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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans who control the Wisconsin state Senate voted Tuesday to fire a state utility regulator because he supports setting energy rates according to customers’ ability to pay and opening up the solar energy sector.  The Senate voted 21-11 to reject Public Service Commissioner Tyler Huebner’s confirmation. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers appointed him to the commission in March 2020 and again in March 2021. Huebner previously served as executive […]

Nobody was injured when a semi tractor trailer jackknifed on Highway 26 near Rosendale.  The crash happened shortly before 11am Tuesday on Highway 26 about a mile south of Rosendale blocking both lanes of traffic.  The highway was reopened to traffic about three hours later.

As snow banks build up on the side of the street, the Department of Public Works Solid Waste Division would like to remind residents where to place trash and recycling containers for collection.   Please set your trash container on the edge of your driveway approach if it is wide enough, or shovel a spot on the terrace, all the way out to the curb, next to your driveway apron wide […]

With the season’s most frigid temperatures this week  AAA reminds homeowners and renters that preparing for inclement weather is essential to avoiding wintertime repairs. Prolonged periods of below freezing temperatures can wreak havoc on a home’s heating system, plumbing, and exterior features.   “Maintaining your property is essential to reducing your risk of winter damage,” said Nick Jarmusz, director of public affairs for AAA – The Auto Club Group. “Taking small […]

Sun Prairie, Wis., (January 11, 2024) – Compeer Financial’s Fund for Rural America has awarded $50,000 to the School for Agricultural and Environmental Studies (SAGES) to expand their agriculture-based research plots, school gardens and add food animals to their project and place-based learning model. This grant supports innovative programs that encompass four qualities:  Mission: Aligns with Compeer Financial’s mission, enriching agriculture and rural communities  Opportunity: Provides a new […]

The American Red Cross is experiencing an emergency blood shortage as the nation faces the lowest number of people giving blood in 20 years. The Red Cross blood supply has fallen to critically low levels across the country, and blood and platelet donors are urged to make a donation appointment to help alleviate the shortage and help ensure lifesaving medical procedures are not put on hold.  Over the last 20 […]

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Subfreezing temperatures blasting much of the U.S. have put millions of Americans at risk of potentially dangerous cold as winter storms have left four dead and continue to dump snow from coast to coast. The National Weather Service said Sunday that wind chills could plummet as low as minus 70 degrees in Montana and the Dakotas.  An estimated 95 million Americans faced potential windy, frigid conditions […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Most of the newly ordered maps redrawing Wisconsin's political boundaries for the state Legislature would keep Republicans in majority control, but their dominance would be reduced, according to an independent analysis of the plans.   Seven sets of new state Senate and Assembly maps were submitted on Friday, the deadline given by the Wisconsin Supreme Court to propose new maps after it ruled three weeks ago that the […]

Republican state representative Mark Born of Beaver Dam says an effort to recall Assembly speaker Robin Vos for not supporting Donald Trump is a waste of time and resources.  Backers of former president Trump have filed a petition seeking to recall Vos from office citing Vos's opposition to Trump and his not moving forward with impeaching the state's top election official.  Born says it's unfortunate that our politics have "gone to this level […]