D.E.R. v. La Crosse County

These appeals are from orders of the Circuit Court for La Crosse County, Peter G. Pappas, Circuit Judge. This court took these cases on petition to bypass the court of appeals. Section 808.05 and sec. (Rule) 809.60, Stats. 1987-88.

The parties have advised the court that both appeals may be moot.1 We nevertheless proceed to decide *242the issue raised in these appeals because, as the parties acknowledge, the issue is of public concern and likely to recur. See State ex rel. Watts v. Combined Community Services, 122 Wis. 2d 65, 70-71, 362 N.W.2d 104 (1985).

The issue we address on appeal is whether…