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Dane County animal rescuers are welcoming some new dogs from Arkansas’ tornado zone. The Dane County Humane Society yesterday said it will get 20 dogs from Arkansas over the next couple of weeks. Most of the dogs are already in shelters there, but they will be moved so shelters in Arkansas can take care of the dogs left homeless by this month’s storms. The first five dogs are expected to reach Madison today. You can find out more about the

On Wednesday, April 12, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin will stop at Chippewa Valley Technical College on her Delivering for Wisconsin Tour to highlight $4.99 million to expand access to education and training for good-paying jobs in health care and address the health care workforce shortage that is impacting rural Wisconsin. With Senator Baldwin’s support, Chippewa Valley Technical College (CVTC) will receive more than $4.99 million from a Department of Labor Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grant. The federal investment will support

As our community mourns the loss of two officers killed in the line of duty, we now know arrangements for those wishing to pay respects. Visitation and Service Visitation will be held from 9a-1pm Saturday April 15, 2023 at Cameron High School, located at 750 South First St., Cameron, Wisconsin 54822. The funeral Service will occur at 1pm, with police honors to be conducted following the ceremony outside of the school. Procession The procession will commence after police honors from

Tax day is less than a week away. The Wisconsin Department of Revenue sent out a reminder yesterday that people have until next Tuesday to file and pay their taxes. Many people have already filed their taxes. Revenue says they’ve processed over two million tax returns so far. If you can’t file or pay by next Tuesday, Revenue officials say you’ll need to ask for an extension instead. 

Wisconsin’s attorney general is joining the county’s other Democratic A-Gs in pushing to allow women to continue to have access to the abortion pill. A-G Josh Kaul yesterday signed a letter with 23 other A-Gs in asking an appeals court to strike down a Texas federal judge’s ruling that revoked the FDA’s approval of mifepristone. Kaul and the others say without access to the abortion pill there will be more late term abortions, more sick and poor kids, and more

Wisconsin’s Republican members of Congress say it’s about time the president officially ended the coronavirus emergency. President Biden yesterday signed the law that Republicans passed that officially ends the virus emergency. Western Wisconsin Congressman Derrick Van Orden says it’s now time to get back to work. Northwoods Congressman Tom Tiffany says the president said the pandemic was over last fall, he’s glad the president finally got around to ending the pandemic emergency. Congressman Mike Gallagher says the end of the emergency also

The theme of Wisconsin’s traveling budget hearings is clear: Local school leaders need more money. Members of the legislature’s budget-writing Joint Finance Committee yesterday listened as another cavalcade of local school leaders pressed them for higher wages. Neillsville School District Administrator John Gaier says schools used to have to ask taxpayers for more money only when they wanted to build new buildings, but now he says they have to go to taxpayers just to cover teacher pay raises. The JFC hearing

The political world is coming to the Midwest next summer. Democratic leaders yesterday announced Chicago will host the 2024 Democratic National Convention. The DNC will come one week after the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Democrats chose Milwaukee for their 2020 convention, but the coronavirus canceled it. There is some hope that a Chicago DNC will spill over into southern Wisconsin. Hotels and restaurants in and around Kenosha are the most excited.

Good things can come to those who wait. Just ask Scott Hoffland. He won $2 million last week playing a Tremendous Two Million scratch ticket, purchased at Main St. Mobil on 726 N. Main St. in Viroqua. Hoffland says he does not play the Lottery frequently, but when he does, he likes to “buy tickets locally.” A resident of Viroqua, population 4,419, Hoffland started to scratch the first few lines of his winning ticket at work. He stopped midway and decided to wait until

Above Photo: On April 17, Mayo Clinic Health System will begin a construction project replacing the clinic entrance on the Luther Campus at 1400 Bellinger Street in Eau Claire. From April 17 through May 1, patients and visitors to the clinic will be directed to enter through the adjacent Emergency Department entrance.  On April 17, Mayo Clinic Health System will begin a construction project replacing the clinic entrance on the Luther Campus at 1400 Bellinger Street in Eau Claire. “Once