January 7: Weekly Driftless Region COVID-19 update
DRIFTLESS - Over the past week COVID-19, diagnoses statewide increased from 472,153 on Monday, Dec. 28 to 487,938 on Monday, Jan. 4. That is a statewide increase of 15,785 cases. The number of deaths increased from 4,711 to 4,884, an additional 173 deaths, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
Crawford Countysaw 25 new cases, increasing to 1,532. The number of deaths remained at 12.
Crawford County Public Health reports fifty-seven COVID-19 cases in the last 14 days, this is half the amount of cases reported in the prior two-week period. The positivity rate is also decreased from 11.3% two weeks ago to 6.4% currently. “At the beginning of November, we were at a 22% positivity rate, we are seeing a steady decrease of cases over the last six weeks, which is great.” says Cindy Riniker, Health Officer.
Leo Mezera, 1926-2020 Leo Mezera, 1926-2020
Leo Mezera, age 94, died Sunday, December 20, 2020 at Care & Rehab in Boscobel. He was born on April 10, 1926 on the family farm at Sunny Ridge in rural Gays Mills, Wisconsin.
The family would like to thank the staff at Care and Rehab Boscobel for the compassionate care given Leo in the last several years of his life. The family plans to host a celebration of Leo s life at a later date. A private burial will be in the Boscobel cemetery. The Beeman-Patchak Funeral Home is assisting the family. On line condolences may be made at www.beeman-patchakfuneralhome.com.
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December 17: Years Ago…
‘Years Ago’ is a compilation of newsy tidbits as published in the Crawford County Independent & Kickapoo Scout on this week ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty or sixty years ago.
TEN YEARS AGO
DECEMBER 16, 2010 – Wisconsin State Senator Dan Kapanke (R-LaCrosse) was appointed Chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Higher Education by incoming Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald for the 2011-2012 season… The Gays Mills flood recovery project will expend over $10 million in grants this year constructing four buildings, more housing and more infrastructure. Two of the biggest parts of the project will be the Gays Mills Community Commerce Center, budgeted at $2.7 million and the Gays Mills Mercantile Center, budgeted at $2.8 million.
It’s Travelogue #8
GAYS MILLS - Two weeks into my western trip I found myself at my old friend Mike’s house in Paso Robles, California. Mike and I have been friends “since before the Dead Sea got sick.”
Paso Robles (The pass of the oaks) is a small city on the Salinas River in San Luis Obispo County on the central coast, about half way between Los Angeles and San Francisco. And Paso Robles is somewhat of a boom town.
Previously known for dry farming (wheat and barley) and beef cattle, ‘Paso’ is now surrounded by thousands of acres of wine vineyards and has become a destination for wine lovers. It is in competition with the older and more established wine country of Napa, Sonoma and Mendocino counties north of San Francisco.