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			<title><![CDATA[Toddler keeps crowds entertained]]></title>
			<link>http://wiscnews.com/bnr/news//299701</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A toddler&#39;s birthday dream might be riding on top of her father&#39;s hands while dozens cheer her on. But for the youngest performer at Circus World Museum, it&#39;s all just part of the show. Cheyenne Ashton, who celebrated her second birthday Wednesday during the museum&#39;s variety show, is used to the attention she gets representing the eighth generation of circus performers in her family. Her father, Michael Ashton, who juggles family members with ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By Matthew Ryno]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-08-06T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Man gets prison time for 6th DWI]]></title>
			<link>http://wiscnews.com/bnr/news//299699</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A man caught driving in Lake Delton with a blood-alcohol level nearly five times the legal limit will serve two years in state prison after his sentencing Tuesday. Joseph J. Lapicca, 54, of Menomonie appeared in Sauk County Circuit Court and pleaded no contest to a count of driving with an illegal blood-alcohol concentration of .37 percent and driving with a revoked license. Wisconsin&#39;s legal blood-alcohol limit for driving a vehicle is .08 ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By Brian D. Bridgeford]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-08-06T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Big cat refuge gets big break]]></title>
			<link>http://wiscnews.com/bnr/news//299697</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ROCK SPRINGS &#8212; The operator of a big cat sanctuary hopes donations will increase after the facility won tax-exempt status recently from the Internal Revenue Service. The Wisconsin Big Cat Rescue and Education Center got the designation late last month as a public charity, said Andrea J. Farrell, a Madison-based attorney working for the animal refuge. Contributions, bequests and gifts to the center are now deductible on people&#39;s federal tax returns.  A ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By Brian D. Bridgeford]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-08-06T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Town can&#39;t afford to buy Badger cemeteries]]></title>
			<link>http://wiscnews.com/bnr/news//299696</link>
			<description><![CDATA[TOWN OF SUMPTER &#8212; Three cemeteries currently part of Badger Army Ammunition Plant could end up on the auction block if they remain unclaimed.  Pioneer, Thoelke and Miller cemeteries were scheduled to be turned over to Sumpter Township as part of the Badger Reuse Plan, but the town is considering not claiming them because of the estimated $6,000 a year cost to maintain them.  &quot;In a perfect world, we wouldn&#39;t hesitate ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By Jeremiah Tucker]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-08-06T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Got terrorism insurance?]]></title>
			<link>http://wiscnews.com/bnr/news//299485</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It&#39;s an insurance policy local government officials hope they will never have to cash in on. But if terrorists strike, Baraboo is covered. The West Baraboo Village Board&#39;s decision to purchase terrorism insurance may have left some citizens scratching their heads. In a 5-2 vote in April, board members approved paying $87 to insure the village against a terrorist attack. More local governments are purchasing the coverage, including the neighboring city of Baraboo, ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By Tim Damos / News Republic]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-08-06T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Administrators: Summer looks aren&#39;t always cool in school]]></title>
			<link>http://wiscnews.com/bnr/news//299486</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Parents and students may want to be sure the latest clothing that fits for the upcoming school year will also fit within school regulations. In recent years, local school administrators say Baraboo students have done a good job of adhering to dress code regulations and also leaving cell phones at home. Still, administrators agree a reminder of the code may not hurt as people begin shopping for school clothes. &quot;Most violations occur when ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By Matthew Ryno / News Republic]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-08-06T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Safety violation fines for Milwaukee Valve reduced]]></title>
			<link>http://wiscnews.com/bnr/news//299487</link>
			<description><![CDATA[PRAIRIE DU SAC &#8212; Federal safety officials recently reduced fines and penalties against Milwaukee Valve after a man died while working there and another lost his fingertips on the job. In July, a federal administrative law judge ordered a reduction of the workplace safety penalty in the death of Baraboo resident Patrick D. Schrader, from $8,500 to $5,000, said Galen Lemke, of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration&#39;s Madison office. Milwaukee Valve disputed ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By Brian D. Bridgeford / News Republic]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-08-06T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Orphanage leader wants to build home for children in Haiti]]></title>
