As Republicans push to reward school districts that have provided in-person instruction over the past year, using federal funds from the latest COVID-19 package has emerged as a possible path to that goal, according to multiple sources.
Joan Kathleen Hansen, who served as a columnist for The Clintonville Chronicle and Clintonville Tribune-Gazette, died Wednesday, April 28, at her Shawano County home. She was 76.
Tricia Rose, publisher of the Chronicle, shared her memories of Hansen in a column Tuesday. Rose noted that when starting the newspaper in 2009, she was encouraged by several people to hire Hansen, also known as “Red.”
Anna Marie Lux, a longtime columnist for The (Janesville) Gazette, has resigned from the newspaper to pursue an independent writing project.
Lux began writing human-interest columns for The Gazette in the early 1990s. She remained with the newspaper for 30 years, and by her count, wrote nearly 3,000 columns during that time.
Polco users and readers visiting WNA member websites from April 21 to May 5 were asked whether they agreed with the jury’s guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial. Out of 747 respondents, 78% said they agreed with the jury.
State and local governments in Wisconsin are on track to receive nearly $20 billion in federal aid from COVID-19 relief measures enacted in the last 13 months, more than double what the state received from the 2009 federal stimulus amid the Great Recession.
As vaccinations start to slow in Wisconsin, local county health departments are beginning “hand-to-hand combat” to reach herd immunity.
Four years after a facility disclosed water contamination in the surrounding community, residents and locals deal with the impact of PFAS.
When we learned how to drive, we heard about blind spots.
Blind spots also are common in the advertising business, veteran sales trainer John Foust writes. In his most recent column, Foust takes a look at some examples of blind spots in sales and how advertising professionals can handle advertisers with blind spots.
“Little Creek” is a spring-fed stream that runs through our valley, originating from the family farm. But it is more than just a stream. It’s part of our home.
Eric Schmoldt has stepped down as sports editor of The (Janesville) Gazette after more than eight years in the role, he announced in a column Friday.
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