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Full-time surveillance, lawmen sought where ballot drop boxes used
(The Center Square) – Two Wisconsin lawmakers have introduced legislation that would require cities or counties that use ballot drop boxes to have them under 24/7 video surveillance. The proposals of state Rep. Scott Krug, R-Rome, and state Sen. Dan Knodl, R-Germantown, would also require police officers or deputies be on hand when the ballots are collected. “This bill is a start toward standards that make sense," Krug said in...
No charges for 24-year-old woman, who was arrested after Wisconsin US House Rep. Derrick Van Orden accused her of assault
No charges for the 24-year-old woman, whom Wisconsin US House Rep. Derrick Van Orden accused of assault and political violence. Kent Lovern, the chief deputy district attorney for Milwaukee County, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that the evidence in the case, including police body camera footage, “is insufficient to support a criminal charge” against the Code Pink activist Nour Jaghama.
Henry Winkler Stops At Wisconsin Café For Breakfast
What a guy! Henry Winkler was in Wisconsin with “Happy Days” co-stars Anson Williams and Donny Most last week and made a stop for breakfast at a local café. This isn't the first time Henry Winkler has come to the Illinois and Wisconsin regions. A while back, he was in Illinois for a Conference he was speaking at, grabbed a drink at a local coffee shop, then went to a Children's Museum before heading home.
Study: Foam on lakes and rivers in Wisconsin has PFAS concentrations up to 7,000 times higher than surface water
On windy days when lakes are choppy or on rivers near dams that churn over a lot of water, you may have noticed foam start to build up along the shores. It’s a naturally occurring process. What’s not natural is the excessive amounts of PFAS that’s being found in...
Oprah Winfrey was spotted at the Milwaukee Public Market on Thursday afternoon
If you were getting lunch at the Milwaukee Public Market on Thursday, you might have run into Oprah Winfrey. She was spotted at the Milwaukee Public Market, 400 N Water St., around 2p.m. July 18 at the vendor Pat's Rib Place, owned by Alisha and Ty Hayes. ...
Menomonee Falls Ulta Beauty theft; $4,500+ stolen, suspects sought
MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. - The Menomonee Falls Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying two people wanted for a retail theft at Ulta Beauty. Police said it happened at the Ulta Beauty on Falls Parkway on July 17 around 7 p.m. Police say two women left the store with over $4,500 worth of unpaid merchandise.
A peek inside at the book of Trump poetry — Wisconsin’s Afternoon News
MILWAUKEE — From mean tweets to poetry, that was the goal for Ian Pratt, who took those tweets from former President, Donald Trump, and turned them into volume one, poetry edition. WTMJ’s John Mercure caught up with Ian to get an inside look at what these poems sound like,...
Wisconsin RNC delegate avoids answering questions on role in fake elector scheme
MILWAUKEE -- Pam Travis is the former treasurer of the Wisconsin Federation of Republican Women and a delegate at this week's Republican National Convention. She is also one of 10 fake electors in Wisconsin implicated in a plot to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
Bucking the GOP establishment: Northwestern Wis. Republicans challenging their own party’s incumbents
A trio of Northwestern Wisconsin Republicans are challenging incumbents within their own party, and Aug. 13 will see if they prevail in upending the GOP status quo after the ballots are counted. Jim Swenson, Scott Harbridge and Jay Calhoun sat down on Wednesday in Anderson Park in Barron to discuss their reasons behind throwing their hats in the ring in challenge to either GOP incumbents or party-endorsed candidates. The three...
Lake Mills grad James Dunkleberger to be inducted into UW-Madison Athletic Hall of Fame
James Dunkleberger started his decathlete career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison just hoping to make the travel squad for meets. He ended it by becoming the 1997 NCAA champion in the decathlon, scoring 7,924 points. Dunkleberger, a 1992 graduate of Lake Mills High School, was recently announced as a member of the 2024 UW Athletic Hall of Fame and will officially be inducted during a banquet on Sept. 6 before...
YMCA says it will close its Waukesha facility, open a new YMCA at WCTC in Pewaukee
WAUKESHA - The 70-year-old Waukesha YMCA, the cornerstone of what became the much larger YMCA of Greater Waukesha County, will eventually close its doors once a new YMCA facility opens in Pewaukee. The local chapter of the nonprofit organization announced both moves as part of a strategic partnership with Waukesha County Technical College...
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