MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker is proposing that Wisconsin cut state tax funding for its parks system and make up for it by raising campsite and entrance fees. Walker’s spending plan would remove $4.6 million in tax funding from the budget for the state’s parks, trails and recreation areas. Tax revenue makes up about a quarter of the current $16.7 million parks budget. The price of an annual state park pass would go up by $3 to $28, and nightly campsite fees would rise $2. Philip McKnelly, the former head of the National Association of State Park Directors, says efforts by a handful of states to make parks self-sustaining have largely failed.
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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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