Drug Take Back Day is when many people in Wisconsin and throughout the nation safely dispose of their expired and unused medications. This year, the day will be recognized April 24. Proper drug disposal is important because of the potential misuse of these medications, especially if they get into the wrong...
Category: County
No changes after Whitewater City Council District 5 recount, Majkrzak holds seat
By Kim McDarison A recount performed yesterday by the Board of Canvass in Whitewater produced the same number of votes for two candidates running in the city’s Aldermanic District 5 race as was tallied on April 6, according to Whitewater City Clerk Michele Smith. A recount petition was filed...
Severe weather awareness: ‘When thunder roars, go indoors’
Editor’s note: April 12-16 is tornado and severe weather awareness week. In recognition, the Jefferson County Office of Emergency Management has released the following information: Welcome to the last day of tornado and severe weather awareness week. Today’s topic is lightning. Lightning strikes the United States about 25 million times...
Pie slices to be auctioned at ‘Old-Fashioned Pie Social’ in Hebron
By Kim McDarison The Bark River Woods Historical Society will be hosting its annual “Old-Fashioned Pie Social,” with a few changes. The society has been hosting the annual fundraiser, which features a plated barbecue lunch and pie, since its inception in 1976, society president Olive Gross said. Different this year, and as a...
Severe weather awareness: ‘listen, act and live’
Editor’s note: April 12-16 is tornado and severe weather awareness week. In recognition, the Jefferson County Office of Emergency Management has released the following information: Welcome to day three of tornado and severe weather awareness week. Advanced warning saves lives but do people act on that warning? In Joplin, Mo.,...