Month: December 2020

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Attorneys for Wisconsin's governor are calling President Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the state's election results an “assault on democracy.” Democratic Gov. Tony Evers filed a response to Trump's lawsuit with the Wisconsin Supreme Court late Tuesday. The state's highest court is weighing Trump’s request to disqualify more than 221,000 ballots in Wisconsin’s two heaviest Democratic counties. Democrat Joe Biden defeated Trump by a 2-to-1 margin […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Eddie Benton-Banai, one of the founders of the American Indian Movement that was formed partly in response to alleged police brutality against Indigenous people, has died. He was 89. A family friend says Benton-Banai died Monday at a care center in Hayward, Wisconsin, where he had been staying for months. Benton-Banai made a life of connecting American Indians to their spirituality and sovereignty, and was a grand […]

The chairman of the Republican Party of Fond du Lac County says voters did nothing wrong in the presidential election and members of his party are trying to disenfranchise people as part of the GOP’s post-election strategy.   Rohn Bishop says there was no fraud in the election.  He says the Trump campaign is pushing for a  drawdown based on a technicality that helped voters vote and have  been commonly  used for early voting […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit in Wisconsin seeking to disqualify more than 221,000 ballots in a longshot attempt to overturn Democrat Joe Biden’s win in the battleground state he lost by nearly 20,700 votes. Trump filed the suit with the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday. It came a day after Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and the head of the Wisconsin Elections Commission certified Biden […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans are calling on the Democratic chairwoman of the Wisconsin Elections Commission to resign. They expressed anger Tuesday that she finalized the state's presidential election results showing Democrat Joe Biden defeating President Donald Trump. Republican commissioner Dean Knudson called chair Ann Jacobs’ actions finalizing the election on Monday a “little dog and pony show” that violated the law. Knudson says the commission should have been involved. […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A powerful Republican lawmaker in the Wisconsin Legislature known for his efforts to combat the opioid abuse crisis is resigning to pursue unspecified opportunities in the private sector. Rep. John Nygren announced Tuesday he was resigning effective Wednesday. His move means there will be two new co-chairs for the powerful budget-writing Joint Finance Committee. Nygren has been co-chair of the committee for eight years. He is […]

Wisconsin corrections officials are closing part of the Waupun prison and transferring inmates to other facilities as they deal with staffing shortages exacerbated by the coronavirus outbreak.  The Department of Corrections said it is closing a cell hall at the maximum security Waupun Correctional Institution and senting its 220 inmates to other prisons.  Corrections officials say the transfers will reduce the prison’s overall population by 20% and help address staff vacancies.

WARRENSBURG, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man accused of killing two brothers from Wisconsin will not be allowed to meet in person with his attorneys, at least for now. Attorneys for Garland Nelson, of Braymer, have not been able to meet with him in the same room at the Caldwell County Jail because of coronavirus restrictions. They argued they need to have personal visits with Nelson because he is facing […]