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Buseum offers mobile history lesson with modern relevance July 11, 2021 6:54 PM Anna Hansen MADISON, Wis. — A history lesson on wheels pumped the brakes on State Street today to offer people a free glimpse into the Midwest 100 years ago. Michael Luick-Thrams’s Bus-eum has been cruising around the midwest since 2003, making pit stops in different states. It’s meant to highlight the childhood era of the Greatest Generation, featuring five focus topics: the Cow War, the 1918 pandemic, the anti-german sentiment during world war 1, the prohibition, and the Ku Klux Kl...

Baraboo Nerf war seeks to unite community, create safe space July 10, 2021 10:49 PM Anna Hansen BARABOO, Wis. — They say all is fair in love and war. At today’s Nerf war, however, it seems like everybody won. After months of planning, Baraboo’s first official community Nerf war took place in Oschner park today beginning at noon. The battle drew in a crowd of over 120, armed, but not dangerous. The event started as a casual backyard game at founder Thunder Decorah’s house in Mauston. Decorah would host Nerf wars between his own kids and kids from two other fami...

“People are clearly suffering out there,” Commissioner Anna Hansen said. County commissioners approved a $185,318 expenditure for the waterline Tuesday on a 4-0 vote with District 3 Commissioner Rudy Garcia absent. The county had already been planning a permanent waterline to the area estimated to be complete by March 2022. The permanent water line will connect residents to the Buckman Direct Diversion water supply through the Rancho Viejo storage tank. Commissioners thanked county staff for their quick response to the problem. “Providing these necessities that our constituents need is ...

Fitchburg girl hopes to raise back charity donation lost in burglary June 6, 2021 7:14 PM Anna Hansen Updated: FITCHBURG, Wis.– A 9-year-old girl from Fitchburg has turned the lemons life gave her into lemonade and the lemonade into charity proceeds for the Dane County Humane Society. Meghan Hartman had been raising money since the end of May by doing housework for neighbors and other tasks when robbers broke into her house on June 2, stealing her earnings among other things. Sunday, she was hoping to earn that money back by hosting a lemonade stand at her house. �...

Cottage Grove adds new Splash Pad to park June 5, 2021 9:19 PM Anna Hansen Updated: COTTAGE GROVE, Wis.– The temperatures may not be dropping, but community leaders in Cottage Grove are creating new ways to keep cool. The Splash Pad, the city’s first aquatic attraction, opened Saturday at Phoebe Bakken Memorial Park. The event kicked off with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, popsicles, and beach balls. The Pad has been in the parks and recreation department’s plans since 2015, but concrete plans didn’t begin until two years ago, according to Sean Brusegar, Director...