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Just when police in the La Crosse area thought they had almost eliminated meth as a major drug problem, it has made a comeback. That's what La Crosse County chief deputy Jeff Wolf told Sen. Tammy Baldwin and others at a drug roundtable held in La Crosse on Monday.
Emergency Management Director Keith Butler says it was a long process from the storms that caused damage between July 19-23. "We had to go through every communities' reports - road damages, bridges, culverts, all those kind of things," Butler said.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency declaration was announced Thursday. The counties are Adams, Chippewa, Clark, Crawford, Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse, Monroe, Richland and Vernon.
Perhaps the most anticipated event of Oktoberfest is the Maple Leaf Parade, bringing in an estimated 100,000 people to it's two mile route each year, and this year's parade was no exception. On Oct. 1, members of the News 19 crew were out in full force to celebrate the event, by dancing and passing out candy.
During the month-long break that Congress takes in August, its members are expected to go back home to find out what the people in their states are concerned about. Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin spent part of this weekend meeting children at Boys and Girls Club on the Viterbo University campus in La Crosse.
A Senate bill aimed at helping to restore and revitalize endangered waterfronts across the county is moving through to the House. Senator Tammy Baldwin has been working on getting the Waterfront Community Revitalization and Resiliency Act passed for the past year, and says she's happy to finally see it get a vote.