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Gov. Tony Evers on Thursday, April 16 directed Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) Secretary-designee Andrea Palm to extend the Safer at Home order from April 24, 2020 to 8 a.m. Tuesday, May 26, 2020, “or until a superseding order is issued.”
The order implements some new measures that...
Town of Blue Mounds Board of Supervisors held a meeting on Tuesday, April 21. The sole purpose of this meeting was a vote to postpone and re-schedule the Annual Town Meeting to May 11, 2020 due to the COVID-19 virus and local efforts to contain it.
No other town issues were discussed.
Town clerk...
Ten years ago, people in Mount Horeb needed something to smile about. Faced with immeasurable loss, people yearned for a place free from pretense, pain or politics. They wanted a happy place.
So they made one.
The community came together to build the Happy Place, digging up a little spot by the...
Sometimes people need a hug. But what do you do when hugs are prohibited by national and state emergency orders that instruct people to stay at least six feet apart?
You find creative ways to embrace people, all while staying at a safe distance and doing your part to prevent the spread of a novel...
Michele Doolan moved to Dane County’s rural 28th District, she says it was “like finding a unicorn.”
“I found this pocket of progressives who kind of turned their backs on Madison as being too hard to please,” she says.
The longtime hairdresser turned Dane County supervisor, who is taking over...
Former Mount Horeb girls basketball standout Nikki Arneson recently completed a terrific junior season at UW-Oshkosh.
Arneson averaged 12.1 points per game, which was second on the team. She finished third on the team with 5.1 rebounds per game and tied for second with 1.7 assists per game.
Arneson...
Sauk Prairie Home Talent League manager Lucas Koenig is holding out hope.
The same goes for Cross Plains skipper Randy Meinholz.
But both men know the only thing certain right now is uncertainty.
Last week, the HTL’s Executive Board pushed the start of the season back to June 7 at the earliest due...
The Evers Administration has issued guidance to Wisconsin workers who have lost their employer-based health insurance. More than 313,000 initial applications and nearly 600,000 weekly claims for unemployment have been filed in Wisconsin since March 15. When an individual loses their health...
Driftless Area Land Conservancy (DALC) and Dodgeville Public Library are pleased to invite the public to participate in the “Our Energy Future” speaker series beginning in mid-April. During this time of rapidly expanding energy and efficiency options, these speakers will give participants the...
Public Health Madison & Dane County is urging residents to continue to follow the Safer at Home order to slow the spread of COVID-19 and flatten the curve.
“We know it’s hard, but our actions are saving lives. We must all follow Safer at Home. The data in Dane County is promising but it will...
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