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Volunteers to rally for annual Elks Christmas Basket Program

A Beaver Dam holiday tradition will take place Saturday at Summit Ford as volunteers pack and deliver about 300 food baskets to Dodge County homes.

Dodge County seeing increase in meth arrests

JUNEAU — Arrests and court cases in Dodge County for the highly addictive stimulant methamphetamine have been going up over the last year.  Becky Bell, Dodge County Health and Human Services director, said that cocaine and heroin continue to have higher numbers of people going into treatment with only a few seeking treatment over the last few years for methamphetamine. But in 2020, there has been 15 people seeking treatment for methamphetamine.  It has hit our county, Bell said. Over the last two weeks, four people have been charged with felony counts in Dodge County Circuit Courts related to possession of methamphetamine.  One of the first big arrests in Dodge County that Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt recalled was in 2017.

Elks prep for annual food basket event: Distribution a go with COVID safety in mind