Regional

Moving back to the country 16 years ago brought me back to many tasks and chores I experienced as a farm kid, but it also gave us the chance to try some new activities.

At a meeting of the Sauk County Historical Society in 1909, H.E. Cole — an early settler and surveyor in Sauk County — spoke of Baraboo’s first settler: “Abe Wood was a Kentuckian; his wife was a Winnebago [woman]. He was an adventurer; she was a child of the wilderness.”

The State of Wisconsin has awarded more than $101 million for transportation projects this quarter, and multiple local municipalities will benefit.

“Adopt the pace of nature. Her secret is patience.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Mother Nature sure is a fickle one! I finally started seeing my daffodils, hellebores, iris, and my other early appearing perennials and then she threw another snow shower our way! I know I need to be patient, but it is very hard this time of year.

Planting seeds sounds easy enough, but how it’s done is often cause for crop failure or germination.

The following meetings are scheduled and will be held at the West Square Building in Baraboo unless otherwise noted.

The address is 505 Broadway.

For up-to-date agendas and locations, including room numbers, visit www.co.sauk.wi.us.

South Central DHI has unveiled its list of best-performing cows through January.

The top Holstein came from Bells Udder Farm in Camp Douglas. O-2697 produced 42,061 pounds of milk that tested at four percent and 4370 cheese yield.

Children dealing with the death of a loved one are invited to be part of a camp sponsored by SSM Health at Home.

Camp GLOW is a grief-support day camp where spiritual and grief counselors, as well as specially trained volunteers, give kids the opportunity to share their pain and experiences in a safe setting.

The incumbent in the race for Sauk County Circuit Court judge appears to have won Tuesday’s election.

As of the Reedsburg Independent’s deadline that evening, Michael Screnock had received 4,262 votes. According to unofficial results, challenger Blake Duren accumulated 3,726 votes.

What do ruby-throated hummingbirds eat before red-blooming plants flower and provide nectar? They certainly do not stay south in Illinois.