Mineral Point News

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April 17: A daughter, Mia Crystal, to Stephenie and Jason Ebsen of Chetek. A son, Easton Wayne, to Lynn and Anthony Elfers of Rice Lake.

He moved to Davenport, Iowa, in 1839, where he was employed in the geological survey of that state, and also lived in Illinois before he settled in Mineral Point, Wis., in 1842.

The meteor that blazed across the sky in the Chicago area Wednesday night was probably about the size of a basketball and moving about 36,000 mph, according to a NASA scientist who said they are not all that uncommon.