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The Dodge County Board of Supervisors took its first look at the county’s budget for 2021-2022 at its meeting Wednesday morning.

Darrell Berkheimer | Columnist Any housing analysis of Nevada County will quickly reveal that the greatest need is for workforce dwellings and starter homes because that is where a huge void exists. The Regional Housing Authority, with the county as a cooperating partner, has been moving to establish direly needed subsidized housing for local homeless citizens and low-income senior citizens. Meanwhile, the only other local housing additions of any significance involve the building of large home...

The University of California, Berkeley, has launched a strict coronavirus lockdown including a ban on outdoor exercise.

Students at the University of California, Berkeley have been told to sequester in their rooms for an additional week as security officers monitor residence buildings and outdoor exercise is banned due to coronavirus concerns.

Lets Reminisce: The tiny house movement By Jerry Lincecum Special to the Herald Democrat The pandemic has sent many homebound Americans desiring more space to live in and scurrying to find it. Sales of large homes are booming. So too are tiny ones. These dwellings often are not much bigger than a standard hotel room. They are built mostly in suburban backyards or converted garages on the West Coast, where new laws designed to ease the region’s housing shortage have encouraged their constructi...

County approves building codes The Leavenworth Times Leavenworth County commissioners have approved building codes for unincorporated areas of the county. But commissioners have excluded two townships from the codes. Commissioner Jeff Culbertson asked Wednesday for Easton and Kickapoo townships to be excluded from the building codes. The two townships are in the district he represents. Culbertson said his district is the only one in the county that has seen population decreases in recent years....