Month: February 2022

SMETHPORT, Pa. (AP) — The Democratic Party's brand is so toxic in some parts of rural America that liberals are removing bumper stickers and refusing to acknowledge their party affiliation publicly. The political climate is symptomatic of a larger problem threatening the Democratic Party ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. Democrats have been effectively ostracized from many parts of rural America, leaving party leaders with few options to reverse a […]

Nobody was injured following a nearly 40 mile long vehicle chase that started in Fond du Lac County and ended when the chase was terminated in Dane County.   The chase started shortly before 7:30pm Wednesday when a  Fond du Lac County Sheriff's deputy  made a traffic stop on Highway 151 near state Highway 49.  The deputy learned the license plates did not match the vehicle and the driver provided a false name and […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s top elections officials systematically knocked down a series of conspiracy theories about the state’s voter records and election administration during a public hearing before a legislative committee chaired by a Republican who has helped elevate the claims. The hearing Wednesday before the Assembly elections committee gave Wisconsin Elections Commission officials their first public chance to respond to numerous unfounded claims presented to the panel in […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican-hired attorney leading an investigation into Wisconsin’s 2020 presidential election has withdrawn a subpoena he issued to an immigrants rights group not involved with administering elections in the battleground state. Voces de la Frontera Action on Wednesday released the letter it received from an attorney representing Michael Gableman, a former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice, announcing that the subpoena sent in December is “moot.” Earlier this […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Elections Commission has voted unanimously to retract its guidance that allowed for multiple absentee ballot boxes and for people other than the voter to return absentee ballots, in compliance with a state Supreme Court order. The bipartisan commission met Wednesday morning, less than 12 hours after polls closed in the state’s spring primary Tuesday night. The Supreme Court last week ruled that current guidance […]

The Fond du Lac County Clerk is expressing disappointment over  a divided Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling to not allow absentee ballot drop boxes outside of local election clerk's offices for the April 5 election.   Lisa Freiberg says it's frustrating.  "My reaction to that is here we go again,"  Freiberg told WFDL news.  "...ridiculous that we change back and forth and back and forth."   Freiberg also says there's no way to enforce a […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — After more than two years, the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board is set to take up proposed standards to regulate harmful “forever chemicals” known as PFAS in drinking water, surface water and groundwater later this month. Federal regulators have been aware of the health hazards of PFAS for more than two decades. Even so, the Environmental Protection Agency has yet to develop standards for the chemicals. The […]

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Farms that raise turkeys and chickens for meat and eggs are on high alert, fearing a repeat of a widespread bird flu outbreak in 2015 that killed 50 million birds across 15 states and cost the federal government nearly $1 billion. Indiana officials said Tuesday a second flock of 26,473 turkeys near the first infected farm is suspected to have the same virus. The USDA […]