Westbury Bank Moves One Step Closer To Rebuilding By Anne Trautner After the Kewaskum Village Board meeting on Monday, Jan. 20, Westbury Bank is one step closer to reconstructing its branch in Kewaskum. After the Village Board went into closed session on Monday night to confer with legal counsel, the board voted to allow Westbury Bank to be issued a permit, on the condition that there

Schoemann Pledges To Refuse Severance And Return Part Of Salary If Elected County Executive In September, the county board voted to move to the County Executive Form of government, which triggered a six-month salary and health insurance severance for County Administrator Josh Schoemann. In November, the board set the salary for the new executive at $140,000. Now a candidate to be the

Fiscal Facts: Wisconsin School Tax Levies See Largest Increase In A Decade School property taxes across Wisconsin rose by more than $220 million on December 2019 tax bills, which suggests — when combined with increases in county and technical college district levies — that Wisconsin residents could see their largest property tax increase in a decade. On tax bills sent out this month,

Sheboygan County’s Real Estate Value Grew By Five Percent —County Real-Estate Value Approaching $10 Billion According to Forbes’ ranking of world’s billionaires only one Wisconsin resident, John Menard, could afford to buy all of Sheboygan County’s real estate. Menard would need to pay $9,896,127,600 for all of Sheboygan County’s property or nearly his entire estimated fortune.

Gov. Evers Takes Action To Address Youth Vaping Gov. Tony Evers announced a comprehensive agenda that will help combat vaping among kids and educate the public about the potential dangers associated with vaping products. Evers is directing state agencies to strengthen enforcement measures related to preventing the sale of vaping products to kids, bolster partnerships with public health

Women Anxious About Money Should Make These Four Resolutions Women more than men doubt their abilities to make financial decisions, and as a result women often let their husbands, partners, or significant others handle planning for retirement or investing in the stock market, studies show. But 2020 is as good a time as any to change that, says Jeanette Bajalia, a retirement-income planner,

Smart, Sober Driving Is Season-Long Lesson Of International Snowmobile Safety Week Snowmobilers enjoying Wisconsin’s trails often hear conservation wardens stressing the importance of safety, staying sober and being smart, which also are among the top priorities promoted during International Snowmobile Safety Week, January 18-26. Capt. April Dombrowski, who leads the Wisconsin Department