4-8-20 league of women voters of wi director disappointed election wasn’t postponed
The executive director of the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin says while she was pleased to see so many people voting in Tuesday’s spring election she is also concerned for their health. Hundreds of voters waited in line
4-8-20 republican representative thiesfeldt volunteers as poll worker
Republican state representative Jeremy Thiesfeldt says Tuesday’s spring election was necessary to make sure that local elected offices are filled even if it means that people’s health is at risk by going to the polls. The Fond du Lac
4-8-20 parties ready for court battles over virus-era voting rights
Both major political parties are preparing for a state-by-state legal battle over how Americans can vote during the coronavirus outbreak. The dynamic played out in Wisconsin this week when judges initially held up Tuesday’s election, changed its
4-8-20 wisconsin voters wait hours at polling places
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Thousands of Wisconsin voters are waiting hours in long lines outside overcrowded polling stations, ignoring federal health recommendations so they can participate in Tuesday’s presidential primary election. Thousands more are staying home, unwilling
4-8-20 750 milwaukee ballots invalidated over witnesses
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The head of Milwaukee’s election commission says at least 750 absentee ballots in his city have been rendered invalid because voters didn’t include a witness signature during the roughly 24 hours a federal
4-8-20 drive-in churches
BALDWIN, Wisc. (AP) — With coronavirus prevention measures shuttering houses of worship, pastors across the country are using that ultimate tool of social distancing — cars — to safely bring their communities closer together. It is a
4-8-20 daughter’s boyfriend charged in killings of doctor, husband
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors have charged a teenager with fatally shooting a University of Wisconsin physician and her husband who were the parents of his girlfriend and leaving their bodies at the school’s arboretum. Eighteen-year-old Khari
4-8-20 fdl county public health officer issues public health order closing all campgrounds
The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer has issued a new public health order closing all campgrounds in the county. Kim Mueller says the decision was made because campgrounds draw people from outside the county, encourages non-essential travel,
4-8-20 coronavirus death toll rises in wi
The number of deaths from the coronavirus in Wisconsin increased by 15 as reported Tuesday as voters were casting ballots in person at the polls statewide, despite an order to stay at home to avoid spreading the