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The sheriff in Racine County is asking for felony charges against most of the people in charge of elections in the state . Sheriff Christopher Schmaling recommended felony charges for Wisconsin Elections Commission members Marge Bostelmann, Julie Glancey, Ann Jacobs, Dean Knudson and Mark Thomsen. He says they broke five separate state laws when they told workers at nursing homes in the county to fill-out ballots for elderly patients last fall. Schmalling is not recommending charges against any of the workers at

Investigators with the state are looking into yesterday’s deadly officer-involved shooting in Eau Claire. Police say two officers shot and killed a knife-wielding man who’d just stabbed a woman at her home. Police say the stabbing looks like a domestic violence case. The woman who was stabbed suffered serious injuries and had to be flown to the hospital for treatment. The man is being identified as a 30 year old Eau Claire man. Neither of the officers were hurt. Both

Jurors in Kyle Rittenhouse’s homicide trial in Kenosha spent most of their day yesterday watching videos. The prosecution played several videos from the night of violence in August of last year. In one, prosecutors say Rittenhouse was chasing one of the men who he shot and killed. But Rittenhouse’s lawyers played the same video and said it shows the man was waiting to ambush Rittenhouse. Rittenhouse’s lawyers continue to say that he killed two men and wounded a third in

The search for a homicide suspect from northern Wisconsin is focusing on the Waukesha area. Authorities say Derek Goplin may be in the area. Police in Antigo say he killed his mother over the weekend. The search is focusing on the  Waukesha area because that’s where police found Goplin’s five-year-old son alone in the Ingleside Hotel Monday morning. Goplin’s pictures are online, police believe he is driving a red Ford Explorer with Wisconsin plates ‘RANDYR.’

It’s been three years since three Lake Hallie Girl Scouts were run down along the side of the road. Yesterday, friends and family members of Jayna Kelley, Autumn Helgeson, Haylee Hickle remembered the girls on the anniversary of their deaths. All three, plus one of their mothers, were killed by Colten Treu when he hit them as they were picking-up trash along the side of the highway. Treu is serving a 54 year sentence for his crimes.

The latest Marquette Law School Poll says both Governor Tony Evers and Republican U.S. Senator Ron Johnson would lose their elections if voters went to the polls today. The poll has shown Johnson with low approval ratings, but this latest poll has his negatives up to 42 percent. The governor’s positive reviews fell by five points since the last Marquette Law School Poll in August. In addition, pollsters say 53 percent of voters asked say they want “someone else” to

The final two missing teenagers from Juneau County have been found. The sheriff’s office yesterday said both 16-year-old Mariah Davis  and 16-year-old Angelina Starkey were located and are safe. No one is saying where they went, or how they were found. The two girls, along with 16-year-old Alessandra Roose, went missing last week. Juneau County’s sheriff says he doesn’t believe their disappearances were related and noted there are no ties between the girls. The sheriff says that they all went

A Republican in charge of one of the investigations into last year’s election in Wisconsin says the state’s elections chief misled lawmakers. State Representative Janel Brandtjen yesterday said Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe told lawmakers back in August that the commission had conducted audits designed to weed-out felons and dead people who should not be on the state’s voter rolls. It turns out, Brandtjen said, that those audits were incomplete or never finished. Brandtjen says Wolfe either intentionally misled lawmakers or is incompetent.

Wisconsin’s busiest hunting season of the year is a little more than two weeks away. The state’s Department of Natural Resources held a virtual update on gun deer season yesterday. Hunters will take to the woods and fields on Saturday the 20th. DNR is reminding hunters about basic safety, and asking them to report any signs of chronic wasting disease. Gun season runs through the 28th of this month.

This weekend marks the end of Daylight Saving.   Wisconsin residents will turn their clocks back an hour before heading to bed Saturday night.  Fire officials across the state say this is a perfect time to check carbon monoxide detectors and smoke alarms and replace batteries if necessary.  It’s also a time to make sure everyone in your household knows escape routes in case of fire.