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…

This month’s meeting started with a presentation from Dr. Brian Kaskie from the University of Iowa. He gave us a presentation on the Sauk County Older Adults Needs Assessment. The following appointments were made. Supervisor Val McAuliffe to the Aging and Disability Resource Center Committee. Judy Ellington, Laurie Grille, and Tut Grambling were all reappointments…

We started the regular meeting honoring Supervisor Pat Rego. Pat recently moved out of the county. Pat has served more than seven years. She has served the county well and will be missed. The board then passed a resolution honoring Randy Schara for over 20 years of service. We approved the appointment of Lewis Lange…

The board voted for a resolution to honor Susan Blodgett for over 10 years of service to Sauk County. She served on the Aging and Disability Resource Center committee. The board confirmed the appointment of Stephanie Beardsley as the new Finance director and Isaiah Bostic as a new citizen member to the Families Come First…