SPRING VALLEY & ELMWOOD, WI – Jody Sather is the latest Postmaster to serve the Spring Valley and Elmwood Post Offices (P.O.) and it is past time that we get to meet him.

Jody Sather who hails from Beldenville, Wisconsin, he always knew he wanted to be a Postmaster. He lives in the Lawton, El Paso area and started with the United States Postal Service (USPS) on August 31, 1985. He has held numerous positions with the USPS on his way to becoming the Postmaster here. He started as a Relief Rural Carrier, part-time, subbing for Floyd Husfloen at the Beldenville P.O. In the interim to becoming a fulltime Rural Carrier. With the USPS, Sather was farming and being an electrician for 13 years.

In 1997 Sather became a fulltime postal employee as a Carrier out of the Beldenville P.O. for a number of years and filling in as the Officer in Charge (O.I.C.) when the Postmaster there left. He took the position for the experience as well as taking a class to be an O.I.C., that lasted for six months, before going back to being a Route Carrier again. That was followed by six more months as the O.I.C. again before becoming the O.I.C. for the Prescott P.O. for six months.

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WOODVILLE, WI – At 4:30 p.m. the Woodville Community Center was the place to be last Thursday afternoon, April 11, 2024, for an informative presentation by Susan Carpenter, Wisconsin Native Plant Garden Curator, UW-Madison Arboretum on Native Plant Gardening. This successful event was sponsored by the Woodville, Baldwin, Deer Park, Glenwood City, and Hammond Public Libraries in conjunction with their “Community One Read.”

Prior to the Power Point presentation over 50 people that had gathered for the event had the opportunity to review the free booklets “Attracting Butterflies to Your Garden with Native Plants” and “Attracting Birds to Your Garden with Native Plants.” These are full color information filled resources from the Wild Ones of Minnesota that were provided free with a grant from the Woodville Lions Club. In addition to the free booklets there were several local conservation and gardening groups, including the Botany Belles and Beaus Garden Club with booths set up that had interesting information available about a range of pertinent topics. The topics ranged from birding and saving songbirds to saving the bees and other pollinators to home gardening. These booths drew the full attention of the attendees.

At 5:00 p.m. Carpenter began her informative presentation that included lots of wonderful photographs illustrating the various native plantings and landscapes she oversees at the UW-Madison Arboretum.

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Submitted by Melanie Peterson, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

ST PAUL, MN – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, has closed the bridge at the Northwest Day Use Area at the Eau Galle Recreation Area in Spring Valley, Wisconsin, to all vehicle, pedestrian and equestrian traffic due to the deteriorated conditions of the bridge.

Eau Galle Recreation Area Park Ranger Brad Labadie confirmed that this will be a permanent closure due to budget and engineering considerations.

Labadie did say that those wishing to access the trails beyond the bridge would have to ford the waters of the creek.

Eau Galle Reservoir is a 150-acre impoundment surrounded by two-day use areas, a beach, two boat launches, one campground and several miles of hiking and equestrian trails.

The Corps of Engineers is the nation’s leading federal providers of outdoor recreation. The St. Paul District operates 49 recreation areas, ranging from public boat landings along the Mississippi River to visitor centers at our locks and dams to full-service campgrounds. We also lease 45 recreation areas to other public entities to manage.

Please call the Eau Galle Office at 715-778-5562 and press 0 with questions.