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The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) today unveiled a new feature for Wisconsin’s 511 travel information system. Accessible online at 511wi.gov or via the 511 Wisconsin smartphone app, motorists can now view live video feeds of travel conditions via traffic cameras throughout Wisconsin.

Shellie Benish, Administrator/Clerk/Treasurer for the Village of Black Earth, and Wisconsin Certified Municipal Clerk, announced her candidacy to represent the 81st Assembly District last week. Benish will face fellow Republican Bob Wood in the August 9^th primary.

Faith Fehlen from New Heights Church visited the Mazomanie village board on June 14^th and updated them about the future of “The Grove,” as the facility located in the former Mazomanie elementary School Building will be called.

The search for Parker Kruse that began last July 3 when he drowned in the Wisconsin River ended on Saturday. Parker was found near the Port Andrew boat landing on Steamboat Island by canoers from Illinois. The canoers heard about Parker’s loss when on vacation last summer.

A Plain man has been charged with Hit and Run Causing Death and a Troy resident is dead after an accident on June 20 on County Road B east of Cassel Road, according to the Sauk County Sherriff’s Department.

On Friday, June 17 at VFW Park in Prairie du Sac, the Friends of the Lower Wisconsin (FLOW) held a “field trip” to see the fish in the lower Wisconsin River. Timothy Parks, Dr. John Lyons and several local DNR staff shocked fish below the Prairie du Sac Dam.

At the most recent Dane County Board meeting, County Board Supervisor Melissa Ratcliff introduced a resolution to continue the Dane County Broadband Task Force. 

The school year is ending, which means a new class is starting their Youth Apprenticeship journey at McFarlane Mfg. There are several unique employment opportunities for local youth to gain real-world experience during the school year and summer break.

The Lower Wisconsin River is home to 98 species of fish, including several large river and backwater fish species with unique populations. Timothy Parks, Dr. John Lyons and several local DNR staff will shock a variety of large river fish species that inhabits the river below the dam at Prairie Du Sac on Friday, June 17, from 1 to 3 p.m.

The Sauk Prairie Chamber is excited to announce that local administrators and volunteers continue to work collaboratively to better understand and find ways to expand childcare in the Sauk Prairie area. The Sauk Prairie Area Chamber was recently one of the twenty-eight communities chosen from Wisconsin to receive the Dream Up!