The Watertown Finance Committee put its final touches on the 2009 city budget Monday evening and the end result calls for the elimination of three city positions and one to remain unfilled.

The Watertown Plan Commission Monday granted a conditional use permit to ShopKo that will allow a group development at the local store on South Church Street.

Dodge County Sheriff Todd Nehls says it will probably be Monday that his department positively identifies the body found in a shallow grave over the weekend.

Sure, gas prices have come down lately. But to 34.9 cents a gallon? That's what Kelly Joosten and dozens of other motorists paid at a Wisconsin Citgo station Monday.

Wildlife officials are moving dozens of martens from Minnesota to northern Wisconsin to try to boost the population here.

Wisconsin cranberry growers have reached a deal with state and federal authorities to speed up the permit process for expanding their marshes.