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BEST OF THE RIVER VALLEY 2021 RESULTS
Wednesday, June 2, 2021 Vol. 2, No. 22
Spring Green, Wisconsin
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Judge allows investigation of potential bias in Cardinal-Hickory Creek decision Nicole Aimone, Editor-in-Chief A Dane County Judge is set to potentially overturn permits for the Cardinal-Hickory Creek transmission lines, if environmental groups can prove at least one out of the three approving Public Service Commission (PSC) regulators
held a conflict of interest when approving the project. The Driftless Area Land Conservancy (DALC), out of Dodgeville, along with various other environmental groups, sued the Army Corps of Engineers earlier this month, to stop the permitting of
the $492 million power line project that would span throughout Iowa and Southwestern Wisconsin. DALC and the other suing parties assert the Army Corps violated federal law when it failed to take an in-depth look at environmental impacts these power lines
would have on surrounding lands, water and wildlife—some of the power lines are set to be built along the Mississippi River. The groups say the Corps did not conduct an independent investigation of the
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River Valley Class of 2021 cross the stage towards the future Photos by Nicole Aimone, Editor-in-Chief
River Valley High School’s Class of 2021 graduated in an outdoor ceremony on May 29. The ceremony is typically held in River Valley High School’s new gym, but was held outdoors on the football field this year due to COVID-19 precautions. “Your community is what helps you through something like a global pandemic, your community is there to help when things get hard, and even though we were six feet apart, it took all of us — students, staff, small businesses and community members to come together as one to help keep our community moving forward,” shared Class of 2021 Secretary Anna Deibert in her senior speech. Top: The Class of 2021 sit in their caps and gowns waiting to walk across the stage and receive their high school diplomas on May 29. Bottom: The first student to walk across the stage, Cole Amble, high fives fellow classmates after the River Valley High School graduation ceremony on May 29.
American Players Theatre 2021 season is underway, capacity upped American Players Theater American Players Theatre’s (APT) in-person season began May 14 with Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop in the 201-seat indoor Touchstone Theatre. The first performance of James DeVita’s world premiere of An Improbable Fiction took the Hill Stage on May 27. These two plays will run in repertory until The Mountaintop closes on June 19, and An
Improbable Fiction closes on June 26. These will be the first in-person performances since APT was forced to cancel the 2020 season, and the company is beyond thrilled to be welcoming audiences back to the theater. Seats have been added to performances within the 25% capacity cap, and tickets are available now for most performances of these first two plays at americanplay-
ers.org, or by calling the APT Box Office at 608-588-2361. Filmed performances of the plays will be available for people who can’t make the trip to APT this year. More information at americanplayers. org/apt-at-home. May 14 – June 19, Touchstone Theatre The Mountaintop
By Katori Hall Directed by Ron OJ Parson The night before his assassination, Martin Luther King, Jr. returns to the Lorraine Motel after delivering his last impassioned speech. A mysterious maid delivers his room service, though she seems to have more on her agenda than
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