SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. (AP) — It’s been a rough month for the mayor of a central Wisconsin city. A frisky groundhog bit the ear of Sun Prairie Mayor Jonathan Freund at a Groundhog Day ceremony earlier this month. Video of Jimmy the groundhog chomping on the mayor’s ear got tens of thousands of clicks on YouTube. But the incumbent mayor of the Madison suburb didn’t get the sympathy votes he needed in Tuesday’s primary election, finishing third in a field of three and knocking him out of the mayor’s race. Freund was appointed mayor in May 2014 after the previous mayor stepped down.
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photo: waupun mayor rohn bishop The Waupun Common Council has postponed action on wage increases for paid on call firefighters and elected officials to get more public input. The council discussed the matter, sometimes heated, at their meeting this week and will take up the issue again at their April 8th meeting. If […]
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A house fire near New Holstein claimed the life of a child. Shortly after 2am Wednesday firefighters were called to the scene on Honeymoon Hill Road near County Road T. A child in the home was pronounced dead at a hospital. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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