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News In Your Area
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Early snowfall in Wisconsin lends ‘jump start’ to season after recent mild winters
Snow storms around the Thanksgiving holiday have led to an early start to the winter season, which is encouraging for winter weather enthusiasts and businesses that rely on big snowfall totals.
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Wisconsin hunters got slightly fewer bucks during gun deer season
Wisconsin hunters bagged 2.6 percent fewer bucks than last year during the nine-day gun deer season.
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Wisconsin Elections Commission adjusts order tied to Madison uncounted ballots
The Wisconsin Elections Commission has agreed to adjust an order that governs how Madison should run its elections after the city discovered nearly 200 uncounted absentee ballots.
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More winter farmers markets are popping up across Wisconsin
Winter farmers markets are not new in Wisconsin, but a few communities have started them up recently.
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Blizzard conditions expected through Thanksgiving for parts of northern Wisconsin
Iron County is in the “bullseye” for the heaviest snowfall, with overall totals of 30 inches or more anticipated before the storm tapers off there tomorrow morning.
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State regulators approve rate hikes for 3 Wisconsin utilities
State regulators approved rate hikes for three of Wisconsin’s largest electric utilities in 2026 and 2027, with two of the companies reaching settlements with advocacy groups to moderate the increases.
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Slender Man attacker won’t fight extradition to Wisconsin after fleeing group home
Morgan Geyser agreed not to contest her transfer from jail in Cook County, Illinois, to Wisconsin during a hearing Tuesday. Wisconsin authorities now have 30 days to pick her up.
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Republican lawmakers propose new fees for hiking, biking, cross-country skiing on state-owned land
A Republican-led proposal would require new fees for people looking to hike, cross-country ski, bike, canoe or forage on state-owned land.
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Slender Man stabber back in custody after removing ankle bracelet
Madison police say a woman who stabbed a sixth grade classmate in order to appease a fictional horror character known as Slender Man cut off her ankle monitor and hasn’t returned to a group home in the city.
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Even more ancient canoes have been found in Lake Mendota. One is more than 5,000 years old.
Madison’s Lake Mendota is chock full of very, very old canoes. That includes one that’s more than 5,000 years old that was partially unearthed by archaeologists this year.
