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Friday, Jul. 3, 2009

The Portage Daily Register

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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.

Updated: 11:45 pm | Read more

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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.

Updated: 11:41 pm | See more

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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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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.

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