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A town hall meeting about homeschooling will be held at 7 pm. Aug. 31 at Five Solas Church.

The meeting will go over the basics of homeschooling and how it compares to public education.

For more information, call 608-524-5856 or visit fivesolas.church.

The church is located at 850 Clark St., Reedsburg.

The Annual Loganville Fireman’s Festival will take place Saturday, Aug. 22.

It kicks off with a run/walk at 8:30 a.m. It will include a one-mile run/walk, 5k run/walk and 10k run/walk.

State Rep. Tony Kurtz (R-Wonewoc) has won the Friend of Grocers Award from the Wisconsin Growers Association.

He accepted the honor Aug. 6 at Viking Village Foods in Reedsburg.

Wisconsin’s Critical Access Hospitals ranked in the top three for quality reporting and improvement rates with the Health Resources and Services Administration.

The group was acknowledged for its growth over the past year.

The Reedsburg Lions Club is finding a way to capture the spirit of Butterfest despite the festival being cancelled due to COVID-19 this year.

The club normally sells its burgers during the event, which is held each year in early summer.

Sauk County Public Health will provide COVID-19 testing in Reedsburg.

It will be offered from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 24, at the RACA Building at Nishan Park, 1411 Viking Drive.

Those being tested don’t need to have symptoms.

While it may be obvious that the Reedsburg Public Library is open for business as usual, with the exception of in-person programming, what may not be obvious is the bustle behind the scenes making possible the smooth operation of library services during the pandemic.

A Loganville church has a new vicar.

A couple of residents received diplomas from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh this past spring.

Mariah Burdick of Reedsburg graduated with a degree in anthropology. Lydia Westedt of La Valle earned a diploma in public relations.

About 1,700 students graduated from UW-Oshkosh in the college’s first-ever virtual ceremony.

A Reedsburg woman was arrested following a traffic stop on Viking Drive.