Mayor Mike Palm can clearly recall the first time he was elected in 2012, and after nine years have passed by quickly, he said this term will be his last.
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GALLERY: Baraboo Mayor Mike Palm through the years
Alzheimer's walk raises 30K
Baraboo Mayor Mike Palm, left, and Alzheimer's and Dementia Alliance of Wisconsin Executive Director Paul Rusk lead the way during Saturday's Sauk County Alzheimer's Walk.
Circus stamp unveiling
Circus World Museum Executive Director Scott O'Donnell and Mayor Mike Palm unveil circus-themed stamps released in May 2014 at Baraboo's post office.
Habitat for Humanity
U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, Baraboo Mayor Mike Palm and Eleanor Chiquoine, executive director of Habitat for Humanity of Sauk-Columbia Area, chat in May 2014 before taking a tour of several homes under construction on Silver Drive in Baraboo. The congressman toured the houses, part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Mutual Self-Help Housing Program, administered locally by Habitat.
What a day for a parade
Baraboo Mayor Mike Palm waves to parade onlookers in July 2014.
First pitch
Baraboo Mayor Mike Palm throws out the first pitch to Wyatt Zalewski prior to before a Legion AA State Tournament title game in August 2014 between Menasha and Sturgeon Bay.
Signing his autograph
Joe Ward signs the index of his five-volume set of Baraboo business history as his wife, Lou Ann, City Administrator Ed Geick and Mayor Mike Palm look on in October 2014. The Wards donated a set of the books to the city.
South Boulevard ribbon cutting
Mayor Mike Palm cuts a ribbon in November 2014 to officially open the reconstructed South Boulevard.
Mike Berg
Mike Berg, deputy secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, praises the cooperative spirit that drove the South Boulevard reconstruction project as Baraboo Mayor Mike Palm looks on during an event in November 2014.
Palm attends pancake breakfast
Walt Smith serves flapjacks to Mayor Mike Palm at the Kiwanis Club's annual pancake breakfast in February 2015.
Tree City Growth Award
Baraboo Mayor Mike Palm accepts a Tree City Growth Award from Brian Wahl, regional urban forestry coordinator, with a handshake in April 2015.
Allen and Mona Paschen
Baraboo Gem Award winner Allen Paschen and wife Mona listen as Mayor Mike Palm reads a proclamation in the recipient's honor during a May 2015 meeting.
Happy the Clown
Sporting a clown nose, Baraboo Mayor Mike Palm reads a proclamation in honor of Jimmy "Happy the Clown" Williams, recipient of the Baraboo Gem Award in June 2015 with the help of fellow clown Greg DeSanto.
Mayor Mike Palm
Baraboo Mayor Mike Palm reads selections from a speech originally delivered by his counterpart G.T. Thuerer in 1915 during an event in June 2015.
Feingold praises theater restoration
Former U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, right, visits with Baraboo Mayor Mike Palm, Al. Ringling Theatre Friends Board President Charlene Flygt, and Stephanie Miller-Lamb, the theater's executive director, during a Sauk County stop in July 2015.
Painting with the Palms
Baraboo Mayor Mike Palm, right, his wife Bonnie, left, and their granddaughter Sam Kruschel, 8, work on the third of four panels that will make up the City of Baraboo Mural in September 2015 on the Baraboo River Walk.
A dedication to dedication
Mayor Mike Palm dedicates a mural representing the latest effort of the Baraboo Public Art Committee to beautify and celebrate the community's heritage during a presentation in October 2015. The mural, a brainchild of local native Morgan McArthur, right, depicts cranes, trains, Circus World Museum and Aldo Leopold.
Act 62 signing
Joining Gov. Scott Walker as he signs Act 62 into law in October 2015 which legalizes wine walks are, from left, Mandy Sitzman, Lodi Chamber; Grace Colas, Assembly Democratic Campaign Committee; Sen. Howard Marklein; Marianne Hanson, Portage Chamber; Jim Murphy, WRJC radio Mauston; Lacey Steffes, Downtown Baraboo; Rep. Dave Considine; Baraboo Mayor Mike Palm; and Katy Prange, an aide to Marklein.
