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Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) has been quarantined since Nov. 10 after finding out his mother had tested positive for COVID-19.

Pocan reported that his mother, 91, was asymptomatic. He wore a mask in the vehicle when he transported her.

Sen. Howard Marklein (R-Spring Green) was named co-chair of the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance.

He was appointed by Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu (R-Oostburg).

In a statement, Marklein said he was “extremely honored, humbled and excited” for the opportunity.

It doesn’t cost as much as one might expect to cook that Turkey Day meal.

Heating costs are relatively low, according to Alliant Energy.

The average cost to cook a Thanksgiving dinner is $1.56 with electricity and 37 cents for gas appliances.

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation reminds motorists to be mindful around accidents and other roadside incidents during National Traffic Incident Response Week.

Every year, an average 145,000 crashes occur in Wisconsin, and many of these require an emergency response due to property damage and injuries.

Over the past year, nearly twice as many new voter registrations have been added in the 60 Wisconsin counties Donald Trump won in 2016 compared to the dozen where Hillary Clinton was victorious, a WisPolitics.com review shows.

With temperatures dropping, more people are firing up their furnaces.

Alliant Energy has advice for households that use natural gas to stay warm.

A surge in COVID cases once again derailed C Troop’s training plan this past weekend, but as you’d expect, we still managed to pull off a win.

After a chaotic April primary in which just five voting places were open in Milwaukee, and voters waited for hours in long lines, the city is operating nearly all of its available locations for the upcoming presidential election, mirroring an increase in polling sites statewide.