Regional

Sauk County is still in the “high” category regarding the spread of COVID-19.

The county is averaged 114 new cases in the latest seven-day period, or from Sept. 5-11, according to Sauk County Public Health.

The data has prompted department officials to encourage the public to wear masks, distance and get the vaccine.

Pokeweed isn’t the most familiar plant.

The names vary, as well as the spellings, of this native plant.  Poke salad, poke sallet, inkberry, scoke and pigeonberry are some.

Uses vary, too, from medicine, food, dye, ink, wine colorant and many sources call the plant’s parts poisonous.

Sauk County residents may attend a gathering centered around adoption and foster care.

“The flower doesn’t dream of the bee. It blossoms and the bee comes.” ~Mark Nepo

South Central DHI has released its list of best-performing cows through June.

The top Holstein by cheese yield came from Schyvincks Hillside Haven in Reedsburg. Chick produced 38,858 pounds of milk that tested at 4.6 percent and 4407 cheese yield.

A Baraboo man was taken into custody after the Sauk County Sheriff’s Office was called to investigate a scooter crash.

“The flower doesn’t dream of the bee. It blossoms and the bee comes.” ~Mark Nepo

Its water level may be low this year but the Baraboo River is still in high demand for recreation.

A major log jam clearing effort has taken place the river, which flows through Sauk County from just outside Wonewoc to the Wisconsin River, in which it empties near Portage.

“Plant diseases are shifty enemies.” ~E.C. Stakman