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SAUK CITY — Maybe you know his name, maybe you don’t. You most likely know of his work. Alfred Clas was born here in 1859 and had a hand in designing some of Wisconsin’s best-known and stunning buildings. In Madison, his work includes the headquarters of the Wisconsin Historical Society, the Brittingham Park Boat House and the 10,000-square-foot home of John Olin in University Heights now used as the home for the UW-Madison chancellor. Park Hall sits a few blocks west of the Wisconsin River in Sauk City and is one of the early works of architect Alfred Clas, who grew up in the ...

A closed-door meeting about Shelby County vaccine problems might've skirted Sunshine Law Katherine Burgess, Memphis Commercial Appeal © Joris Ray, SCS A woman given the COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, February 15, 2021. A private meeting of county commissioners, attorneys and the director of the Shelby County Health Department could have been a violation of the state’s Open Meetings Act, said Deborah Fisher, executive director of the Tennessee Coalition for Open Government. “If they’re hearing about something they’re going to be making some big decisions on, that should...

Commissioners aim to support SCHD with Pipkin Building issues Changes made at pipkin building vaccination site By Kelly Roberts | January 29, 2021 at 4:25 PM CST - Updated January 29 at 6:44 PM MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Commissioners are saying they want to do what’s in their power to support the Shelby County Health Department in administering vaccines quickly. This comes after constituents reached out to them about the issues they had trying to get a vaccine at the Pipkin building this week. They said they reached out to the health department to understand what was going on. Some answer...

Limits on military equipment for law enforcement pass Shelby County commission Daniel Connolly, Memphis Commercial Appeal © Provided by Commercial Appeal Memphis Then-Warren County Undersheriff Shawn Lamouree poses in front of the department's Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle, or MRAP, shortly after it was acquired under the military 1033 program in 2013 in Queensbury, N.Y. The Shelby County Commission voted Monday evening to limit the Shelby County Sheriff's office and Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security from obtaining weapons from the military �...

Leaders question delay in Tennessee vaccine distribution By Kendall Downing | December 16, 2020 at 6:59 PM CST - Updated January 12 at 12:29 PM MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - We’ve watched Mid-South health care workers in Arkansas and Mississippi get vaccinated. Finally Wednesday, the first shot was given in Tennessee. Our Nashville affiliate WSMV-TV reported the city’s’ Clinical Research Associates has been running a Pfizer vaccine trial since August, and they were given the approval to un-blind their patients. Dr. William Polk, a surgeon, was the first patient identified as meet...