Sauk County Highway employee Jason Hanger works on parts from a tractor Thursday at the shop in Baraboo.
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Equipment sits in the section dedicated to welding Thursday at the Sauk County Highway shop.
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Officials are in the first stages of plans to rebuild the aging Sauk County Highway Department shop, constructed in 1949, to accommodate for the increased size of trucks and need for space.
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Sauk County Highway employee Jason Hanger works on parts from a tractor Thursday at the shop in Baraboo.
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Sauk County Highway employee Jason Hanger works on parts from a tractor Thursday at the shop in Baraboo.
A number of trucks stored at the Sauk County Highway Department are kept under an open structure near the shop building due to a lack of space.
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Sauk County Highway shop
A truck stands in the Sauk County Highway Department shop in Baraboo.
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Trucks lined up
Trucks are lined up for washing inside the Sauk County Highway shop in Baraboo.
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Sauk County Highway shop
An area of the Sauk County Highway Department shop.
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Sauk County Highway workers
Sauk County Highway workers Mike Ryczek and Randy Schara work to attach special chains to the front tire of a plow in February at the highway shop. Chains aren't usually added to trucks before a snow storm, but forecasted ice prompted their use.
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Sauk County Highway Department building
Officials are in the first stages of plans to rebuild the aging Sauk County Highway Department shop, constructed in 1949, to accommodate for the increased size of trucks and need for space.
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Attaching chains
Sauk County Highway worker Keith Leathers attaches chains to the back of a plow truck Feb. 3 at the highway shop. Chains aren't usually added before a snow storm, but forecasted ice prompted their use.
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Sauk County Highway shop
Trucks are lined up inside the Sauk County Highway shop in Baraboo.
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Equipment at the shop
Equipment sits in the section dedicated to welding Thursday at the Sauk County Highway shop.
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Preparing plow tires
Sauk County Highway worker Jamie Bonham helps Keith Leathers attach chains to a plow truck tire Feb. 3 at the highway shop. Chains aren't usually added before a snow storm, but forecasted ice prompted their use.
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READY TO ROLL
Sauk County Highway Department workers fill a plow with salt Jan. 17 in Baraboo ahead of an expected snowstorm.
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Officials are in the first stages of plans to rebuild the aging Sauk County Highway Department shop, constructed in 1949, to accommodate for the increased size of trucks and need for space.
