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Aside from School Board, local races favor incumbents

In the wake of last week’s local elections the landscape looks a little different, with both school boards seeing changes. In addition, the Village of Mazomanie picked up a new board member, with write in candidate Latrisha Eilers taking the empty seat.

Incumbents tumble in local school board races

The winds of change blew strongly through the Wisconsin Heights and Sauk Prairie school district on election night, as school board incumbents lost in close but not too close races.

Sauk Prairie Healthcare named a 2023 Top 100 Rural & Community Hospital

Sauk Prairie Healthcare in Prairie du Sac, Wis. has been recognized as a 2023 Top 100 Rural & Community Hospital. Compiled by The Chartis Center for Rural Health, this annual recognition program honors outstanding performance among the nation’s rural hospitals based on the results of the Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX™.

The candidates for the Village and Town of Merrimac races

Village of Merrimac

 

Andrew Gallus and Kirk Olson’s terms are expiring. Gallus is running unopposed for Village President and Olson is running for the board. There is one more seat open and two more candidates: Margaret Budde and Nathan Taylor.

 

Kirk Olson

 

Meet the candidates in the Sauk Prairie and Wisconsin Heights School Board races

Sauk Prairie School District

Sauk City and Prairie du Sac seat

Rich Judge (incumbent) versus Holly Walker.

 

Rich Judge

 

Personal Bio:

Married, 3 children, a freshman at UWM and a junior and freshman at Sauk Prairie High School

McFarlane Manufacturing acquires new precision planting equipment company

McFarlane Mfg. Co., Inc. expands its precision technology offering by acquiring CMT AG LLC, a precision equipment dealer serving southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois.

Local races for April’s election to feature challengers, new faces

April’s non-partisan local races are shaping up to be at least a little interesting in the Star News coverage area, with competitive races and a few new village presidents stepping into office.

Arena Cheese takes Best of Class


Arena Cheese took Best of Class in the U.S. Championship Cheese Contest for their original recipe Colby Jack cheese. They also took third place in the class of marbled curd cheeses. “I am proud of all the team members of Arena Cheese. It takes everyone’s participation to produce award winning cheese and we do it every day,” Bill Hanson of Arena Cheese said. Cedar Grove Cheese of Plain took third place in the hard sheep’s milk cheese class for their Donatello cheese. Arena Cheese took second place in flavored cheese curds class for their garlic cheese curds. The contest was held recently in Green Bay.

Arena Cheese took Best of Class in the U.S. Championship Cheese Contest for their original recipe Colby Jack cheese. They also took third place in the class of marbled curd cheeses.

Wisconsin River Recreation Bridge takes a big step forward

Sauk County Supervisor Marty Krueger had one question about the proposed bridge connecting the Great Sauk State Trail and the Walking Iron/Wolf Run Trail in Mazomanie:

“How do we get this done?”

River Arts makes final donation for Leola Hall Construction


Pictured, from the Monday, February 27th Sauk Prairie School Board Meeting. Left to right: Jeff Wright, Tyler Erickson, Lindsey Giese, Joel Ludowitz, John Hutchins, Mary Ann Marx, James Isaacson, Richard Talmage, Richard Judge, Nick Dingman, Nickie Fisher.

By Lindsey Giese

 

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