Thursday, February 15, 2018 • Vol. 53, No. 39 • Verona, WI • Hometown USA • ConnectVerona.com • $1
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Hardware help is on the way Dorn True Value moving into former Ace location this spring SCOTT DE LARUELLE Unified Newspaper Group
A longtime Madison fixture in the fix-it business is coming to Verona, as Dorn True Value Hardware plans to move into the former Ace Hardware building on 119 W. Verona Ave. this spring. The move comes as Tom Dorn, who owns stores in Sun Prairie, Oregon and Madison, is closing a longtime store in downtown Madison. Dorn told the Press last week plans are to start setting up the building in mid-March, with an aim to open “sometime in early May.” “My brother and I have looked at all the suburbs of Madison over the years for the opportunity, and there just hasn’t been a lot of changeover,” he said. “But Verona presented an opportunity … we think a hardware store can fill that void or help that community that’s looking for that kind of service from a hardware store. This presented itself in rather short order and we were happy to kind of jump onto that.” Dorn said the store will be a True Value, replacing the Ace franchise that had been there since 1990. “It’s quite a relationship when you start with a certain hardware co-op,” he said, noting that all his stores are True Value. “You own stock in that co-op, and you have your name identify linked with that co-op.” The store will have “a good representation of paint” and a “nice rental equipment department for the lawn care people and homeowners, whether it’s sanding a floor or cleaning a rug.” “It’s going to have our typical services, such as window and glass repair,
Woman dies in 18-151 crash
29 vehicles involved in accident that closed highway for nine hours SCOTT GIRARD Verona Press editor
A Monday morning crash involving 29 vehicles on Hwy. 18-151 left one woman dead and six others injured and kept the northbound side of the road closed for nine hours. The Dane County Sheriff ’s Office attributed the 8 a.m. accident, near Mile Marker 78 just east of the state Hwy. 69 on ramp,
to “poor visibility due to heavy patches of fog” in an initial news release. The crash initially closed southbound lanes of traffic as well, but DCSO public information officer Elise Schaffer said one lane was reopened soon thereafter and both lanes were open by the afternoon. Traffic was rerouted through the City of Verona for the remainder of the day, which Verona Police Department Sgt. Matt Dart said
took “most of our resources,” with officers at the intersections of Main Street and Verona Avenue, South Main Street and Paoli Street and the Epic interchange with Hwy. 18-151. “It was pretty hectic once the crash happened,” Dart said Tuesday. “Luckily, we had a training scheduled to start at 9 o’clock (and) we actually just pulled (those five officers) from the training.” Dart said they were at those
intersections until around noon, when there was “a bit of a lull,” and then officers returned to direct traffic as the evening commute approached. The cold weather – in the single digits for much of the day – added to the challenge, as VPD had to “swap people from different spots just to kind of get them in a car for five, 10 minutes.” The county medical examiner
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Northwest plan moved to Feb. 19 JIM FEROLIE Verona Press editor
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A planned review and possible approval of the Northwest Neighborhood plan has been moved back a week. City planning director Adam Sayre announced Friday there would be no quorum for the Common Council, which is down a member and must have six for a quorum. As a result, the regularly scheduled council meeting was moved to Feb. 19. Because of a typographical error that was duplicated, the Verona Press inadvertently reported last week it was set for Feb. 5.
The 732-acre plan, which was created in response to a 65-acre upscale high-rise development proposal on What: Council review of the corner of County Hwy. Northwest Neighborhood PD and Northern Lights plan Road called Legends Edge, When: 7 p.m. Monday, would not approve any Feb. 19 development, but rather is a first and necessary step Where: Verona City before any developments Center, 111 Lincoln St. can be formally proposed. Info: City planning It would instead, as part director Adam Sayre at of the city’s Comprehen848-9941 sive Plan. The city began building the plan in early 2017, and After getting dozens of the original version made comments and going back its public debut at an open and forth between the house in June. Common Council and Plan Commission at two public Email Verona Press editor Jim Ferolie at hearings, city leaders hope veronapress@wcinet.com. it’s in final form.
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A 29-vehicle accident on Hwy. 18-151 Monday morning left one person dead, six injured and the northbound side of the road closed for nine hours.
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