MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Legislature’s budget committee has approved expanding Wisconsin’s popular Family Care program that provides in-home care to seven northeastern counties. Family Care offers a variety of programs through Medicaid for long-term care for the disabled and elderly, helping to keep them out of nursing homes. The Joint Finance Committee voted unanimously Wednesday to pay for expanding the program to Brown, Kewaunee, Menominee, Oconto, Marinette and Shawano counties between March and June. About 4,000 people in those counties are expected to qualify. The program is already operating in 57 counties and serves about 48,000 people. Gov. Scott Walker imposed a Family Care enrollment cap in 2011 but the federal government ordered him to remove that lid
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photo: waupun mayor rohn bishop The Waupun Common Council has postponed action on wage increases for paid on call firefighters and elected officials to get more public input. The council discussed the matter, sometimes heated, at their meeting this week and will take up the issue again at their April 8th meeting. If […]
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A house fire near New Holstein claimed the life of a child. Shortly after 2am Wednesday firefighters were called to the scene on Honeymoon Hill Road near County Road T. A child in the home was pronounced dead at a hospital. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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