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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.