15 percent BAC as a misdemeanor, allow vehicle seizure, and mandate court appearances. Additional bills seek felonies for third and fourth offenses and mandatory sentences for injuring or killing.
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Madison
The
Assembly Judiciary Committee
Jim Ott
Alberta Darling
Protesters in Madison plead not guilty in no-permit sing along
More than 40 protesters arrested during the noontime Solidarity Sing Along pleaded not guilty with 33 requesting jury trials. Police have issued 223 citations or charges over two weeks for conducting demonstrations without a permit as clashes with Gov Scott Walker era unfold.
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Madison
Capitol
Wisconsin State Journal
Bit
Scott Walker
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Wisconsin Historical Society
Facebook
Facebook.com
Monroe Graphics
Howard
4Th Ave
West
Singer
Saie Clerk of Courts
Carlo Esqueda
First Amendment Protection Fund
Monroe Times
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