Lodi woman named the new 'Alice in Dairyland' A rural Lodi woman has been crowned the next "Alice in Dairyland." Rochelle Elizabeth Ripp, 25, was awarded the title on Saturday night. She will spend the next year promoting the state's agriculture industry. Ripp is a 2009 graduate of University of Wisconsin-Platteville and has an agribusiness degree in communications. The Fort Atkinson Daily Jefferson County Union reported that Ripp will ...

Lodi woman the new Alice in Dairyland A rural Lodi woman has been crowned the next Alice in Dairyland. Twenty-five-year-old Rochelle Elizabeth Ripp was awarded the title on Saturday night. She will spend the next year promoting the state's agriculture industry. Ripp is a 2009 graduate of University of Wisconsin-Platteville and has an agribusiness degree in communications. The Fort Atkinson Daily Jefferson County Union reported that ...

County finance director resigns JEFFERSON — Jefferson County Finance Director Dave Ehlinger tendered his resignation Thursday morning to serve as fiscal operations supervisor for the Milwaukee County Clerk of Courts.

Could Scott Walker help Mitt Romney win Wisconsin? National Democrats warned against the Wisconsin gubernatorial recall, fearing it would pull money and energy away from the presidential race in a key swing state. Now polls show the race between former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and President Obama narrowing in the Badger state as Gov. Scott Walker (R) is pulling ahead of Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett in the June 5 recall. Read full ...

Labor union hopes of ousting Wisconsin Governor Walker fade MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Democrats and unions hoping to turf Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker out of office over his efforts to tame the power of organized labor are finding it tough going with only two weeks to go before a historic recall election. Just over a year ago, Walker set off a storm that looked like it could sweep him from power over a new law that critics labeled "union busting. ...

Wisconsin recall: Organizers struggle to gain momentum in Scott Walker contest Amid signs that the effort to oust Republican Gov. Scott Walker is losing ground, Wisconsin Democrats and union leaders are preparing a fundraising and get-out-the-vote push to regain momentum in the final weeks before the June recall election.