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Nathan Thiel is leaving his position as Mauston City Administrator.  Thiel is leaving to take the same position in Pleasant Prairie.  Pleasant Prairie is has a population of around 21,000 people and is located in Kenosha County.  His first day at his new job is scheduled for April 30th.  Thiel’s proudest accomplishment in Mauston is the revitalization of Riverside Park and Mansion Street.  He is excited to see empty buildings filling up in Mauston.  Thiel is hoping that revitalization will continue with Veteran’s Memorial Park and the Lake Decorah restoration project.  The City of Mauston is in the beginning stages of looking for Thiel’s replacement.  It is expected to take

Wisconsin families can sign-up for a 100-dollars-a-child tax rebate starting next month — if that child was under the age of 18 for the entire year of 2017.  The child must also be a Wisconsin resident and a U-S citizen.  Governor Scott Walker signed the legislation in Waukesha Tuesday.  The deadline to apply is May 15th.  He expanded the state’s sales tax holiday for school supplies at the same time.  Walker says the 100-dollar rebate will help all Wisconsin families with the cost of raising children.  Families who qualify will receive the rebate check by September 1st.  Democrats call it a “one-time campaign gimmick.” Source: WRJC.com News At Other State

There’s an upside to all that snow parts of Wisconsin saw over the weekend: an end to dry conditions in the state. National Weather Service meteorologist Tim Halbach says that the heavy wet snow that blanketed central and eastern Wisconsin is going to help quench the soil and put a cap on an abnormally dry […] Source: WRN.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

Madison music fans are mourning the impending closure of The Frequency, which ends its 10-year run downtown on June 30. But the space could see new life as a craft beer bar and music venue run by the BarleyPop guys. Source: Isthmus.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

Former UW artist-in-residence Laura Anderson Barbata returns to Madison to talk about her new book documenting her quest to repatriate the remains of her countrywoman Julia Pastrana. Source: Isthmus.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]