Judge James Beer has officially announced that he will not be seeking another term as Circuit Court Judge for Green County in 2021. Beer was appointed by Governor Tommy Thompson to fill a vacancy created by Judge David Deininger, who was appointed to the position of Judge of the Court of Appeals. Beer's 25 years of service to Green County is only second to Judge Brooks Dunwiddie, who served for 40 years as a county judge.

"As I took office, Green County was a one-judge circuit and was either number one or number two in the state as the busiest circuit in Wisconsin. I served as the sole j...