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WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS is expanding its program that allows people to file their taxes directly with the agency for free.  The federal tax collector’s Direct File program, which allows taxpayers to calculate and submit their returns to the government directly without using commercial tax preparation software, will be open to more than 30 million people in 24 states in the 2025 filing season.  The program was rolled out as a pilot […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin election clerks referred 30 instances of suspected fraud and voting irregularities to prosecutors over the last year, according to a new report.  The nation's multilayered election processes provide many safeguards that keep voter fraud generally detectable and rare, according to current and former election administrators for the Democratic and Republican parties. America's elections also are decentralized into thousands of independent voting jurisdictions — Wisconsin, alone, has […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A federal judge has denied Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul's request to review the Milwaukee Archdiocese's sealed bankruptcy records as part of his investigation into clergy sex abuse.  U.S. District Judge G. Michael Halfenger denied Kaul's request on Monday, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Thursday. Halfenger called the scope of Kaul's request “staggering” even before considering what it would take to provide abuse survivors notice of the request.  He added […]

MADISON, Wis. – A United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) rule requiring newly applied cattle and bison official ID tags to have both a visual and electronic component will go into effect on November 5, 2024. Currently, the only official tags that meet these requirements are 840 RFID tags.  This requirement applies to official identification placed for any reason, including interstate movement, brucellosis vaccination, and tuberculosis testing. Cattle tagged with visual-only […]

Hello Waupun! A year ago this weekend we came together as a community to celebrate the centennial of Waupun's oldest sculpture, the Recording Angel. The Angel was donated to Waupun in October 1923 as a tribute to the late Mrs. Shaler and a gift to our community.  Over the next several years, Mr. Shaler would donate five sculptures. In the late 1990's, Waupun would acquire two more of Mr. Shaler's […]

Green Lake, Wis. (October 07, 2024) – William Elliott Whitmore will perform a 506 Session at Thrasher Opera House in Green Lake, Wisconsin, on Saturday, November 16, at 7:30 p.m.  506 Sessions feature cocktail style seating, with only 80 tickets available.    Born and raised on a small farm in Lee County Iowa, a love of the land has always been an important part of William Elliott Whitmore’s life. An appreciation […]

Donald Trump's fourth stop in eight days in Wisconsin focused on the economy and immigration, and the former president highlighted a human trafficking case in Fond du Lac County.   Trump spoke Sunday afternoon at the Dodge County Airport in Juneau.  Trump told the crowd the story of a 12 year old girl who escaped from a vehicle earlier this year where a man had bound, blindfolded her and attempted to assault her.   The suspect had […]

A Hartford man was seriously injured in a one vehicle rollover crash in Fond du Lac County. The crash happened shortly before 4:30 pm Saturday on County Highway Y south of County Highway T. The driver, a 30 year old Hartford man, was flown by helicopter to Theda Care Regional Medical Center in Neenah with serious injuries. Alcohol is believed to be a factor in the crash.

BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — The New York Mets' 4-2 comeback victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday night in the deciding game of the NL Wild Card Series averaged 4,017,000 viewers on ESPN and streaming, making it ESPN's most-watched Major League Baseball game in three years.  ESPN and Nielsen reported Friday that the audience peaked at 5.75 million viewers during the ninth inning, when the Mets rallied from a 2-0 deficit to […]