The Clark County Press
During the Clark County’s Executive Committee meeting held July 2, committee members discussed whether and
how to begin live streaming county board meetings, weighing immediate capability against planned audiovisual
upgrades and concerns about sound quality, decorum, and procedure. For now, executive committee appears to favor
a cautious approach. The county has the technical ability to stream immediately, but members prefer to wait for a
planned audiovisual upgrade that promises better camera coverage and improved audio pickup.
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A trucker delivering a load of hogs to the Abbyland Pork Plant in Curtiss in January of 2024 has been fined after
10 of the pigs he was hauling froze to death and five others had to be euthanized due to inadequate protection from
subzero temperatures. Jerith Dville Kane Ellis of Waseca, MN, was cited in May of this year and failed to appear in
Clark County Circuit Court for a hearing on June 30, so a plea of no contest was entered on his behalf. A judge
found him guilty of violating a non-traffic ordinance and ordered him to pay $263.50 in fines.
Stanley Republican
RV campers from the Otter Lake Campground that use the Chapman Park Campground’s dump station will soon
have to pay a $10 fee for the privilege. The fee, approved at the Monday, July 6 council meeting, still awaits a
written agreement with the county.
As part of the D.R. Moon Memorial Library summer reading theme, “Unearth a Story,” presenter Sean Sullivan
brought The Mammoth Hunters to the community offering an interactive look at the lives of Wisconsin’s earliest
inhabitants. Using replicas of fossils and artifacts, Sullivan guided attendees through a reenactment of a wooly
mammoth hunt, demonstrating the skills and resourcefulness that helped prehistoric people survive during the Ice
Age.