An emotional two-hour discussion likely ended a local organization’s prospects of opening a shelter in a West Baraboo church after the village Plan Commission recommended denying the shelter zoning request Thursday.
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West Baraboo commission recommends denying homeless shelter request in single-family residential districts
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The Rev. Lisa Newberry tells the West Baraboo Plan Commission at its Thursday meeting at Village Hall about her experience opening First Presbyterian Church in Baraboo as a warming shelter over the coldest days of winter.
West Baraboo trustee James Allen speaks during a village Plan Commission discussion on a proposed homeless shelter at Village Hall on Thursday.
Baraboo native Mary Larson, who said she currently lives in Lake Delton but often shops in West Baraboo, speaks in favor of a homeless shelter at a West Baraboo Plan Commission meeting Thursday.
About 50 people packed into the West Baraboo Village Hall last week to voice their opinions about a proposed homeless shelter near Haskins Par…
The West Baraboo Plan Commission voted Thursday to wait until the village zoning administrator can provide more information before deciding wh…
A West Baraboo church has agreed to host a homeless shelter rent-free.
Dozens of people have found food, warmth and cots at a Baraboo church after community members arranged an emergency homeless shelter open thro…
Organizers hoping to establish a new Baraboo area homeless shelter told members of the public during an open house Monday night that they welc…
The West Baraboo Village Board ended an organization’s bid to open a homeless shelter in a village church on Thursday, but discussed starting …
Less than two weeks before they accept their diplomas, two University of Wisconsin-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County college students demonstrat…
Five Baraboo Area Homeless Shelter board members showed officials the site of their future facility Tuesday as they work to finalize a plan th…
Community shows support for West Baraboo public works director allegedly mistreated by village board
Eighteen community members attended last week’s West Baraboo Village Board special meeting — causing it to move outdoors to accommodate social…
Angela Witczak doesn’t mind sharing intimate details of her life with the public, and she thinks women in particular might benefit from her ex…
Nearly a year since it opened, the Baraboo homeless shelter is keeping busy, housing more than a dozen clients at the tail end of a COVID-19 o…
