Wisconsin’s top elections official Meagan Wolfe said Wednesday that the elections commission was working with the U.S. Postal Service to locate absentee ballots that never made it to voters in time for Tuesday's deadline, including three bins in the Oshkosh and Appleton area. Wolfe said because absentee ballots had to be postmarked by Tuesday, those voters who didn't vote in person but not have any recourse. Many people who showed up […]
The southbound lanes of Interstate 41 were closed for a few hours Wednesday afternoon after a semi-truck caught on fire. Oakfield firefighters were called to the scene on southbound 41 near County Highway B over the noon hour. The Interstate was reopened shortly after 3pm.
Fond du Lac police have identified the person who was found dead in the Fond du Lac River over the weekend. Assistant police chief Steve Klein says 34 year old Robert Thorp of Fond du Lac was found in the river Saturday near Fruth Field. "A person that was walking by saw what they believed to be a body in the river. Our officers arrived and a subject that was in the […]
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 at many locations across the state, ignoring the governor’s stay at home order over the coronavirus threat. "I honestly don't know if I should be delighted people are committed to their voting rights. […]
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 lawmaker stepped up to help as a volunteer pollworker in Tuesday’s spring election. The National Guard was also on hand to help man polling sites. "It's a shame that it's come down to this […]
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 rules and then put it back on shortly before polls opened. Democrats argue that states need to make voting easier and provide more opportunities to vote by mail during the pandemic to prevent […]
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 to risk their health during a statewide stay-at-home order, but complaining that the absentee ballots they had requested were still missing. The chaos in Wisconsin underscores the lengths to which the coronavirus outbreak […]
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 judge said the requirement didn't apply. U.S. District Judge William Conley on Thursday lifted the requirement that absentee voters need a witness in light of social distancing mandates. A federal appellate court reinstated […]
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 closeness congregations desire like never before. Drive-in churches are popping up so worshipers can assemble. Physical presence is no gimmick, but rather embodies the communion central to many faiths. That’s why religious leaders […]