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Wisconsin’s election managers say they are ready for the November election. The Wisconsin Elections Commission yesterday said their preparations are in place for next month’s Election Day. That includes a new round of training for local election clerks, updates to the state’s voter registration database, and new security measures. WEC says they want to make sure voters know how much work they’ve put into this year’s presidential race. WEC Administrator Meagan Wolfe says they started getting ready after the 2020

Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz’s wife and Minnesota First Lady Gwen Walz will be in Wisconsin for campaign stops this week. She’ll be in both Madison and Beloit on Wednesday, and recently made appearances in La Crosse, Superior and Milwaukee.  Former President Donald Trump was in Dodge County for a campaign stop yesterday and President Joe Biden will be in Milwaukee tomorrow.  

Wisconsin is getting 115-million dollars to bring internet access to public libraries and community centers. The state Department of Administration says 35 communities will benefit from the federal funding.  Both Madison’s new Imagination Center at Reindahl Park and the Clinton and Bernice Rose Senior Center in Milwaukee will get about four-million dollars each.

A six-point-five-acre wildfire at a Wisconsin state park is under control.  The Department of Natural Resources says a fire started at the top of the Roche-A-Cri stairway 3:30 p.m. yesterday.  Ten local fire departments are helping the DNR contain the fire.  The department and local crews will continue to check for additional smoke and flames.  Lack of precipitation and gusty winds have increased fire danger in Wisconsin, which the DNR says will continue this week.

It’s not surprising that Lydia Nelson chose a profession where she could work with her hands. However, friends in her hometown of Kenosha might have guessed she would be elbow-deep in technology, not dirt, worms and turf. “I learned a lot about turf and what it needs, which is really funny because I hated turf when I first came to CVTC. I thought, ‘I’m not going to go into that,’ but now I love it, and I’ve learned so much

Downtown Eau Claire Incorporated (DECI), announces a free, new and all ages event(s) in downtown Eau Claire, the High Bridge Howl.  DECI has created this fun event to help with the daily stress many feel with the intention of liberating some of those stressors. It’s a collective gathering to set space and move through the conclusion of the year.  The inaugural event takes place on the evening October 17, 2024, coinciding with the Fall Hunter Supermoon and features the following

Some folks in the Chippewa Valley are waking-up to their first frost of the season. The National Weather Service is leaving a Frost Advisory in place for Barron, Polk, Rusk, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, and St. Croix Counties until 9 a.m. this morning. Forecasters say temperatures will dip low enough overnight to leave frost behind. The forecast is supposed to warm-up a bit this week, ahead of a cool down for the weekend. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS FROM OUR LOCAL

Two people are recovering after a crash in rural Vernon County. The sheriff’s office says two cars collided at the intersection of Christiana, Coon, Jefferson and Viroqua in rural Westby on Saturday. Two people in one of the cars were hurt.  There’s no word about what caused the crash, or if anyone will be getting a ticket.

A new report says Wisconsin’s election managers have less wiggle room than election officials in other states. The report from the group Informing Democracy says Wisconsin law sets pretty strict limits on what the state’s 18-hundred local election managers can do. That, according to the report, is  a safeguard against election vulnerabilities. The report does say about 20-percent of Wisconsin’s county clerks have resigned or retired since the 2020 election, but those numbers are not out of line with what

The Wisconsin Supreme Court this week will hear arguments for just how far a governor can go with his veto powers. The liberal majority court is set to hear the challenge to Governor Tony Evers’ 400 year school funding veto. The governor used his veto powers to erase some numbers in the current budget, and turn a two-year school funding increase into a 400-year school funding increase. The Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce legal fund is arguing that Evers went way