Voters in Wisconsin made their pick for president while holding negative views about the country’s direction. That’s according to AP VoteCast, a survey of the American electorate from The Associated Press. The poll found the coronavirus pandemic was top of mind for voters, with 46% calling it the most important issue facing the nation.
Beginning Friday the Fond du Lac School District is going to all online instruction to be re-evaluated at the end of the month. A letter sent to parents says although there has not been a spread of COVID-19 in schools, there has been a significant increase in staff and student absences due to quarantines and positive cases and there aren’t enough staff or substitutes to keep schools open much longer. As a result the District’s […]
Another COVID-19 death has been reported in Fond du Lac County. There are now 23 COVID-19 deaths in the County. Since Friday afternoon there have been 431 new positive cases confirmed in the county bringing to 5,383 the total number of cases in the county. Wisconsin has recorded another 3,433 coronavirus cases and three more deaths, continuing a COVID-19 surge that began in early September. The seven-day average for new cases hit 4,463 […]
The Wisconsin attorney general is warning people not to interfere with voters casting ballots at the polls on election day. A new report from Armed Conflict location and Data Project and MilitiaWatch listed Wisconsin among five states at a “high risk” of facing election-related armed violence from militia groups. The report claimed that militia activity would likely be in capital cities, peripheral towns, medium-population cities and suburban areas and centralized zones. Wisconsin attorney general Josh […]
The Fond du Lac County Clerk is predicting a high voter turnout at the polls in Tuesday’s presidential election. Clerk Lisa Freiberg tells WFDL news as of Monday more than 29,000 Fond du Lac County residents had voted early. Statewide nearly 1.9 million Wisconsin voters cast their ballots either by mail or in person as of Monday, nearly 42 percent of the voting population and 51 percent of all registered voters. There are […]
The Fond du Lac County Clerk says voters can wear clothing items and facemasks with political names or logos, but must leave the polling place immediately after voting. Clerk Lisa Freiberg says people working at the polls or election observers are not allowed to advertise for a particular political candidate, but a voter who is waiting in line to vote can have a facemask, for example, with a candidate’s name on it. But […]
America’s fight over masks has reached a new front: polling places. On Election Day, voters in Wisconsin and across the country will face varying rules about masks at polling places as officials try to balance safety precautions with the constitutional right to vote. Most states, even ones with broad mask mandates, are stopping short of forcing voters to wear the face coverings at the polls. They're opting instead for strong […]
A court commissioner has set cash bail for an Illinois 17-year-old accused of killing two people during a protest in Wisconsin at $2 million. Kyle Rittenhosue, of Antioch, Illinois, faces multiple charges in the shootings in Kenosha in August. Rittenhouse made his initial court appearance in Kenosha on Monday. His attorney, Mark Richards, asked that bail be set at $750,000 and that Rittenhouse be on electronic monitoring. Prosecutors asked for […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new report finds that outside groups have spent more than $8.2 million to influence Wisconsin's legislative races. Government watchdog group Wisconsin Democracy Campaign released a report Monday that found spending by Democratic-leaning express advocacy groups totaled more than $5.3 million as of Monday morning. Spending by Republican express advocacy groups totaled nearly $2.9 million. Express advocacy groups sponsor advertising that specifically call for people to […]