Regional

Tuesday was a reminder that summer has truly arrived in Wisconsin, and health officials are advising people to take it easy when the mercury rises.

The Seth Peterson College, which designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, will be open for free on two occasions.

Starting this week, Lyndon Road in the town of Dellona will be closed for reconstruction.

Work will be done between Highway P and Berry Road.

The street will be closed to all traffic and will be considered a hazardous area due to the use of large excavating equipment.

The following meetings are scheduled and will be held at the West Square Building in Baraboo unless otherwise noted.

The address is 505 Broadway.

For up-to-date agendas and locations, including room numbers, visit www.co.sauk.wi.us.

Sauk County Public Health is asking the public to help bring COVID-19 numbers back down.

Numbers are ticking back up after what seemed like a respite from the disease. Due to recent increased hospitalizations and cases, Sauk County has risen from low levels to the medium setting.

The Sauk County Courthouse has a new entrance for the public.

A headline in the Aug. 1, 1924, Reedsburg Times Press announced “Air Mail Arrives at Local Office – Letters Are Received Here Bearing Post Mark of New Transcontinental Postal Service.”

After the transcontinental railroad became a reality, it took 108 hours for a letter to go from New York to the West coast.

A new transfer agreement between Madison College and the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing will help address nursing workforce needs by creating greater access to nursing education. In addition, it will support the need for more bachelor-of-science-prepared nurses in health care and improve public health in Wisconsin.

A countywide celebration of police, fire and EMS will take place this month in Baraboo.

The Sauk County Courthouse and West Square Building in Baraboo will be closed May 6.

The public will not have access from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. due to employees doing a full-scale training exercise.