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Relay For Life event set for Saturday, Aug. 17
The Relay For Life of Dane and Rock Counties will be held 5-9:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17 at Racetrack Park, located 1217 Racetrack Road in Stoughton. The Relay will also have a booth at Coffee Break from 9-3 that day where people can buy luminaria, make donations, and pick up information about the American Cancer Society.
Letter | Bill would help fight opioid epidemic
Dear Editor: As chair of the Opioid Settlement Subcommittee on the Dane County Board, I am all too familiar with the effect the opioid epidemic has had on our nation. But you don’t have to be an expert to see that this crisis has touched our city, county, state and community.
Eric Hovde says he'll outperform past Republican candidates in liberal bastion Dane County
MADISON — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde says he expects to fare better than Republican Sen. Ron Johnson and Republican former gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels in the Democratic stronghold of Dane County in the Nov. 5 election. Hovde made his comments to reporters Wednesday following a WisPolitics Q&A...
Wonderland tea party fundraiser is Aug. 25
Calling ladies and gentlemen ages four to 104! Dress in your finest to enjoy a whimsical high tea with cakes, sandwiches, a silent auction, activities and more. This fundraising event to benefit Badger Prairie Needs Network (BPNN) will take place from 3-5 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 25. Tickets cost $40 for adults and $25 for children.
Turnout in Wisconsin's partisan primary reached levels not seen in 60 years
Voter turnout in Tuesday’s primary was the highest Wisconsin has seen in 60 years for a partisan primary in a presidential year, with the liberal bastion of Dane County seeing some of its strongest turnout for comparable elections in decades. Turnout in Wisconsin was likely buoyed by several factors,...
Sun Prairie, DeForest vote to put school referendums on the November ballot
Sun Prairie and DeForest have joined the list of Madison-area school districts asking voters to approve a referendum in November. The Sun Prairie School Board on Monday approved a $25 million recurring, operational referendum. Of that amount, about $7 million would go toward keeping staff compensation and benefits above the Dane County average over the next five years. About $4 million would be spent on educational programming, like curriculum and maintaining class sizes.
Three juveniles in custody after stolen truck found in Jefferson
JEFFERSON — The Jefferson Police Department was notified of a stolen vehicle from Dane County found in a parking lot in Jefferson on Monday morning. A 1996 Ford F-150 was found unoccupied in a lot near the 200 block of East Truman Street. Witnesses reported three individuals hiding in a wooded area in the 1000 block of Tensfeldt Avenue. The suspects were identified as 12-, 14- and 15-year-old juvenile runaways...
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