(Juneau) Two incumbent Dodge County Board supervisors were unseated yesterday. Donald Hilgendorf was defeated by Jeff Breselow and Michael Butler bested incumbent Dick Fink. Incumbents winning re-election include: Ed Benter, Nancy Kavazanjian, Andrew Johnson, Larry Bischoff, Jeff Caine, Dennis Schmidt, Haley Kenevan and Kevin Burnett. In county board races with no incumbents, the winners were Jody Steger and Paul Conway.
(Beaver Dam) On the Beaver Dam School Board, the three incumbents were all re-elected along with newcomer Isaac Dornfeld, while Steve Rydzewski fell short. In the race for Waupun School Board, Megan Vande Zande won the towns of Alto and Trenton seat while Lori Van Buren was re-elected to the city of Waupun seat. The top vote-getters for Columbus School Board were Martha Rule and incumbent Mike O’Brian.
(Dodge County) Voters in the Markesan School District approved a $4-million dollar school funding referendum over four years for operations while the $12-million dollar facilities referendum in the Hartford Union High School District was defeated by a wide margin.
(Dodge County) In the city of Juneau, incumbent alderman John Schuster secured another term over challenger Jim Ronge. On the Watertown City Council, Fred Smith bested incumbent Cassandra Wagner while incumbent Bob Wetzel survived a challenge.
(Mayville) There are two new mayors in Dodge County. In Mayville, John Guinn will succeed Rob Boelk after opponent Mike Jackson dropped out of the race. In Waupun, Rohn Bishop ran unopposed and succeeds Julie Nickel.
(Juneau) Voter turnout in Dodge County was at 23-percent. County Clerk Karen Gibson says there were nearly 12-thousand ballots cast out of a total of almost 50-thouand registered voters.
(Wisconsin) Another avian influenza infection has been confirmed in a flock of backyard chickens in Rock County. Investigators say they killed all 22 birds to try to contain the outbreak. State agents also killed more than two-point-seven million chickens from a commercial farm in Jefferson County, where the first recent case was found. The bird flu has since turned-up in several wild birds around Wisconsin. – WRN
(Wisconsin) Wisconsin’s moratorium on winter-time power disconnections ends a week from Friday. The Wisconsin Public Service Commission says people behind on their heat and light bills need get caught up – or to make payment arrangements before April 15th. The state also has some money available for people who need help paying their utility bills. – WRN
(Dodge County) A number of Dodge County school district libraries have received state funding. Wisconsin Treasurer Sarah Godlewski recently announced that a record $40.6-million-dollars will be disbursed to public school libraries to help them recover from the pandemic and expand offerings to students. The money is provided through the Common School Fund. The Beaver Dam School District is in line for $147-thousand-dollars. To see all local districts receiving funds, visit the news tab at DailyDodge.com.
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(Wisconsin) Some parts of the state have potentially-tainted lettuce. The state Consumer Protection department says bags of Ocean Mist Farms brand romaine hearts, sold mainly in western Wisconsin, may be contaminated with Cyclospora. State officials say all of the suspect packages show a harvest date of March 10th. The questionable greens were grown in Coachella. – WRN
