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PdS installs AEDs in local parks
The village of Prairie du Sac began installing cabinets with automated external defibrillators in its parks. The first cabinet was installed June 24 in Culver Community Park. To access the AED inside the heated cabinet, one dials 911. The Sauk County Sheriff’s Department Dispatch will then provide instructions and the access code to open the cabinet. When the AED itself is open it provides audible instructions on how to use it. Dispatch will send first responders to the scene.
Lyndon Station veggie farm gets state grant for pantry supply
An organic vegetable farm between Reedsburg, Wisconsin Dells and Lyndon Station received a boost from the state to supply organic vegetables to food pantries. Orange Cat Community Farm in northern Sauk County received a $15,000 grant from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection’s Direct to Farmer grant under the Wisconsin Local Food Purchase Assistance program. The funding will be for supplying organic produce to food pantries around the state, as well as the Wisconsin Food Hub Cooperative.
24 FDs battle Wis. 5-alarm apartment fire
SUMPTER, Wis. — Residents of an apartment building in Bluffview Estates in the town of Sumpter in rural Sauk County are displaced following a fire Saturday morning that destroyed the 16-unit facility. Twenty-four fire departments responded to the five-alarm blaze, which requires the most assistance on a scale of...
Luxemburg and Wrightstown awarded $4.8 million for rail upgrades
(WLUK) -- Two Northeast Wisconsin communities are receiving grants to improve their freight rail facilities. Luxemburg in Kewaunee County and Wrightstown in Brown County, along with Reedsburg in Sauk County, will receive $4.8 million of Freight Railroad Infrastructure Improvement Program (FRIIP) grants. The improvements include upgrades to agricultural facility equipment,...
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