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     The Black River Falls Municipal Utility (BRFMU) Commission met for its regular meeting Monday, Aug. 28.      BRFMU general manager Casey Engebretson discussed with the commission the forebay repair project on the BRF dam.      “Not drawing down the river and looking at everything closely and...
     The Black River Falls School District (BRFSD) Board met for its regular meeting Monday, Aug. 21.      BRFSD Superintendent Shelly Severson discussed with the board the employment situation within the district.      “We believe when we look at our professional staff for Tuesday (Aug. 29) when...
The Wisconsin State Patrol is urging everyone to plan ahead as the summer travel season wraps up, to avoid the potentially deadly consequences of impaired driving.      There were 7,048 crashes involving alcohol or drug impairment in Wisconsin in 2022. Alcohol was involved in more than one-quarter...
Aug. 17, 2023, at approximately 7:13 a.m., the Jackson County (JC) Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) received a call from a female party inquiring how to file a restraining order against her husband. She went on to report that he had been following her and while she was stopped at a gas station...
Aug. 17, Daniel P. Johnson, 44, Brockway, was arrested in connection with multiple wildfires on county and private land in central Jackson County. Investigation by a multi-agency task force revealed more than 50 wildfires in the area that are believed to be related and deliberately set since April...
Drug overdoses continue to rise in the United States. According to the National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics, more than four times as many people died from a drug overdose than from homicide in the first month of 2021. Over 96,700 drug overdose deaths were reported from March 2020 to March 2021...
The Jackson County (JC) Forestry and Parks Department met for its regular meeting Tuesday, Aug. 8.      The forestry and parks committee discussed a potential bike trail up to Lake Wazee. Local residents Jim Hoffman and Dawn Jacobson attended the meeting to present the details.      “My name is Jim...
This is the information provided to date by the Jackson County Ag Society   Department – Antiques      Outstanding awards – David Andraska, Gil Homstad, Jan Eckles, Bonnie Beck, Laura/Carl Aleckson      Best of show – Gil Homstad      Blue ribbon winners: Judy Hunter, Leif Skogstad, Heidi Tuff, Dar...
This is the information provided to date by the Jackson County Ag Society Department – Sheep      Overall grand champion ram – Morgan Lindow Overall reserve grand champion ram – Alyssa Lindow      Overall grand champion Ewe – Amara Streff      Overall reserve grand champion ewe – Julia Brown     ...
Red Creek and BT Elementary two of those recipients      Wisconsin students will receive additional academic support and youth development opportunities during out-of-school time hours following the award of five-year grants announced by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI).     ...

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