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Holmen approves funding for new library

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Groundbreaking could happen in summer

For years, the village of Holmen has been planning new buildings for the police and the local library.

The police station opened back in the spring, and now funding has been given the OK for a library to be built about a block away from the cop shop.

The library’s director, Chris McArdle Rojo, says the new building will provide more room for educational programs that are short on space now.

Groundbreaking for the Holmen library could happen next summer. Some village board members wanted the project to be put to a referendum.

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.

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