The former village of Rock Springs community center, located on 201 W. Broadway Street. The village plans to tear down the building after it was ruled substantially damaged from the 2018 floods.
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Rock Springs village, state, engineering and construction officials shovel some dirt in a groundbreaking ceremony held Nov. 12 to mark the start of building the village's new 8,200 square food municipal building. Present parties included representatives from the village, Vierbicher, Architectural Design Consultants, Inc. and U.S. Department of Agriculture Wisconsin Rural Development.
ROCK SPRINGS — Construction has begun on Rock Springs’ new municipal building, one of its first steps in moving the flood stricken village forward in a project that will relocate its downtown out of the Baraboo River flood plain.
Dan Tourdot, who lives three miles outside of Rock Springs, explains how the water levels rose in his driveway as flood levels continued to rise through the village Aug. 30.
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Downtown Rock Springs is inundated with floodwater from the Baraboo River, which surpassed 26 feet Thursday.
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A vehicle tries to pass through flood waters on Ableman Road in Rock Springs. The vehicle ended up making it through the waters.
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Ryan Mane, a Rock Springs resident, walks out of flood waters in Rocks Springs Aug. 30 after officials had told him to turn around. Mane was walking to his apartment to retrieve additional items left after evacuations were ordered the evening of Aug. 29 in the village with rising flood waters.
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The former village of Rock Springs community center, located on 201 W. Broadway Street. The village plans to tear down the building after it was ruled substantially damaged from the 2018 floods.
Rock Springs village, state, engineering and construction officials shovel some dirt in a groundbreaking ceremony held Nov. 12 to mark the start of building the village's new 8,200 square food municipal building. Present parties included representatives from the village, Vierbicher, Architectural Design Consultants, Inc. and U.S. Department of Agriculture Wisconsin Rural Development.