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A parade to remember: The stories behind the veterans in Pardeeville’s Fourth of July parade
Look into the back of one of the dozen or so convertibles in Pardeeville's Fourth of July parade Saturday and you'll see a neighbor from Rio, Wyocena, Pardeeville or Portage.
You'll see a poster on each door, too. The poster will tell a short story - name, hometown, branch of service ... and perhaps an indication that the rider is a Purple Heart recipient. Or a prisoner of war. Or a Gold Star mother.
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Koss retiring from clerk of courts office
During the past 35 years, Renee Koss has seen thousands of small tragedies told in the files of the clerk of courts office.
Koss, chief deputy clerk in Columbia County Circuit Court, has since 1982 witnessed nearly every type of criminal court case possible, including domestic and child abuse, homicides, drug offenses, prison escapes and thousands of drunken-driving cases.
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Milestones
Taylor birth
Big brother Willem would like to announce to everyone the arrival of his little sister Lillian Mabel.
O'Donnell birthday
Fern O'Donnell of Portage celebrated her 90th birthday June 18, 2009.
Birth June 21
June 21, 2009
Obituaries
Raymond L. Drake
RIO - Raymond L. Drake, 94, longtime resident of Rio and most recently of Portage, passed away July 1, 2009, at the Columbia Health Care Center in Wyocena.
Bernice A. Paske
PORTAGE - Bernice A. Paske, 91, died Wednesday, July 1, 2009, at The Remington House in Pardeeville.
Dorothy Bethel Wing
PACKWAUKEE - Dorothy Bethel Wing, "Grandma Wing," 93, of Packwaukee, passed away peacefully Tuesday, June 30, 2009, at the Montello Care Center.
Local News
DOT: County must ignore fixing pavement cracks
Filling pavement cracks and performing other non-emergency repairs along state highways will be ignored the rest of this year by Columbia County's Highway Department by order of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.
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Sports
BASEBALL: An All-Star opportunity
Pardeeville's Weihert selected to play on elite Wisconsin club team
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Opinion
MURTAGH COLUMN: Relating health, wealth
During last year's presidential election campaign, opinion polls indicated that the public's top concerns were the ending of the U.S.-led March 2003 invasion of Iraq and its six-year tumultuous, death-dealing occupancy, and the need for a U.S. health-care reform. Neither has been enacted as yet.
