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TRAFFIC CONCERN: The Waupaca County Sheriff’s Department is expected to address speeding concerns on Kenwood Drive through increased patrols, according to minutes of the Nov. 12 Town of Scandinavia Board meeting.
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CHRISTMAS DINNER: A free community Christmas meal will be held at St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Church, Shadow Road, Waupaca, in the Fellowship Hall on Thursday, Dec. 25, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Schueller’s will cater the event, and parish members will donate desserts and fruit salad.
OFFICE CLOSURES: Multi-Media Channels, LLC, parent company of the Waupaca County Post, New London Press-Star and New London Buyers’ Guide, and Clintonville Tribune-Gazette and Clintonville Shoppers’ Guide, announced the New London and Clintonville offices will be closed as of Monday, Nov. 17, and operations from those offices will be relocated to Waupaca. Newspaper delivery and newsstand distribution will remain the same.
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NEW SAFETY LAWS: Two of State Rep. Brent Jacobson’s bills have been signed into law. The first of these is SB 159, now Wisconsin Act 39. This new law updates the state statute to allow police vehicles to have additional visibility lights. With traffic accidents being a leading cause of death and injury for law enforcement officers, this new law will help protect our cops while they are in the line of duty! His other bill, which has been signed into law, is AB 65, now Wisconsin Act 44, which makes it a felony to enter someone’s home without permission with the intention of beating them up.
WHEEL TAX: Nearly half of Wisconsin residents will pay local vehicle registration fees by year’s end, up from just a handful in 2010, as the number of municipalities imposing a “wheel tax” has surged 1,500 percent, according to the nonpartisan Wisconsin Policy Forum. In 2025, 64 municipalities have a wheel tax in place. The Waupaca County Board recently floated this idea during budget considerations.
Interesting Facts
In the daily surfing of the internet, some interesting facts arise that are worth sharing. These are a few recently seen.
EARLIEST SELFIE: In 1839, Robert Cornelius stood in front of a makeshift camera in the yard of his family’s gas lighting business in Philadelphia. He took a photo, then stood motionless for 10 to 15 minutes to allow the daguerreotype process sufficient exposure time.
SEEDS: Puerto Rico is vital to the global seed supply, with 85 percent of seeds passing through the island as major companies test and breed genetically engineered corn for the American Midwest’s corn industry.