			<link>http://wiscnews.com/bnr/news//299488</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A Haitian man working to support 45 orphans in that desperately poor country will share the challenges he faces and talk about the growing problem of hunger that afflicts his homeland during a talk 7 p.m. Thursday at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Baraboo. Daniel Massillon, co-founder of the Enfants of Jesus orphanage, will appeal for residents&#39; prayers and the financial support he needs to feed the children and build a new home ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By Brian D. Bridgeford / News Republic]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-08-06T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[North Freedom preps for party]]></title>
			<link>http://wiscnews.com/bnr/news//299489</link>
			<description><![CDATA[NORTH FREEDOM &#8212; The 29th annual North Freedom Fire Department barbecue chicken dinner will take place Sunday, Aug. 17. Serving begins at 11:30 a.m. Prices for the chicken dinner are $8.50 for a half and $7.50 for a quarter. A softball tournament will be Friday through Sunday nights, Aug. 15, 16 and 17. All activities will be at the North Freedom Village Park. Refreshments available. There will be live music with SwifKick on ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[For the News Republic]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-08-06T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Library panel considers firms to handle expansion]]></title>
			<link>http://wiscnews.com/bnr/news//299299</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Baraboo&#39;s library building committee will interview four architectural firms next month with an eye to selecting the one to help plan a library addition in the coming years. Members of the Baraboo Public Library Board of Trustees&#39; Building Committee assembled in the children&#39;s reading room to select four candidates to interview from among eight design firms that expressed interest in working with the local library. The library&#39;s managers think the existing Baraboo Public ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By Brian D. Bridgeford / News Republic]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-08-04T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[County home foreclosures near record]]></title>
			<link>http://wiscnews.com/bnr/news//299301</link>
			<description><![CDATA[MADISON (AP) &#8212; Foreclosure filings in Wisconsin continued at a record pace in July. New figures from the tracking company ForeclosuresWI.com released Monday show nearly 14,300 filings in the first seven months of the year. That&#39;s a 31 percent increase over the same period last year. In February, the News Republic reported that Sauk County could be on track to set a record for foreclosure filings this year. There have been 199 foreclosure ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Baraboo News Republic]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-08-04T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[County weighs options for future of Health Care Center]]></title>
			<link>http://wiscnews.com/bnr/news//299302</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Decommissioning the old Sauk County Health Care Center in rural Reedsburg to make the move to a new city-based nursing home could become a costly venture. Supervisors will make plans over the next few months on how to hurdle several obstacles to making a smooth transition. &quot;It&#39;s not like you just shut off the lights, close the door, lock it and go home,&quot; said Tim Stieve, Sauk County&#39;s facilities manager, during a Property ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By Tim Damos / News Republic]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-08-04T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Invasive emerald ash borer makes its way to Wisconsin]]></title>
			<link>http://wiscnews.com/bnr/news//299303</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The emerald ash borer, an invasive insect that has destroyed millions of ash trees in Michigan and other states in the Upper Midwest, has been discovered for the first time in Wisconsin. Forest health officials investigating a citizen&#39;s report of dying ash trees in a private woodlot in Ozaukee County just north of Milwaukee, near the village of Newburg, discovered the insect. The discovery was announced at a press conference Monday held jointly ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By Ron Seely / Capital Newspapers]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-08-04T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Business: Physical therapy clinic gets New Life]]></title>
			<link>http://wiscnews.com/bnr/news//299305</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Physical therapist Wayne Johansen is retiring after 41 years, but the private practice he started will continue under new ownership. On July 18 Johansen retired from Physical Therapy Services on 14th Street. The next week, Bryan Cummings took over as director on behalf of the practice&#39;s new owner, Portage-based New Life Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine. Office manager Nancy Kowalke, who worked with Johansen for 21 years, will remain. &quot;There will at least ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By Ben Bromley / News Republic]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-08-04T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stormy weather in Sauk County]]></title>
