Ed Geick News Today

Mayor Mike Palm can clearly recall the first time he was elected in 2012, and after nine years have passed by quickly, he said this term will be his last. “I think it’s important for people to realize, in my view, nobody should serve forever,” Palm said. Palm’s life in public service began during his private career, when he worked for MSA and municipalities throughout the state for 23 years. When he and his family moved to Baraboo in 1988, Palm said they didn’t know a s...

Baraboo Common Council members expedited an ordinance Tuesday after being told by more than one attorney that the city’s Police and Fire Commission was formed against state law. “Currently, the police department has a police chief that’s suspended from employment here and my concern would be any litigation involving that because my assumption is that Chief Schauf has hired a labor attorney, and that the city would be under liability in any decision made,” Council President J...