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The Old School Pub at the La Valle Center will be held from 4 to 9 p.m. May 10. The Center is located at 109 S. River St., La Valle.

Erich Mobley will entertain from 5 to 9 p.m. There will be food and drinks, as well as free merchandise for the first 50 guests.

Admission is free. Food and beverage prices vary.

A Minnesota woman was apprehended in Reedsburg last Saturday on drug-related offenses.

A Reedsburg man is being held on five felony counts of possession of child pornography, according to the Reedsburg Police Department.

Jesse L. Luke, 25, was charged by the Sauk County District Attorney’s Office in an investigation that’s been ongoing for the past couple of years, according to the Reedsburg Police Department.

The Sauk County Sheriff’s Office has closed the book on a disappearance case dating back to 1962.

The woman who went missing, Audrey Backeberg, has been located alive and unharmed.

At the time of her disappearance, Backeberg was 20 years old and living in Reedsburg.

Next week heralds the beginning of the spring Friends of the Reedsburg Public Library Book Sale on Thursday, May 15, which runs through Sunday, May 18. On Wednesday, May 14, the Local History and Genealogy group embarks on their first summer field trip of 2025.

South Central DHI has released its roster of best-performing animals from January.

The top Holstein came from Bells Udder Farm in Camp Douglas. P-3291 produced 46,833 pounds of milk that tested at 4.1 percent and 5100 cheese yield.

The Reedsburg Area Chamber of Commerce will have its next Business after Five at the Reedsburg Area Historical Society/Pioneer Log Village. It will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. May 8 on the grounds, which are located off Highway 23 to the east of Reedsburg.

The summer season is getting closer and that means things are ramping up for the Reedsburg Parks and Recreation Department and Director Matt Scott. Scott is happy with where things stand as a whole with the Department as May gets going.

Over the weekend the Happy Hustlers 4-H club grilled brats and sold baked goods to fundraise. They looked to be having a good time along Highway 23 in Plain. Pictured, here are Zane Rodgers and Clayton Thering. Photo by Joe Block.