			<link>http://wiscnews.com/bnr/news//299226</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A line of showers and thunderstorms from Sauk County southeastward into Rock County will continue to progress to the east through 2 p.m. Monday and may produce torrential rainfall and dangerous cloud to ground lightning, according to the National Weather Service. The line will move east into Columbia County at abput 45 mph. Scattered thunderstorms this afternoon and this evening throughout portions of central Wisconsin, including Sauk County, may become severe, producing large ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Baraboo News Republic]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-08-04T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Senior accident victim now in &#39;good&#39; condition]]></title>
			<link>http://wiscnews.com/bnr/news//299304</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Baraboo accident victim Helen Ziegler is in good condition, though she remains hospitalized in Madison, hospital staff reported Monday. Ziegler, 83, is a patient at UW Hospital after being struck by a pickup truck last week. On Thursday afternoon her condition was listed as fair, but by Monday she had been upgraded to good condition, according to the hospital public relations department. Shortly before 2 p.m. Wednesday, Ziegler was ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Baraboo News Republic]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-08-04T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Farmers report $35M in damages from flooding]]></title>
			<link>http://wiscnews.com/bnr/news//299156</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Latest figures indicate June floods took at $35 million bite out of Sauk County agriculture, UW-Sauk County Extension agent Denise Brusveen says. &quot;The toughest part about the June floods is it was kind of ... borderline ... too late to replant. There were people still trying to get stuff in at the last week of June. They don&#39;t need to wonder if it would have made it &#8212; most got flooded out with ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By Matthew Ryno / News Republic]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-08-03T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fire that destroyed Glen Valley Lodge called suspicious]]></title>
			<link>http://wiscnews.com/bnr/news//299157</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Authorities are labeling the fire that consumed a Merrimac rental lodge early Thursday morning as suspicious. Investigators from the Columbia County Sheriff&#39;s Department and the state Fire Marshal&#39;s Office are now leading the investigation of the blaze at the Glen Valley Lodge. Owners Jim and Cindy Davis were notified of the fire at their two-story lodge, which had 18 bedrooms, sometime after midnight Thursday. They estimated damage to the lodge, located off McLeisch ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By Tim Damos / News Republic]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-08-03T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sex assault convict had UK passport]]></title>
			<link>http://wiscnews.com/bnr/news//299047</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Charles A. Clayton-Jones looked like a man prepared to run for the border ahead of his child sexual assault sentencing next month, the county prosecutor said Friday, after officers found a recently issued British passport and ID documents with his appearance altered and a false name when he was arrested this week. Clayton-Jones, 42, of Rock Springs appeared wearing jail orange and shackles as deputies escorted him into Sauk County Circuit Court Friday ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By Brian D. Bridgeford / News Republic]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-08-01T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Trains rolling again at Mid-Continent Railway Museum]]></title>
			<link>http://wiscnews.com/bnr/news//299160</link>
			<description><![CDATA[After an eight-week hiatus caused by major flood damage in June, passengers boarded a small diesel engine that has been repaired at the Mid-Continent Railway Museum in North Freedom this weekend. The floods caused an estimated $3 million of damage to the museum&#39;s buildings and other infrastructure. Anyone interested in helping the museum get back on its feet can find more information on the museum&#39;s Web site at www.midcontinent.org or by contacting museum ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Damos / News Republic]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-08-04T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Spotlight: Conservationist honored for lifetime achievements]]></title>
			<link>http://wiscnews.com/bnr/news//299161</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Frank Terbilcox has worked to conserve south central Wisconsin&#39;s natural areas for 40 years. The impact of his efforts will last decades longer. In June, the Aldo Leopold Foundation recognized Terbilcox for a lifetime of ecological stewardship with a reception at the Aldo Leopold Legacy Center, located just across the property line from the farm Terbilcox and wife Colleen own between Baraboo and Portage. The couple was among the property owners who banded ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By Ben Bromley / News Republic]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-08-04T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Police: Car break-ins on the rise]]></title>
			<link>http://wiscnews.com/bnr/news//299048</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Baraboo motorists are reminded to lock their doors after a string of thefts from unlocked vehicles in recent weeks.  Baraboo Police Chief Craig Olsen said there have been several thefts from vehicles per day for about the last four weeks. And the incidents are likely related, he said, because car thefts in Baraboo are generally infrequent. Reports show theft of cash, CDs, a radio, backpacks and purses, among other items. &quot;Typically, it ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By Tim Damos / News Republic]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-08-01T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[9 months later, missing Ill. teen case has gone cold]]></title>
