Rock County

There's just a variety of topics.

And the conversation I've had with a couple of coordinators is, what do you know? What are you comfortable talking about? Because it doesn't pay for anyone to Try to go and talk about ginseng in Rock County where kids have no idea what you're talking about.

We don't really necessarily see it unless you're reading the back of like every product and you're not necessarily an expert in ginseng.

Right.

But reports from southeastern Wisconsin do not all describe the same kind of creature.

Linda Godfrey has also received Bigfoot-type reports from Rock County, Walworth County, and Jefferson County.

One later report from the Kettle Moraine area described a tall figure watching from behind a tree.

The witness described a flatter, more human-looking face, not the long canine muzzle associated with the Bray Road reports.

That's up sharply from just 5% in 2019.

Rock County has the lowest among the state's large counties at 7.5%.

I figured those on the border would be working in Illinois, so I didn't think that any of the border counties would probably be on there.

Statewide, we rank 23rd among 50 states with 11.8% of workers working from home.

that would stretch roughly 190 miles across Southern Wisconsin.

The area being explored for the line includes parts of Crawford, Richland, Sauk, Columbia, Dodge, Dade, of course, Jefferson, Walworth, and Rock County.

So this is a big project with a big impact.

And before you say, oh, power lines are everywhere.

Joined now by TMJ4 Chief Meteorologist Brian Miznanski.

Miz, I'm looking at the radar and I see a whole bunch of stuff just south of Madison and a big old system wrapping down through Rock County, through Janesville and that.

Please tell me that's not coming here.

I mean, we already have sprinkles, but that heavier stuff is still a question mark.

Yeah, I mean, stepping back and looking at the whole process, our regulators in Wisconsin are not equipped with the people or the funds to really ensure compliance with these large polluters.

A blearing example is the large methane gas plant in Rock County, Riverside Energy Center, has not had a valid or has not, well, let me say, The large methane gas plant in Rock County, Riverside Energy Center, has been operating with an expired Title five air permit since 2015.

Oh,

wow.

Your quote was, if our utilities had just kept their word and shut down the coal plants when they said they would, we wouldn't have to be having this conversation.

What happened there?

It's the same playbook that they have been using from Oak Creek to Sheboygan to get this larger gas plant in Rock County.

There are no levers in Wisconsin to hold these investor-owned utilities accountable and to their word.

And the group was fantastic.

And my hat's off to the Henry County and Rock County people that put this on and Farbier and another county.

I can't remember.

But the answer to your question, Todd, is...