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Elder adults who are interested in learning more about Medicare may attend a free presentation scheduled through the Aging and Disability Resource Center of Eagle Country-Baraboo/Sauk County.

“The watering of a garden requires as much judgment as the seasoning of a soup.” ~Helena Rutherfurd Ely

The Painted Forest will be open for its first Second Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 11.

The museum is located at E846 Painted Forest Drive, Wonewoc. Admission is free and activities will take place rain or shine.

This weekend will feature Reedsburg ArtsLink.

An unidentified passenger died in a July 3 crash in the town of Delton.

Just before 2:20 a.m., the Sauk County Sheriff’s Office stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation on Highway T east of Highway A. As the deputy approached the vehicle on foot, the driver sped off, going east on Highway T, according to the Sheriff’s Office report.

Meteorologists take for granted that we accept grasses such as Timothy, as having flowers, and thereafter anthers dumping a gazillion pollen grains into the wind.

“The hum of the bees is the voice of the garden.” ~Elizabeth Lawrence

Plants are green, mostly, due to a green pigment, chlorophyll.

Numerous other pigments, usually in minor amounts, are mixed with the green-reflecting material.

Gypsy moths have been found in one of Sauk County’s neighbors and spraying will happen this month.