			<link>http://wiscnews.com/bnr/news//299049</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It&#39;s been more than nine months since Lee Cutler&#39;s car was found at a wayside east of Baraboo on Highway 33. But the whereabouts of the 18-year-old high school student from Buffalo Grove, Ill., are still a mystery and his case has gone cold. &quot;We&#39;ve administratively closed the case,&quot; said Buffalo Grove Police Department Commander Steve Husak. Police could reopen the case at any time if they come across new information, Husak said, ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By Tim Damos / News Republic]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-08-01T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Program helps athletes tune up, school district shore up coffers]]></title>
			<link>http://wiscnews.com/bnr/news//299050</link>
			<description><![CDATA[When the alarm clock rings this summer for some Baraboo students &#8212; it is not the afternoon yet. At as early as 6:15 a.m., about 75 students continue to pull themselves out of bed to lift weights and attend conditioning exercises. Those students, attending the new Summer Enrichment Program this summer at Baraboo High School, also earned about $8,000 for the Baraboo School District just by coming, according to activities director Aaron Andres, ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By Matthew Ryno / News Republic]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-08-01T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bank pledges $10,000 for Post building]]></title>
			<link>http://wiscnews.com/bnr/news//299052</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Efforts by members of Baraboo&#39;s Greenwood Memorial Veterans of Foreign Wars post to construct a meeting and social hall took a big step forward this week with a $10,000 &quot;cornerstone&quot; pledge from Baraboo National Bank. Bank CEO Merlin Zitzner met Wednesday morning with VFW Post 987 member Virgil &quot;Butch&quot; Steinhorst, chairman of the fundraising effort for constructing the hall. The bank is making the donation because of its commitment to supporting the local ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By Brian D. Bridgeford / News Republic]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-08-01T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lodge a complete loss]]></title>
			<link>http://wiscnews.com/bnr/news//298858</link>
			<description><![CDATA[MERRIMAC &#8212; After worrying about her son in Iraq recently, the last thing one local woman wanted to hear is a phone call at about midnight telling her one of her dreams was burning to the ground. But that is what happened at about 12:30 a.m. Thursday, the time when Merrimac Fire Chief Chris Jensen said the Glen Valley Lodge, owned by Cindi and Jim Davis, was totally engulfed in flames. It was ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By Matthew Ryno]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-07-31T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Robber who stole from bar sentenced]]></title>
			<link>http://wiscnews.com/bnr/news//298856</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A Reedsburg resident convicted of trying to rob a bar he patronized at gunpoint is headed for jail and must serve six years probation after being sentenced Thursday morning.  Paul R. Luepke, 32, appeared in Sauk County Court after pleading guilty in April to a lesser felony charge of robbery with the use of force. He was originally charged with armed robbery after an incident in September, according to court documents. A ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By Brian D. Bridgeford]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-07-31T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Injured pedestrian in fair condition]]></title>
			<link>http://wiscnews.com/bnr/news//298855</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Baraboo resident Helen Ziegler was the woman struck at a downtown Baraboo crosswalk Wednesday. Thursday she was listed in fair condition at University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison. Shortly before 2 p.m. Wednesday, Ziegler, 83, was in the crosswalk on Broadway at Second Avenue when she was struck by a pickup truck driven by Baraboo resident Richard Hoffman, 59, according to a statement by Lt. Mark Schauf of the Baraboo Police Department. Hoffman ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By Brian D. Bridgeford]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-07-31T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[County highway budget hurting from snow, floods]]></title>
			<link>http://wiscnews.com/bnr/news//298854</link>
			<description><![CDATA[At least one major road repair project has been called off this year because of unanticipated Sauk County Highway Department spending from excess winter snowfall and June flood damage. Highway Commissioner Steve Muchow said a $500,000 project budgeted for repairs to County Trunk N near Plain won&#39;t go forward, mainly because of the $1 million in repairs the county has made to damaged roads after flooding earlier this summer. &quot;That one we&#39;re just ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By Tim Damos]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-07-31T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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