Government

Meeting one week later than usual because the spring election was held the first Tuesday of the month, the Arena Village Board heard from Nick Larson of the Arena ACES Home Talent baseball team about this summer’s season.

The Black Earth Village Office will be closed to the public on the below scheduled days in May for staff training.

During the week of May 14, the office will be closed Thursday the 18th and Friday the 19th.

The honors continue for Prairie du Sac’s recently retired village president Cheryl Sherman. Dane Varese, Mark Pocan’s District Director, presented Sherman with Pocan’s entry in the Congressional Record proclaiming April 25, 2023 as Cheryl Sherman Day in honor of her 40 years of service to the village.

The Village of Black Earth board met May 2^nd and welcomed two new members, one through the election process, and one through appointment. Sarah Morrow won as a write in-candidate, and the board early in the meeting appointed former Village President Mitch Hodson to fill a vacancy.

The Sauk City village board voted 4-3 to deny a rezoning application for a parcel that would have moved from single family to multi-family at their April 25 meeting. The motion was to deny the rezoning, so a yes vote is to deny the rezone.

The Village of Prairie du Sac has a new board member, with former Sauk Prairie School Board President appointed by the board at their April 25^th meeting. There was a vacancy in the wake of the election, which saw long-time Village President Cheryl Sherman stepping down and board member Andrew Strathman taking the helm.

The Mazomanie Board and new member Latrisha Eilers heard an update from trustee Natalie Beil about the Bluff Park project that has been underway for nearly a year at their April 25^th meeting.

A Family Dollar/Dollar Tree will be coming to Mazomanie, joining Dollar General as another grocery and retail outlet. The company is purchasing a one acre lot along Highway 14. They are currently asking WisDOT for a direct entrance onto Highway 14. The board granted the conditional use permit for the property.

The April 11th Village of Prairie du Sac meeting was the last for Cheryl Sherman, long-time Village President of Prairie du Sac, who is stepping down after serving the village for 40 years, 32 of those on the village board. She has been Village President since 1995.

After years of negotiating with Cross Plains over the use of their street sweeper, Black Earth has bought their own unit to keep the streets clean. The board voted unanimously at their April 11 meeting to purchase a 2012 Elgin Pelican NS model for $137,000.