ROCK SPRINGS—While the plan to relocate downtown Rock Springs involves moving the downtown area out of the flood plain and creating land space for residential, commercial and municipal buildings, Flood Recovery Committee Chairman Jamie Busser said the main focus at this point in the recovery process is “working on the tax base.”
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Rock Springs Flood Recovery Committee Member Terry Geyman presents a map that would contain an area for a bar and resturant in the village's uptown area.
Part of Rock Springs relocation plan includes offering the lot where the fire station currently sits to a potential investor to convert it into a bar and restaurant.
Rock Springs Flood Recovery Committee Member Terry Geyman speaks during a Feb. 14 meeting that gave an overview of the village's concept plan of potentially relocating the downtown area that was heavily impacted by the 2018 floods.
Reedsburg resident Melissa Petersen, who grew up in Rock Springs, and her father Rock Springs resident Patrick Duffin listens to the village's flood committee present an overview of concept plans and ideas at the Feb. 14 flood recovery committee meeting.
ROCK SPRINGS — Rock Springs' first flood recovery sub-committee meeting focused on ideas in drafting a recovery plan. While no action was take…
ROCK SPRINGS—Recovery efforts are continuing in Rock Springs after 27 feet of water swept through the area late last summer.
ROCK SPRINGS — After floodwaters swamped the heart of Rock Springs three times in 10 years, at least one business owner in the village has had…
ROCK SPRINGS – The Village of Rock Springs is continuing discussions about the fate of its community center while taking small steps to stabilize it.
ROCK SPRINGS — Village officials are exploring options to keep Rock Springs moving forward — even considering a major downtown move — after th…
ROCK SPRINGS — Ryan Mane and Timothy Schmidt received a notice on the front door of Broadway Street apartment in Rock Springs early in the day…
Photos taken the morning of the Aug. 30 flood in Rock Springs.
Rather than wait until another flood sweeps through the area, Reedsburg city officials are attempting to draw up a plan and find ways to lesse…
ROCK SPRINGS — “Here we go again,” CJ's Rock N Stop Manager Laurie Buckholt thought when she heard the Baraboo River was projected to spill ov…
ROCK SPRINGS — Village officials estimate Rock Springs could start relocating its downtown next spring.
ROCK SPRINGS — Rock Springs will tear down its flood-damaged community center whether or not it receives a buyout for the building.
ROCK SPRINGS — The Village of Rock Springs is looking at grants for its relocation project that includes the construction of a new municipal b…
Work has begun in the process of relocating the Rock Springs downtown out of the flood zone of the Baraboo River after two historic floods in …
