(Beaver Dam) The ribbon has been cut on the newest childcare facility in Beaver Dam. The Beaver Dam Unified School District has teamed up with Community Care to repurpose Wilson Elementary into a host site for childcare. The transition will begin next year as Community Care will offer infant care at Wilson during what will be the school’s last year of formal operation. Effective in the fall of 2025, students who currently reside in the Wilson boundary will attend Washington Elementary.
(Beaver Dam) The Beaver Dam Common Council has allocated funds from the American Rescue Plan Act to a number of different projects throughout the city. The city received around $1.7-million in ARPA dollars to aid in its efforts to rebound from the effects caused by the COVID pandemic. A few of the resolutions that the council approved include reserving $75,000 in ARPA funds for the improvement of the Swan Park Pavilion and utilizing $400,000 to support parks. The money must be committed by the end of this year and be spent by 2026.
(Beaver Dam) Residents of Beaver Dam and the surrounding area are invited to attend the Beaver Dam Holiday Parade this Saturday at 5pm. Beaver Dam Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Tracy Probst says the parade will be taking place at the 100 block of Front Street and the 100 to 300 blocks of South Spring Street. She adds that the grand marshal is Miss Wisconsin and Beaver Dam resident Mandi Genord.
(Dodge County) The 2024 Wisconsin deer gun harvest was able to overcome a slow start. Preliminary numbers also showed about a 2.5-percent increase in the number of licensed hunters this year compared to 2023. During the traditional nine-day gun season, a total of 3,083 deer were harvested in Dodge County. Just over one-thousand-five-hundred were antlered deer while 1,529 were antlerless.
(Horicon) During a visit to Horicon this week, Governor Tony Evers says there is still work to be done following a judge’s ruling to strike down major parts of a law that banned collective bargaining for public sector workers. The decision from Dane County Judge Jacob Frost cut out most of the language from Wisconsin Act 10 that barred public unions from bargaining. Governor Evers says it will be a long process but this is an “important step forward.” Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says the law is over a decade old and has already survived challenges. The ruling is likely to be appealed.
