On Building pace picks up at Rock Prairie Dairy

Posted on November 11 at 1:58 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

Just curious if the basins that they built along the highway are for storm water runoff?

And if they are, if they designed them to infiltrate the runoff water into the ground. Because that type of design doesn't work very well with silt loam soils on the rock prairie.

On Does passage lead from Rock River to Tallman House?

Posted on August 17 at 4:58 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

Or they could just be abandoned coal shoots, or cisterns that older homes used to collect rainwater for re-use.

What we would call a "green" technology today.

On Bridging the gap; Lack of funding clouds future for state’s bridges

Posted on June 28 at 11:19 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

It is interesting that Mr. Lorfeld says that "... Wisconsin has a backlog of deficient bridges, but the risk to drivers is almost microscopic,...". and “Deficient bridges are seldom in danger of failure in any way,” he said. “Even if one were to experience a problem, it would typically be a repairable, usually foreseeable problem, and almost never catastrophic failure.”

REALLY?

The Town of Delavan Borg Road bridge shown in this article as #14 in Walworth County, has had two closures in the last two year because of holes in the concrete deck and the bridge is presently posted for a maximum load of 14 tons. Which prohibits Fire trucks from the nearby Fire Station from crossing this bridge.

What will happen if a fire occurs on the "wrong side" of this bridge?

p.s. to the author Mr. Hoffman
the Average daily traffic on Borg Road is 1,500, not 115,
and the current sufficiency rating for the Borg Road bridge is 47.4, not 64.9

http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/localgov/hi...

On Home owners going silent auction route

Posted on September 24 at 12:16 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

Last years property tax bill was $24,236.18 (per Walworth County records)

Wasn't this house originally built by the owner of several area car dealerships?

On Whitewater family worried about drinking water

Posted on December 28 at 5:16 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

O.K. I'm confused. They live in the City of Whitewater, so why would they be allowed to have a private well? If they have "city water" then they should be able to drink the water in their home because it would be pumped from a City well which are all located in several other areas of their City.

On Is city's "urban forest" adequate?

Posted on November 2 at 10:39 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

And the next "wave" of invasive pestilence will be the Long Horned Asian Beetle. It's favorite things to eat are Maple trees.

On Study: City at risk for many types of tree plague

Posted on November 2 at 10:37 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

And the next BIG invasive pestilence will be the Long Horned Asian Beetle. It's favorite things to eat are Maple trees.

On Agreement could benefit township property owners

Posted on October 5 at 8:51 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

The City ONLY has the right to approve, deny, or "take no action" (which defaults to approval) of any land division request in their extra-territorial area. Limiting uncontrolled sprawl is the whole point of that particular State Law, that the City is considering abandoning.
The City can't enforce Zoning Standards outside of their City limits (Mr. Riesterer's concern) unless there is joint Town/City zoning board in place, which it doesn't sound like there is.

On Number of stolen stop signs increases in Rock County

Posted on August 6 at 4:22 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

The bad part is that if someone really wants a stop sign in thier house (or wherever), they could buy one for about $25.
And it costs more than that for the government to reinstall a missing sign.

On Former member likens Delavan City Council to a three-ring circus

Posted on July 31 at 7:45 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

eatlessmovemore:
Delavan does record their Council meetings, and televises them on Charter cable. It seems worse since they started televising, like maybe the camera is causing some of the theatrics.

Maybe it's CSPANS fault. The local elected peoples are seeing how much fun our Federal elected people have talking in circles, and they want to try it too.