Rather than issue an emergency order to mail absentee ballots to every registered voter in the state, Evers said "the Legislature is the best …
Portage Common Council members have no idea when they will next meet.
Dennis Polivka and incumbent Kevin Lins are competing for the District 23 Sauk County Board seat in the April 7 election. District 23 represen…
COVID-19 has claimed only 11 lives so far, but in a state where roughly 52,700 people die each year of all causes, funerals are a daily realit…
"First of all there aren't enough absentee ballots...there aren't enough envelopes, there's not enough time," League of Wisconsin Municipaliti…
The county gained about 4,747 residents last year, an increase of just under 1%. That was the largest numeric gain among the 72 counties and a…
As of Thursday, 707 people had tested positive in the state, including 114 in Dane County. Eight people have died from the disease and more th…
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The Senate is preparing plans to meet over Skype in case it needs to take up emergency legislation to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rob Nelson and Tim Stieve are competing for the District 18 Sauk County Board seat in the April 7 spring election. District 18 represents the …
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The DOC employee has been directed to quarantine for 14 days, and the site where he or she worked has gone through a deep cleaning.
The closure, beginning 8 a.m. Thursday, will be in effect until further notice.
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More businesses to shut down with Tony Evers' monthlong 'safer at home' order amid COVID-19 pandemic
Tony Evers' monthlong 'safer at home' order includes many exemptions — gas stations, banks, convenience stores, laundromats, health care facil…
"Right now, across hospitals in Wisconsin, we have about 11,000 hospital beds; 2,600 ICU beds; and about 620 ventilators," Dr. Mark Kaufman, c…
More than 500 Madison poll workers said they won't show up on Election Day.
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Delmar Scanlon and Mark Waldon are competing for the Sauk County District 7 board seat in the April 7 election. District 7 represents the city…
Reedsburg officials declared a health emergency amid the growing cases of COVID-19 around the state and nation.
Tony Evers’ “safer at home” order represents a shift from the governor's position last week, when he said he did not plan on issuing such an order.
"Issuing a 'Safer at Home' order isn't something I thought we'd have to do, it's not something I wanted to do, and it's not something I take l…