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When the August 21 flood hit Black Earth, its Emergency Management Plan (EMP) from 1999 was put to the test. 30% of Village homes called the 2-1-1...

On Friday, October 12 at 7:36 p.m,. Dane County Deputies responded to a residential house fire in the 5800 Block of Beuthin Road, in the Town of...

By a vote of 4-2, the Board of the Village of Prairie du Sac agreed to an exemption for Maria Thompson’s five dogs and two cats at her residence....

FEMA should respond to the Village of Black Earth’s request for financial assistance by October 14, stated Village Administrator Shellie Benish at...

Dane County’s Emergency Notification System is used to alert people and provide important information during an emergency. In the event of an...

By Mariah and Cheryl Schmidt The VFW’s first steak feed of the year is coming up Saturday, October 13. Delicious food and good times and the VFW...

At their October meeting the Arena board voted to hire MSA Engineering firm to check into options for the Arena school building for a sum of $7,800. T...

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) is developing plans for a proposed project on US 12 over the Wisconsin River in the village of...

The Sauk Prairie area may be featured in an upcoming edition of Wisconsin Public Television’s, “Wisconsin Hometown Stories”, Connie Konkle,...

The Village of Prairie du Sac will consider, for the third time, whether to allow a resident to exceed the 3-pet limit per household, at its next...

The Wisconsin Heights School Board reviewed a survey that will soon be going out to district residents. The survey primarily concerns the upcoming $2....

Merrimac Community Charter School Lead Teacher, Sid Malek and other multi-age teachers from the school presented on data and areas of focus of the sch...

Governor Scott Walker and the Public Service Commission (PSC) today announced $1 million in new flood relief for Wisconsinites that were impacted by...

FEMA employees began their assessment of private and residential flood damage in Mazomanie last week. Village Administrator Peter Huebner said the...

During the joint board meeting with the Village of Sauk City and the Village of Prairie du Sac on September 11, 2018, the Sauk Prairie Police...

Meeting for the first time since the county-wide flooding events of Aug. 27-28 and Sept. 3-4, the Sauk County Board of Supervisors official approved...

Up, Up and Away is both the name of the race as well as an apt description of the course. Madison Nordic Ski Club, MadNorSki, for short, will host a...

Representatives with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the U.S. Small Business Administration, Wisconsin Emergency Management and other...

While Dane County’s long-anticipated update to their zoning code may have been two years in the making, Vermont’s plan commission members have...

It was announced at the September 5 Village Board meeting that the Department of Transportation would begin reconstruction of both washed out bridges...

Cliff Anderson presented the proposed budget for the 2018-2019 school year during the budget and annual meeting for the Sauk Prairie School Board on...

The Village or Prairie du Sac reviewed its 2017 audit at its meeting September 11. The audit was completed by Johnson Block and Company. The Village...