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The following students have graduated from their respective colleges.

They are listed by hometown, along with any details provided by their schools.

Northwood Technical College

The Reedsburg Area Helping Hands Spring Easter Program has begun.

Personal care products for families and Easter basket items for children in need, ages 2 to 12, will be collected through Monday, March 23. 

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

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection announced that more than $1 million has been awarded to 49 farmer-led groups to support conservation efforts and clean water.

The Sauk Soil and Water Improvement Group won $30,000.

The Reedsburg Area Medical Center Birth Center Team recently attended the Spinning Babies Workshop to learn more about a certain aspect of maternity care.

Spinning babies focuses on birth positioning and the mother’s anatomy. The goal is to help babies be best positioned for delivery.

Area residents have made the honors and dean’s lists at their respective colleges. Here is a listing of those students along with all related information provided by their schools.

Tufts University

The Friends of the La Valle Public Library announced that the group received a $3,000 grant from the Green Bay Packers Foundation in support of library programming.

The check was presented to Director Natalie Jones and Friends member Pegg Conderman at a luncheon and program held in December in the Green Bay Packer Field House.

The Sauk Prairie Police Department is investigating the discovery of a body with a gunshot wound on Feb. 21.  At 3:06 a.m. officers were dispatched to a resident “located in the 600 block of 21^st St. in the Village of Prairie du Sac,” according to a press release.

Next week’s events lineup at Reedsburg Public Library includes two cooking programs for adults, and a constellation program for homeschoolers.

Sacred Heart’s next mobile pantry will be Feb. 26 at the Reedsburg VFW parking lot.

Distribution will begin at 4 p.m. and continue while supplies last.

Anyone who needs food is welcome to participate.

This is a drive-through-only event; remain in your vehicle and volunteers will bring food to place in your trunk.