Increase in deer activity requires motorists to be alert

Statewide, the number of traffic fatalities is down, but locally Taylor County is up with three deaths in the past three months. On Tuesday, Todd Rasmussen, a consultant who works as the law enforcement liaison with the Department of Transportation, reported to members of the county’s traffic safety commission that as of November 30 the state is at 510 traffic fatalities in 467 separate crash...