Pardeeville
Politics
Little, Landgraf and Allen elected to DeForest Village Board
Colleen Little, Bill Landgraf and Dr. Taysheedra Allen have been elected as DeForest Village Trustees after the Tuesday, April 2, spring election. Allen received the most votes out of three write-in candidates, leaving Mike DeRubis and Sheila Howe unelected. The vote shook out as follows with all precincts reporting: Little led all candidates with 1,251...
DeForest adopts Deer Management Plan
The DeForest Village Board voted 5-0 in favor of adopting a proposed plan to manage the village’s deer population on Tuesday, March 19. Trustees Brian Taylor and Jim Simpson were absent for the meeting. After conducting two drone surveys to in recent weeks, the village’s Director of Public Services Judd Blau stated that both flights counted an “exceedingly high” number of deer in a 1.65 square mile area even by conservative estimates. ...
Slush covered roads on election day
Election Day marred by slushy roads in Portage! JT Saskowski reports live on the treacherous conditions, with thick snowfall reducing visibility. Voters urged to allow extra time to reach polls safely amidst accumulating slush. Road crews work tirelessly, but no election disruptions reported yet. Stay tuned for updates.
One paper, more news: Expanded newspaper to include DeForest, Sun Prairie, Windsor areas
On April 12, the communities of Sun Prairie, DeForest and Windsor will begin to be served by a new newspaper, The Star. The Star in print form, on its website and in its e-edition and corresponding app, will contain all the news and advertising content you now get in two publications — the Sun Prairie Star and the DeForest Times-Tribune. In The Star, you’ll still get municipal and county government news as well as all the coverage of local schools, community events, arts, opinion, sports,...
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