Junk and unlicensed vehicles are a topic at board meeting In Gays Mills
GAYS MILLS - Junk and unlicensed vehicles kept in the Village of Gays Mills prompted a lengthy and at times impassioned discussion, during the monthly board meeting Monday night.
Village resident Bob Lomas was on hand to pursue his quest against unsightly and unlicensed vehicles.
Gays Mills Village President Harry Heisz said the village had sent out letters to residents with unlicensed vehicles on their properties and quite a few of them had been addressed by the owners. He said that others were attempting to get in touch with people who owned the cars to have them removed and others were still working on the situation.
April 8: Weekly Driftless Region COVID-19 update
Editors note: this story is updated as of Tuesday, April 6, in the COVID variants section to reflect growth in numbers.
Over the past week COVID-19, diagnoses statewide increased from 576,044 on Monday, Mar. 29 to 576,044 on Monday, Apr. 5. That is a statewide increase of 4,140 cases. The number of deaths increased from 6,601 to 6,640, an additional 39 deaths, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS).
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) has updated the Staying Safe in Your Community webpage to include recommendations for both fully vaccinated and unvaccinated people. The webpage now includes guidance for a variety of spring and summer activities, as well as guidelines for attending or hosting gatherings.
COVID variants
As of Tuesday, March 30, there are 12,053 cases of the three COVID-19 variants in the United States, up 4,272 over the past week. Those are the United Kindom (B.1.1.7), South African (B.1.3.5.1), and Brazil (P.1) variants.
Sixteen states now have all three variants circulating in their populations. Those states are Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Florida, California, Massachussetts, Georgia, Maryland, Texas, New Jersey, Connecticut, Ohio, Tennessee, Washington, Indiana and Maine.
There are 11,569 cases of the United Kingdom variant in 51 states and territories, an increase of 4,068 cases. As of Tuesday, Mar. 30, there are 78 confirmed cases of the B.1.1.7 variant in Wisconsin. There are 218 confirmed cases in Illinois, 526 confirmed cases in Minnesota, 1,237 confirmed cases in Michigan, and 89 confirmed cases in Iowa. Michigan remains second in the nation for UK variant cases in the last week, exceeded only by Florida with 2,351 cases.
Two supervisor positions contested in town board election Utica Township
UTICA TOWNSHIP - Well politics seems to have gotten into the air this spring and Utica Township is no exception. Both town supervisor positions are contested in next Tuesday’s election.
Perhaps, it was occasioned by the decision to not run for re-election by two long-serving members of the town board. Utica Town Chairperson Leonard Olson and Utica Town Board Supervisor One Stanley Stevenson chose not to run this spring.
Organic dairy farmer Jim Wedeberg is running unopposed for the Utica Town Board Chairperson position.
However, both town supervisor races have two candidates on the ballot. In the Town Board Supervisor One election, Donald ‘Donnie’ Boland is running against John Quellhorst. In the Town Board Supervisor Two election Chad Eick is challenging incumbent supervisor Phil Mueller.
March 25: 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
MARCH 24, 2011 – Kickapoo Earth Day will take place April 22 and 23 on the banks of the Kickapoo River in Readstown. The organizing committee invites artists and other exhibitors to be a part of the weekend, which this year has the theme Indigenous Ties to the Land. Friday night will feature a local wine, beer and cheese tasting with a concert of original music. Saturday will enjoy a daylong variety of environmentally focused crafts and activities for families, a tent set aside for workshops, and a tent highlighting talents of local artists and artisans… Gary George, son of Monica George and the late Gary George, will be recognized by the American Red Cross for his response when a friend suffered a heart attack last December. George recognized th