Visual Observations were that the river was NOT high...

Brian,

Last night (the 16^th) I emailed the Sheriff’s office asking why there was a 9 day delay in setting no-wake this time, and why the high water in March/April went completely unnoticed.  This morning I received the following reply:

Ken:

Please call me reference your questions.

Captain Jude G. Maurer

Law Enforcement Services
Rock County Sheriff's Office
200 East Highway 14
Janesville, WI  53545
608-757-7944

So I called Captain Maurer this morning (the 17^th) to discuss the reasons.  He indicated that the Sheriff’s office was caught off-guard by the high water, that they had not observed any heavy rainfall, and that their visual observations were that the river was not high.  He said that the Sheriff’s office was not watching the USGS web site, and that the Sheriff’s office is not accustomed to enforcing no-wake early in the spring.  He said that they checked the website and confirmed the level was over the trigger point on the 15^th because they received their first complaint on that day.

The list of people who did not inform the Sheriff’s office until the 15^th includes county supervisor Sandra Kraft, who I personally informed of the lack of enforcement of her precious ordinance in an email way back on March 14^th.

Ken