We honored Melanie Platt-Gibson for over four years of service to Sauk County. The following appointments were made.James Witecha, Corporation Counsel.Kay Mackesey, Ethics Inquiry Board.Amanda Buchanan, Families Come First/Comprehensive Community Services Coordinating Committee.Randy Puttkamer, citizen member Land Resources & Environment Committee.Gretchen La Budde and Don Greenwood, Lower Wisconsin Riverway Board. (Recommendations to the Governor.) The…

We honored Lynn Horkan for over 29 years of service to Sauk County as the Finance Director. Congratulations Lynn. We also honored Sandee Bindl for over 25 years of service to Sauk County. Sandee worked as a Child Protective Services Social Worker. We then had a presentation and update on the Baraboo Sauk County campus…

We started this month by honoring Nathan Johnson for his service on the county board. Nathan recently resigned from the board because he moved. The following appointments were approved by the board. Jacquelyn Anderson and Tonya Therkelsen to the Families Come First/Comprehensive Community Services Coordinating Committee. Art Shrader, Robert Sitton, Tammy Lenerz and Matthew Ison…

At January’s Law Enforcement and Judiciary Committee meeting District Attorney Michael Albrecht gave our committee a presentation on why he wants additional legal assistants in his office. I will try to explain his argument in a shorter version than he provided us. The number of felonies in Sauk County in 1998 were 328. In 2021…