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Wednesday, NOVEMBER 25, 2015

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The Platteville Journal

Potosi
police may
be retired
with chief

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Holiday
season
follows the
first snow

Snow fallen on evergreens

While winter started a bit early with

Friday and Saturdays foot of snow,
the Christmas season will start after
Thanksgiving Thursday.
Black Friday will start in Platteville
with the Platteville Regional Chambers
Christmas in the Heartland showing of
Christmas with the Chipmunks at the
Avalon Cinema at 10 a.m. Admission is
free with a canned good. Santa Claus
will make his first area arrival in time
for the City Park Christmas tree lighting at 5 p.m.
In Belmont, Lions Club Christmas
tree sales will start at Pollers Parlor,
600 Wisconsin Ave., Friday at 10 a.m.
Belmonts first tree-lighting and Christmas carols will be held in Leahy Memorial Park (with activities moving to
the Community Building in case of bad
weather) Sunday at 5 p.m.
See HOLIDAY page 5A u

Villages nearing
contract with
Sheriffs Office
by David Timmerman

New Forbes
charges

newseditor@tds.net

An intimidating-a-witness charge has been

added to the charges
stemming from an Oct. 1
hostage situation.

LOCAL NEWS: 3A

USAF award
A Wisconsin Air National Guard sergeant,
a Platteville High School
graduate, received a U.S.
Air Force award.

POTOSI The Village of Potosi will

lose its long-time police chief with the
retirement of Steve Alexander at the
end of the year.
The village may be losing its police
department, though not police service,
at the end of the year as well.
The villages of Potosi and Tennyson
are moving toward entering an agreement with the Grant County Sheriff s
Office to handle patrolling duties in
both Potosi and Tennyson.
At meetings earlier this month, the
village boards of Potosi and Tennyson
See POLICE page 10A u

Clearing skies after a foot of snow made

for a picture of contrasting colors by Saturday afternoon. Photo by Jannan Roesch

Local News: 8A

The proposed project would build a new

library along West Main Street where
the Block, Scott & Heenan building, the
Neighborhood Health Partners clinic
and a dance studio now are located.

National
champion
UWPlattevilles Ian LaMere set an NCAA championship record in winning the Division III mens
cross country race in Winneconne Saturday.

Sports: 14A

Closed for
Thanksgiving
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be closed for Thanksgiving Thursday.

Index

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Church directory
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Classifieds
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Court news
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Education 11B
Entertainment 7A
The First Amendment 4A
FYI 5A
A Healthier You
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Livingston/Rewey 3B
Society 3B
SouthWest 1B
Sports 14A
The Week
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Library Block developer agreement

to be voted on this week

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Plunkett Raysich Architects

by Steve Prestegard

plattevillejournaleditor@gmail.com

The Platteville Common Council will

vote on the developers agreement for
the Library Block project this week.
Information about the Library Block project can be read at
the citys website, http://platteville.
org/?sc=Services&cat=126. The developers agreement can be read at
http://platteville.org/w/wp-content/

uploads/2015/01/Library-Block-Proposed-Developer-Agreement.pdf.
Before project developers started buying properties, the Library Block bordered by West Main, South Chestnut,
West Pine and South Elm streets included the library, the Block, Scott &
Heenan Law Offices and Block Apartments (the former Cunningham Hospital), the Southwest Wisconsin Community Action Program Neighborhood

SALES

Health Partners clinic, a dance studio,

a real estate office, three houses, and
a 16-stall parking lot shared by the
library and First English Lutheran
Church.
The project has changed considerably
since a feasibility study was authorized
in December 2012. At the time, the
Community Development Block Grant
application for the study proposed, besides the new library and health clinic,

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a community center and housing for

low- to moderate-income people, families and senior citizens.
The first version of the project, estimated at $19 million to $21 million in
March 2013, proposed redeveloping the
entire block for a new 22,000-squarefoot library, a hotel to the specifications
of the GrandStay Hotels chain, student
or multifamily housing, a replacement
See LIBRARY BLOCK page 9A u

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