Month: August 2020

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A rare wind storm with power similar to an inland hurricane swept across the Midwest, blowing over trees, flipping vehicles, causing widespread property damage and leaving tens of thousands of homes without power. The storm known as a derecho lasted several hours as it tore across eastern Nebraska, Iowa and parts of Wisconsin and Illinois. A scientist at the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center […]

TOWN OF BURLINGTON, Wis. (AP) — Sheriff’s officials say two people suffered life-threatening injuries when their small plane crashed in a residential neighborhood in Racine County. The single-engine plane narrowly missed a house in the Town of Burlington Sunday afternoon. Authorities say the pilot and passenger were extricated from the plane and taken by Flight for Life to Froedtert Hospital. Witnesses at the scene told officials the plane had just […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin elections officials say voters have requested more than 900,000 absentee ballots for Tuesday's primary, more than seven times what they requested in the last August primary in 2018. The Wisconsin Elections Commission released data Monday that shows voters have requested 903,760 ballots. More than half-a-million _ 506,709 _ have been returned. Voters requested 123,393 ballots in the 2018 primary and returned 106,663. The 2020 numbers […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A boy and the man who tried to save him in Lake Michigan have died while a another young swimmer was rescued. The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office says two 14-year-olds were caught in the lake’s currents Saturday evening. A 50-year-old man saw them struggling and jumped into the water to help. Authorities say he rescued one boy who made it to shore. But he and the other […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Ron Johnson says he has subpoenaed the FBI to produce documents to his committee related to the Trump-Russia investigation. The Wisconsin senator also Monday defended a separate investigation he's leading into Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and Ukraine, even as Democrats say the probe has the effect of amplifying Russian propaganda and as U.S. intelligence officials say they've assessed that Russia is working to denigrate […]