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As part of the National Prescription Drug Take Back Initiative, Belleville Police Chief Bill Eichelkraut and New Glarus Police Lt. Jeff Sturdevant went to the DeForest State Patrol Headquarters to turn over the collected prescription medication from both villages. The focus of the initiative is to remove potentially dangerous pharmaceutical substances from the state's medicine cabinets and preventing them from going into the water supply.

Belleville Police Department hosted a Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 24, 2020, at the Belleville Police Department and collected 35 pounds just that day from their grand total of 91 pounds.

New Glarus Police Department turned in 60 pounds. All the medications from New Glarus came from the drug drop box located in the Village Hall.