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The Wisconsin Elections Commission on Tuesday ordered that a Dorchester man’s name be placed on the April 7 ballot after he filed a complaint last month alleging that the village did not provide the correct deadline for candidates to turn in their ballot access documents. By a 6-0 vote, the commission granted the request of Zachary Peissig, who had initially been denied access to the ballot a...

If you see a group of young adults wandering around Abbotsford staring at random trees later this year, don’t be alarmed. They’re most likely just students from UWStevens Point who are developing an urban forestry plan for the city as part of a senior capstone project. Robert Vanderhoof, a professor of urban and community forestry at UW-SP, along with eight of his students, came to the city...