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The individual income tax filing season began on Monday, Jan. 29, and the Wisconsin Department of Revenue (DOR) is ready to help taxpayers with their tax preparation and filing needs.

Tax-related identity theft involves the theft and misuse of your Social Security number (SSN). It generally happens in one of two ways: Someone uses your SSN to get a job and their employer reports that person’s income to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as if it were yours, or someone uses your SSN to file for your tax refund.

Online open enrollment for public schools for the 2024-2025 opens soon.

Ahead of the Wisconsin Primary on Tuesday, Feb. 20, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) reminds voters how to obtain identification, free of charge, that is valid for voting.

The State is looking to update its official highway map, and the public can help.

Two North Freedom residents have been referred to juvenile court after recent thefts involving automobiles.

The public is invited to sound off on the I-39/90/94 corridor between Wisconsin Dells and Madison.

Feedback will be gathered as part of a study on the corridor’s improvement areas, safety issues and infrastructure.

The Interstate currently encompasses 67 miles through Sauk, Juneau, Dane and Columbia counties.

As we settle into winter and the appearance of that four-letter word that is both cherished and hated, I’d like to take a moment to thank J.W. Elliot.

Eating raw plant parts can be informative.

Wisconsin is home to three “rabbit” species but two of the three are really hares, rabbit-like animals with larger ears, larger hind legs and a touch larger than cottontail rabbits. 

The other two, snowshoe hare and white-tailed rabbit, are both hares.