A Reedsburg boy is attempting to “live off the grid” in the Baraboo Bluffs, according to the most recent reports from the Wisconsin State Journal, after the 13-year-old fled his house early last Monday and took the family car, a loaded weapon, and several survival guides into the woods near Sauk Hill at Highway 12.
Sauk County Sherriff’s Deputies continue to search a portion of the Baraboo Bluffs on Thursday, June 15th, for a missing 13-year-old who took his family car and his father's handgun in the cover of night and has camped at least one night in the woods.
A secondary building burned down on a Town of Black Earth property on Monday as Dane County Sherriff’s deputies responded to a call at 4927 Eissefeldt Road. The office building is considered a total loss, estimated to be worth between $500,000 and $750,000. The main residence and a barn were unaffected by the fire.
Orie Eilertson, Badger History Group Researcher, points to plans for the new Dairy Forage Research Center in Badger. These plans can be seen in the Dairy Forage Research Center booth at the Museum of Badger Army Ammunition on Hwy 12. The plans show a new facility for 360 cows on a new campus inside of Badger,
On May 30, the State of Wisconsin announced that a Sauk County deer farm tested positive for chronic wasting disease. The samples were confirmed by the National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Ames, Iowa.
To say that Trent Geier’s parents have seen him change over the last nine months would be an understatement. The Project SEARCH graduate made it clear to a room full of family, friends, and supporters that the program helped him in many ways.
Pictured, left to right: Tywana German, Linda Sauer, John Sauer, Marty Krueger, Jon Cody, Alan Wildman, Lt. Governor Sara Rodriguez, Dave Considine and granddaughter, Lindsey Giese, Ken Lueck, Jim Anderson, and Heidi Koch.
On Wednesday, May 10th, Lt. Governor Sara Rodriguez visited Sauk Prairie to see the site of a future public art mural. The mural was made possible thanks to funding from the Tourism Capital Grant Program which supported tourism-related investment projects that help promote, maintain, or bolster Wisconsin’s tourism industry.
