FILE – Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway speaks at a news conference, Dec. 17, 2024, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, file)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The mayor of Wisconsin’s capital city has placed the municipal clerk on leave as investigators work to determine how almost 200 ballots in the November election went uncounted. Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway announced Wednesday that she has placed City Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl on administrative leave pending the outcome of a city investigation. The Madison city clerk’s office discovered 67 unprocessed ballots on Nov. 12 and another 125 uncounted ballots on Dec. 2 but didn’t notify the Wisconsin Elections Commission until Dec. 18. The commission launched its own investigation in January and plans to depose city workers, including Witzel-Behl.
photo: waupun mayor rohn bishop The Waupun Common Council has postponed action on wage increases for paid on call firefighters and elected officials to get more public input. The council discussed the matter, sometimes heated, at their meeting this week and will take up the issue again at their April 8th meeting. If […]
A house fire near New Holstein claimed the life of a child. Shortly after 2am Wednesday firefighters were called to the scene on Honeymoon Hill Road near County Road T. A child in the home was pronounced dead at a hospital. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
