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The Board of Supervisors seat for St. Croix County District 2 will remain vacant another month after some supervisors, citing the disclusion of three out of five applicants, voted to postpone the decision. District 2 covers Wards 1-3 of St. Joseph and Wards 3-6 of Somerset. Former...

Government building renovations, system updates and a quartet of new camping cabins in Glen Hill Park are among more than a dozen new one-time projects St. Croix County administration is proposing in its five-year capital improvement plan. County supervisors voted 15-2 Sept. 5 to...

MADISON — A big stock sale raises speculation that Republican Eric Hovde might pay for his own U.S. Senate campaign for a second time. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says the Madison investor has sold $14 million of stock in the technology firm of ePlus, for which Hovde has been...

For key votes, should members of the St. Croix County Board be permitted to cast votes over the phone if they aren’t present at the board’s monthly meeting? That issue was debated Tuesday night, March 7, during the board’s meeting. The problem arises when a so-called super-majority...

A first-year state lawmaker says what matters most is “the voice of my constituents.” Rep. Shannon Zimmerman (R-River Falls, 30th District), has put that priority into action by developing a new online interactive system.