DEFOREST | WATER SYSTEM DeForest’s effort to reintroduce fluoride in the water stalls over how to do it TEAGAN KING Mar 24, 2026 3 hrs ago × Top stories for March 23, 2026, in the Wisconsin State Journal Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DeForest’s plan to restore fluoride to its public water system is stuck, despite a Village Board vote in January in support of it.kAmp C6D@=FE:@? E@ DE2CE E96 :>A=6>6?E2E:@? AC@46DD DE2==65 @? 2 b\b G@E6 5FC:?8 E96 3@2C5’D |2C49 `f >66E:?8[ H:E9 E96 E:>6=:?6 36:?8 @?6 4@?46C?] %96 3@2C5 2=D@ ?665D E@ 564:56 H96E96C E@ @776C 2=E6C?2E:G6D 7@C E9@D6 H9@ 5@?’E H2?E 7=F@C:56[ DF49 2D 2? 2=E6C?2E6 H2E6C D@FC46 @C 2 C6>@G2= DJDE6> =:<6 C6G6CD6 @D>@D:D]k^AmkAmp?5 7@C ?@H 2E =62DE[ E96 ':==286 q@2C5 92D ?@ 7FCE96C 24E:@? A=2??65 E@ C6DE@C6 7=F@C:56[ ':==286 p5>:?:DEC2E@C q:== r92?8 D2:5 :? 2? 6>2:=[ 2?5 C6:?EC@5F4:?8 7=F@C:56 H@?’E 92AA6? 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