The Fond du Lac County Clerk says she does not believe that local clerks are using outdated computers that could be open to cyberattacks. Wisconsin elections officials last week scaled back a plan to buy scores of new loaner computers for clerks using outdated systems, saying the proposal is too expensive when they don’t have a firm grasp on how many clerks really need new computers. Fond du Lac County Clerk Lisa Freiberg says election security is a big concern that’s on the minds of a lot of residents. “We are full force on how we are going to keep the 2020 election safe,” Frieberg told WFDL news. The election commission’s chef security officer wrote in a memo this month that at least a handful of clerks were logging into the state elections system using outdated operating systems and that even clerks with current operating systems often fail to install security patches.
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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 […]
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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.
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