Nancy Thome News Today

Baraboo Mayor Rob Nelson easily won re-election Tuesday, and Blake Duren defeated Nancy Thome by a 330-vote margin to be elected as the Branch 3 judge on the Sauk County

Across Wisconsin, 56 judicial elections will be on the ballot next week. But only 10 races for local judge are contested.

Just one of 12 judges in Milwaukee County face an opponent on April ballot.

Jesse Leichsenring, a candidate for the upcoming Sauk County Circuit Court judicial race, was omitted from the spring election ballot after the Wisconsin Elections Commission found discrepancies in candidacy signatures

Students in Baraboo public schools will return to their classrooms Jan. 4 after the school board split 4-3 Monday to resume in-person learning a week sooner than previously planned due to concerns about student well-being and mental health. A lengthy and, at times, heated discussion about that decision followed emotional comments by the district’s school resource officers, Amanda Sabol and Mike Pichler, and public comment from a Baraboo parent. Sabol, in her second year as Jack Young Middl...