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11-9-22 man with knife arrested at west bend polling place

todayNovember 9, 2022

Nobody was injured and a 38 year old man was arrested after bringing a knife into a polling place in West Bend.  According to police the man demanded staff stop the voting.  League of Women Voters of Wisconsin director Debra Cronmiller says the polling location is located in the public library.  Cronmiller says police quickly brought the situation under control.  The incident happened shortly after 12:30pm Tuesday.  The polling site was reopened shortly after 1pm.

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