TOWN OF FARMINGTON, Wis. — The Town of Farmington Plan Commission voted to approve a new zoning update and tabled a fence issue, with the board set to hear from the public next week.

The plan commission meeting was packed with people who mostly if not all supported Shalom Wildlife Zoo.

The commission tackled two issues — one being a zoning code update the town's attorney Michael Bauer said could overrule a lawsuit filed against the town and the zoo earlier this year, plus another issue about fencing.

"It's an important place and it has been since 1979," Lin Fonder said. “We all support each other.” She works at the zoo.

Neighbor Andrew Willetts lives directly next to the zoo. He and another neighbor filed a lawsuit against the zoo and the village. Zoo owner David Fechter filed a counte

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