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Help is on the way for Dane County drivers who have been trying to travel busy highways in times of bad winter weather.
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Read More »Historical societies in Wisconsin towns seek new members
At the Deerfield Historical Society museum, you can find a typewriter from the train depot, a clock from the old post office, a wooden crate from the now-defunct Johnson Hardware and a yardstick from the former Deerfield Motor Co.
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Read More »Eminent-domain case questions reconstruction of Dane County road
A Dane County agricultural company is arguing it’s owed public compensation because a town that seized its land using eminent domain didn’t keep its promise to build it a usable road.
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Read More »Dane County looks back on flooding, plans for future
Dane County Executive Joe Parisi on Monday listed various steps local officials have taken to prevent the recurrence of floods like the one that inflicted $154 million worth of damage on the county a year ago while preparing homeowners for future dangers.
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Read More »Dane County, Middleton mark completion of University Ave. roadway
Construction wrapped up Wednesday on a $1.5 million reconstruction of University Avenue in Middleton.
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Read More »Loss of farmstead dating to Civil War sign of changes in Sun Prairie
Growth and progress forced Arthur Schneider to move his farm 150 feet to the east. That was in 1956 and was meant to make way for the construction of what is now four-lane Highway 151, one of the primary transportation arteries in southern Wisconsin.
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Read More »Dane County tries out $750K farm-runoff program
Dane County plans to spend $750,000 this year to test out paying farmers to plant cover crops in an attempt to curb runoff from heavy rains and snowmelt.
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Read More »Dane County to protect farmland, slow development
A new Dane County policy calls for paying property owners to set aside their land to protect wildlife, prevent runoff and stave off erosion by keeping it out of the hands of developers and others for 15 years.
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Read More »Dane County leads state in population growth
New U.S. Census Bureau figures show Dane County led the state in population growth in 2018.
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Read More »Task force to suggest steps to prevent flooding in Dane County
A task force is planning to recommend ways Dane Count can prevent the sort of flooding that occurred there after torrential rains caused lakes to spill over last summer, prompting evacuations.
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