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Rates of chronically absent students continued to increase in Wisconsin schools in the 2021-22 school year, with the reported data rising even more sharply than during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wisconsin’s 13.1 percent increase in total equalized property values in 2023 was the second-largest percentage increase since at least 1985, topped only by slightly higher growth in 2022.

Aiming to reduce childhood lead exposure, the federal Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a rule that would require property owners to clean up any reportable amount of lead dust detected on floors and window sills at pre-1978 homes and child care facilities.

There has been some sort of vegetable garden on our farm for nearly 100 years, dating back to my great grandparents.

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) Public Health Madison and Dane County have confirmed the first human case of West Nile virus in a Wisconsin resident this year.

The individual is a resident of Dane County.

The Wisconsin State Patrol is urging everyone to plan ahead as the summer travel season wraps up, to avoid the potentially deadly consequences of impaired driving.

The DHS has created a new phone line for people who need a listening ear.

The line will allow Wisconsin residents to share their challenges and successes with a peer who will listen and offer support.

It was created to help those who are struggling with mental health and substance abuse concerns.

Wisconsin, along with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and other law enforcement partners nationwide, including attorneys general from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, announced a new crackdown on illegal telemarketing targeting operations responsible for billions of calls to U.S. consumers.

I woke this morning to a heavy blanket of fog and mist shrouding the valley. Soon it will burn off as we move into the heat of the day. 

Wisconsin’s cities and villages increased their overall spending in 2021, but it still lagged rising inflation.