A day after The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel publicly revealed that government types weren’t willing to identify two farms that were the sources of raw milk that sickened dozens at school events, some type of sanity has prevailed; the farms have been identified and separately, the state Supreme Court has refused to consider whether a Sauk County farmer was properly convicted of selling raw milk in 2013.

In the most recent incident, this fall in Durand, 38 people associated with the Durand High School football team fell ill after a potluck dinner where unpasteurized milk was served. Twenty-six of the illnesses were laboratory confirmed to stem from Campylobacter jejune, a bacteria sometimes found in unpasteurized milk or undercooked meat and poultry.

A state Department of Health Services memo released Friday by the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, said the milk came from a farm operated by Roland and Diana Reed, of Arkansaw, located near Durand in Pepin County.

The agency also identified a local farm whose unpasteurized milk was tied to the illnesses of 16 people, including students, at North Cape elementary school in Racine County in 2011. It was identified as the Schaal Dairy Farm, according to state officials, who said a relative of the farmer took the milk from the farm to the school, without the farmer’s permission. No action was taken against the owner of the farm.

Meanwhile, Vernon Hershberger had asked the court to review his 2013 conviction for violating a holding order on the sales of raw milk from his farm.

He argued he operates a private buying club that’s not subject to the same rules as a farmer. He also argued that he wouldn’t have been found guilty had an unedited copy of the order been placed into evidence and a judge blocked him from introducing evidence to bolster his defense.

The 4th District Court of Appeals rejected his arguments this past summer. The high court announced Friday it wouldn’t take the case.