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MENOMONIE -- The Wisconsin Joint Finance Committee made a rare appearance in western Wisconsin and River Falls Mayor Dan Toland took advantage of the opportunity. He sought for emergency mental

WATERTOWN — This is another installment in the Sci-Tech Museum’s “Homebound Science” program. The Sci-Tech Museum, 154 Stone St., launched the program last year during the state’s PAUSE order relating to the pandemic. The science program involves “hands-on” experiments to try with materials found around homes or in nature. CATCH A SNOWFLAKE Materials you will need: 1) Glass microscope slide, or other flat glass object such as a small picture frame with glass p...

WATERTOWN — The Sci-Tech Center, 154 Stone St., invites students to take part in a meteorology program specifically designed for middle school pupils. The online “Junior Cafe Scientifique” program, at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, will feature the topic “Weather Patterns Over Time: Climate Change Explained,” featuring Jim Teske, Syracuse’s NewsChannel 9 chief meteorologist. This is a free online presentation requiring registration. Confirmation and a reminder will be emailed...

Julie R. Garnsey, executive director of the Thousand Islands Performing Arts Fund, stands for a photo at the Clayton Opera House on Thursday in Clayton. Kara Dry/Watertown Daily Times Kara Dry Live entertainment venues that went dark last spring with COVID-related lockdowns and lockouts saw some signs of hope in late December with the passage of the coronavirus relief package signed into federal law. The $900 billion in relief includes the Save Our Stages provisi...

CANTON — “A Great Conjunction” can have a way of putting things in perspective. In a year marked by things to forget, any deep meaning about the upcoming astronomical conjunction that happens to fall at the end of this year, and on the winter solstice no less, would be conjecture. But in the big picture, maybe knowing more about it will help bring us closer to the natural world, or universe, and our place in it. “People hear about planets and they see pictures of them,”...

The Sci-Tech Center of Northern New York reminds skywatchers that the best meteor shower of the year is upcoming.