Breakout of chickenpox on the loose in Rusk County

The clock is ticking on federal funding for food assistance programs impacting millions of Americans, including many here in Taylor County. With the federal shutdown, the money to run the FoodShare benefit program will end on November 1. Statewide this will impact nearly 700,000 Wisconsin residents who rely on the program to access basic food and groceries. The pain will be felt in Taylor Co...

An Ogema woman died as a result of injuries sustained in an early morning one-vehicle crash on CTH C in the town of Rib Lake. According to Taylor County sheriff Corey Dassow, the driver, Stephen Kaplon, 49, of Ogema, was arrested for homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle and is in custody at the Taylor County Jail on a $200,000 cash bond. According to Dassow, on Monday, October 20, ...