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Plea not yet entered in vehicular homicide case
By Lori Sorenson
September 03, 2025
Jayson Delfs, Hardwick, appeared in Rock County District Court last week on charges of third-degree murder and vehicular homicide related to a March 27 fatal crash northwest of Beaver Creek. Monday’s appearance was an omnibus hearing for the purpose of reviewing evidence in the case. However, Delfs’ attorney Charles Hawkins, Minneapolis, filed a flurry of motions on Aug. 19 ahead of the Aug. 25…
Board hosts cannabis hearing, sets ordinance
By Mavis Fodness
September 20, 2023
Public use of cannabis is prohibited in Rock County beginning Nov. 1, according to an ordinance adopted by county commissioners Tuesday morning. No members of the public attended to speak or nor did they provide written public comment at Tuesday’s hearing. The ordinance prohibits cannabis or cannabis-derived product use in: •public parks, trails, streets or sidewalk. •any enclosed, indoor…
Hunters need to protect hearing from shotgun blasts
By Scott Rall, outdoors columnist
September 14, 2021
Most hunters pay little attention to protecting their hearing from the loud blast of a shotgun. Rifle hunters, on the other hand, almost always wear substantial hearing protection. Some will even spend north of $1,200 to adapt their rifle to a suppressor, which is quiet enough not to require hearing protection. It the past I never wore hearing protection while hunting. I did not shoot enough…
What we want to hear and what we're hearing may not be the same
By Lori Sorenson, editor
February 15, 2016
For Christmas we gave Matt wireless headphones to listen to the TV without interference from, well, us, essentially. Carson can practice percussion or play the piano and I can be on the phone or clattering dishes and the xBox downstairs can play at full volume without interfering with Matt’s hockey game. It was the best gift ever. He can hear; we don’t have to “keep it down.” But I’ve also…

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