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Next year, airline travelers will face new identification requirements to board their flights.

Law enforcement units statewide are on high alert for impaired drivers.

The Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign started Dec. 13 and will continue through New Year’s Day. This is a concerted effort to crack down on inebriated driving during the holidays.

Have you checked the antifreeze in the evergreen ferns in the woods or foundation plantings?  ‘Tis the week before winter and some ferns are still green. A few local ferns do retain their leaves (fronds) throughout a year.  They are able to do this by producing sugar-like antifreeze that protects the cells from freezing temperatures.

Arlene Meyer is a busy woman.

The holiday gift giving season underway, the Wisconsin Lottery is reminding players that Lottery games are for adults – not kids.

Alliant Energy is seeking support for its Hometown Care Energy Fund.

The Hometown Care Energy Fund is an assistance program that provides up to $500 per eligible household to help with heating and cooling costs. Assistance stays local; the program distributes funds within the county from which it receives them. 

The Fay-Robinson Chapter, NSDAR (National Society Daughters of the American Revolution) will be honored local volunteer Giles (Guy) Svehlek with a NSDAR Community Service Award.

Most Wisconsin conifers are evergreen and have needle-shaped leaves. Others are scale-like. A few conifers are deciduous, tamarack for example. Ginkgo has board leaves and is deciduous. Conifers have two cone types, seed and pollen, but only seed cones remain on the tree for a year or more. 

As local residents head out to the movie theaters to see the film adaptation of “Wicked” on opening night, Mazomanie resident and Wisconsin Heights graduate Marissa Bode will be at the L.A. version of “Shiz University” with her co-stars.

On Tuesday, Oct. 8, the mural Connectedness, created by the Ho-Chunk and White Earth Ojibwe artist Christopher Sweet, was dedicated on the Great Sauk State Trail. The mural is located in Fuchs Park in Sauk City.

The welcome was given by Tywana German, executive director of the Sauk Prairie Area Chamber of Commerce.