Bird City
Bird City Wisconsin director Bryan Lenz, right, presents Baraboo Mayor Mike Palm with the official designation in April 2016.
Mayor for a day
Temporary Baraboo Mayor Jacob Laux, 14, gavels a December 2016 meeting of the Baraboo City Council to order while Mayor Mike Palm looks on. The opportunity was a gift from Laux's grandmother Patty Spragg, who won at an auction the chance to preside over a council meeting.
Breaking ground for city hall
Baraboo Mayor Mike Palm and others break ground on a new police headquarters and city hall in March 2017 after the city accepted a $9.1 million bid from Kraemer Bros.
Barb Daily, Will Turnbull and Mike Palm
Baraboo Mayor Mike Palm, right, discusses the elephant sculpture project with donor Barbara Daily and artist Will Turnbull in August 2017.
Baraboo city hall media room
Mayor Mike Palm showcases the media room in April 2018 from which Baraboo Common Council meetings began broadcasting after the municipal building was constructed.
Ribbon cutting
With help from Circus World's elephants, clowns and ringmaster Dave SaLoutos, Mayor Mike Palm cuts a ribbon as he dedicates Baraboo's new city hall in June 2018.
Floods hit Sauk County
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, right, speaks with Baraboo Mayor Mike Palm, left, and Sauk County Board Chairman Peter Vedro, middle, about flooding in September 2018.
Mayor Mike Palm and Congressman Mark Pocan
Baraboo Mayor Mike Palm leads Congressman Mark Pocan on a tour of the city's new municipal building in October 2018, which was financed with help from a federal program.
Municipal leaders visit Baraboo improvements
Baraboo Mayor Mike Palm, center, leads a group of community leaders from across the state on a tour of downtown Baraboo in October 2018 as part of the League of Wisconsin Municipalities' annual conference at the Kalahari Resort. They visited the city's municipal building, the restored Al. Ringling Theatre and a downtown portrait mural.
Baraboo Acts, Dec. 17
Baraboo Mayor Mike Palm opens a Baraboo Acts event in December 2018 at the Al. Ringling Theatre.
Campus Commission meeting
Baraboo Mayor Mike Palm talks during a discussion on Bluffstone at a May 2019 UW Campus Commission meeting on the University of Wisconsin-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County campus while sitting in for City Administrator Ed Geick.
Baraboo Mayor Mike Palm during parade
Baraboo Mayor Mike Palm holds Trevor Spencer, 2, as they watch the Memorial Day Parade proceed through downtown Baraboo on Monday. Palm said his wife was baby-sitting Trevor, and they wanted him to have a chance to enjoy the parade.
Geick honored upon departure (copy)
Mayor Mike Palm reads from a plaque to retiring City Administrator Ed Geick alongside Baraboo Common Council President Joel Petty when the city honored his tenure in late November during its council meeting.
Baraboo Mayor Mike Palm
Mayor Mike Palm talks about city plans as Baraboo Common Council members Jason Kent and Joel Petty listen during a special March 2020 meeting. All six council members present sat in a circle taking up half of the room, each at least two chairs apart, as a way to practice social distancing.
Mayor Mike Palm (copy)
Mayor Mike Palm attempts to log into the online Baraboo Common Council meeting with his phone while Baraboo Fire Assistant Chief Mark Willer offers help in early April at City Hall. The testing session was the last time a number of people congregated at the dais of council chambers, but members agreed to begin meeting in person again June 23.
CLOWNING AROUND (copy)
Greg DeSanto, executive director of the International Clown Hall of Fame, dressed in the clown costume he's worn for more than 30 years before throwing a shaving cream pie in the face of Baraboo Mayor Mike Palm during the Clown Workshop hosted in August by the Baraboo Public Library.
