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Election anxiety surges in Wisconsin
I'm Hope Karnopp and this is the Daily Briefing newsletter by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Sign up here to get it sent to your inbox each morning. It'll be quite hot in Milwaukee today, with highs in the upper 80s. Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop in the late afternoon and move our direction through the overnight hours. The National Weather Service currently rate these storms at the lowest risk level out of five, with gusty winds and...
Man Convicted for Threatening Wisconsin Lawmakers over Bill that Proposed Arming Teachers
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — James Stearns was convicted Monday and sentenced to time served for making terrorist threats after he threatened to go down in a “blaze of glory” over firearms legislations by shooting legislators and family stating, “people will hunt you and your family down like an animal.”
WisDOT: More than 20 new officers welcomed into the WI State Patrol, including first lateral recruit class
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - The Wisconsin Department of Transportation announced on Friday that The Wisconsin State Patrol has welcomed 23 new officers at its graduation ceremony in Wisconsin Dells. The new troopers are part of the agency’s 69th Recruit Class and 70th Recruit Class and will start serving in the...
5 Additional Wisconsin Auto Dealers Have Licenses Revoked
Recently, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) revoked the wholesale dealer licenses of three Columbia County dealers after a DMV’s Dealer and Agent Section investigation determined that each dealer violated state law. The dealers were determined guilty of rolling back odometers on vehicles sold...
Judge dismisses lawsuit challenging absentee voting procedure in battleground Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge dismissed a lawsuit Monday that challenged absentee voting procedures, preventing administrative headaches for local election clerks and hundreds of thousands of voters in the politically volatile swing state ahead of fall elections. The ruling stems from a lawsuit Thomas Oldenberg, a voter from Amberg, Wisconsin, filed in February. Oldenberg argued that the state Elections Commission hasn’t been following a state law that requires voters who electronically request absentee ballots to place a physical copy of the request in the ballot return envelope. Absentee ballots without the request copy shouldn’t count, he maintained....
Ride safety top of mind as State Fair sets to kick off 2024 run
WEST ALLIS, Wis. (CBS 58) -- After lots of weekend events, more fun is on the way! The Wisconsin State Fair is just three days away and preparations are underway to ensure another great year full of food, music, and more. This year, there are 38 rides, a decrease from...
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