Regional

Public Health Sauk County wants to know how citizens think the County should use an allocation from the Opioid Settlement.

Over the next few years, Sauk County is expected to receive at least $2 million as a result of national lawsuits.

AARP Foundation Tax-Aide is looking for volunteers to help provide tax prep services for Wisconsinites who are 50 and older.

The service provides free filing help for those who can’t afford tax prep.

Volunteers receive training and support. All levels of experience are welcome.

The Sauk County Humane Society has unveiled its pets of the week, with comments from shelter staff. They are as follows.

The Sauk County Aging & Disability Resource Center will hold an open house to show off its new renovation and relocation.

This free event will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. Sept. 21 at the West Square Building, Suite 234, second floor, 505 Broadway St., Baraboo.

The village of Glenville is located southeast of Baraboo, just outside the city limits. It was not known as Glenville until around 1890 when the name first appeared in the Baraboo News under the heading of “News Notes from Glenville.”

Sauk County Democrats will welcome the public to meet an assemblyman and senator this week.

Motorists should be on the lookout for construction on Highway 33 in Baraboo.

The street will be redone between Mulberry Street and Highway T. Preliminary work began Sept. 18, and construction is expected to finish in 2024.

During construction, Highway 33 will be closed and detoured using I-90/94 and Highway 12.

The Sauk County Partnership for Prevention will screen a documentary about how the Internet can affect teen drug, alcohol and vape abuse.

The Sauk County Humane Society has unveiled its pets of the week, with comments from shelter staff. They are as follows.

Yellow is autumn’s color when the chlorophyll molecules lose their ability to reflect green light to our eyes, and when chloroplasts become chromoplasts. These cellular organelles, plastids, change and now we see yellow reflected light not the monotonous greens.