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Article: STATE MOVES FAST ON LAKE DELTON PARCELS.(FRONT)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- July 24, 2008
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Byline: GEORGE HESSELBERG ghesselberg@madison 608-252-6140
State checks totaling more than $2.3 million were deposited Wednesday with Sauk County authorities to pay for property that either no longer exists or, if it does, is in the Wisconsin River.
The money from the state Department of Transportation will be paid to owners of nine condemned, flood-damaged parcels along Lake Delton and Highway A.
The payments required a rare tapping of a state law for emergency condemnation, a process expedited by the governor's office to speed up highway rebuilding and payments to flood-affected property owners, said DOT officials. The recipients include ...