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Racine County Sheriff's Office deputies need your help finding the driver and vehicle they say hit a We Energies flagger and then drove off Tuesday morning.

Walworth County Sheriff's Office - Elkhorn, Wisconsin. Are you a self-motivated individual with experience working in a 911 Communications Dispatch Center? If you enjoy a new challenge, the Walworth County Sheriff's Office is seeking applicants for the newly created position of Operations Manager. Our center is growing and we are looking for an experienced professional who embraces new challenges, and the opportunity to help guide the future of our operations.

A spring general election will be held Tuesday, April 4. Residents within the city of Whitewater will find the names of two candidates running for the position of municipal judge. They are incumbent Patrick Taylor and challenger Art Coleman. Fort Atkinson Online recently asked each candidate to respond to a...

“Closing our doors is the direct result of the horrific attacks, endless harassment and unrelenting negative misinformation about our establishment,” the bakery’s owner said.

Editor’s note: Organizers have announced that the “Save the Pool” meeting has been relocated to the Cravath Lakefront Community Center, 341 S. Fremont St., Whitewater. Several Whitewater area residents have organized under the titled: “Save the Pool,” according to information released by four of the group’s organizers.

As guidance and automation advance, Whitewater, Wisconsin corn farmer Luke Goessling says farmers are embracing new ways to get farm work done. “We’ll get to the point soon where farmers won’t be sitting in tractors anymore,” he says. “In certain aspects, I think today’s farmer is learning where their best value of where to be is. There’s an old saying that the $10 per hour jobs of sitting on the tractor isn’t the best place for today’s average farmer to be sitting and it’s probably better off to be doing the $100 per hour jobs, managing the $10 per hour jobs.

The Chair of the McHenry County Democratic Central Committee donated $1,000 on March 9th. If the Republicans weren’t busy tithing their indulgences to their christian organizations, for their salvation, they also might have money. Our little atheist Poo-Koo-Korny chimes right in with one of his childish posts. I am...

(WGTD)---Five years ago, the future of the Yerkes was in doubt. The famous observatory in Williams Bay was no longer aligned with the mission of its owner, the University of Chicago, which was finding it increasingly difficult to cover the cost of upkeep. True to its promise, the university found...

ROCKTON—The Hononegah baseball team did all it could to limit North Boone’s Chandler Alderman from making an impact at the plate. Unfortunately, the Indians couldn’t do anything about his presence on the mound as the NCAA Division 1-bound Alderman pitched a gem: striking out six and only allowing one hit through five innings of work as the Vikings took down Hononegah 5-2 Tuesday evening. “He makes my job easy,” North...

Come celebrate St. Patrick's Day weekend in McHenry County with this year's McHenry ShamROCKS The Fox event from Friday, March 17th until Sunday, March 19th. The party will take place all three days in downtown McHenry at Miller Point Park. Green beer will be waiting for you all three days.

Wayne State's scheduled NSIC home baseball doubleheader vs. Northern State in Wayne has been re-located to Frerichs Legion Field in Elkhorn due to wet field conditions in Wayne. Game times are now set for 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. The Wildcats are 6-11 on the season and 0-3 in league...

The Wilmot Union High School board is scheduled to hold a meeting Wednesday starting at 6 p.m. in the school library. School Calendar Amendment – June 8-9, 2023 (Staff Inservice) Staff Reductions If Referendum Fails. The full agenda is available here.

Harvard Men’s Fencing is scheduled to send four fencers to Durham, North Carolina for the NCAA Championships, which run from March 23-24. The semifinal and final bouts will be streamed on ESPN+, starting at 1:30 p.m. ET on March 24.

Previously, McHenry County Blog published recommendations from McHenry County Democrats. Today, a conservative group, We the People, McHenry County, offers endorsements:. We the People… say in a democracy decisions are made by a majority of the people. Unfortunately, this is not true. Decisions are made by a majority of the people who make their voices heard and who vote, a distinguishable difference.

The reporter describes the welcoming of children at drag queen shows with the words, “family friendly.”. There is some new information in the article’s last three paragraphs:. Chicago Tribune Features Kid-Friendly Lake in the Hills Bakery’s Financial Problems on Page 3 — 29 Comments. Cal has...

Election season once again is upon us. Students in Boone County are hosting a candidate forum for school board candidates in their effort to strengthen democracy. The bell has rung at Belvidere North High School marking the end of the school day. Some students hang out in the hallway with their friends as some wait to get picked up from school. For members of the Student Voice Club, they're preparing for the upcoming Belvidere District 100 Board of Education candidate forum.

Six candidates remain in contention to become the 76th Alice in Dairyland, and May will see a new Alice crowned. Applications and preliminary interviews were required of all the candidates before the field was trimmed to the finalists. The position of Alice in Dairyland is an outreach role for the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP), so the finalists are being judged on their communications and public relations skills. ...

A showing of a film addressing LGBTQ issues at Whitewater Public Library last week drew a crowd, not to mention some protest. Irvin L. Young Memorial Library Director Stacey Lunsford confirmed the showing of the film, “Love, Simon,” March 7, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. The event was...

Two men were charged after narcotics officers found large quantities of drugs, including fentanyl and cocaine, in two hotel rooms in Woodstock Tuesday evening. Matt Jones, 45, of Lakemoor, and David Stodolny, 52, of Chicago, were both charged with manufacture or delivery of 15-100 grams of cocaine, manufacture or delivery of 15-100 grams of fentanyl, manufacture or delivery of over 200 grams of a schedule 1 or 2 drug, manufacture or delivery of over 5,000 grams of cannabis, possession of 15-100 grams of cocaine, possession of 15-100 grams of heroin, possession of over 200 grams of a schedule 1 or 2 drug and possession of over 5,000 grams of cannabis.

WHITEWATER — The Grafton girls track and field team made a statement Friday in Whitewater, opening the season by winning the Nelson-Daniel Classic at the Kachel Fieldhouse. The Black Hawks won the small school division team title with 58 points, while Dominican took second with 48.5. Several freshmen and...