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Wisconsin News

Boat sinks during Lake Michigan search for diver

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin officials were working Thursday to retrieve a boat that sank during the search for a missing diver in Lake Michigan. Multiple agencies joined the search for Patrick Kelly, 72, of Winthrop Harbor, Illinois, after he failed to surface Tuesday while diving around ...

Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear a case on state’s elections leader

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would hear a lawsuit that could determine whether the state's top elections official could remain in her post after Republicans who controlled the state Senate sought to fire her last year. The liberal-controlled court ...

Diver’s body found in shipwreck in Lake Michigan

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Authorities have found the body of a diver who went missing while exploring a Lake Michigan shipwreck. The Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release that authorities recovered the body of 72-year-old Patrick Kelly of Winthrop Harbor, Illinois, from the ...

Wisconsin justices question the merits of activist’s case

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Liberal justices who control the Wisconsin Supreme Court voiced concerns Tuesday about the motives of a conservative activist who is seeking guardianship records in an effort to find ineligible voters while also appearing to cast doubt that the documents should be made ...

DNR releases final environmental statement on Line 5 in Wisconsin

State environmental regulators released a final environmental impact statement Friday on a Canadian energy firm’s plans to reroute an oil and gas pipeline around a northern Wisconsin tribe’s reservation. In 2019, the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa sued Canadian firm Enbridge ...

Wisconsin health officials recall eggs for salmonella

Wisconsin health officials initiated a recall of eggs after an outbreak of salmonella infections among 65 people in nine states that originated on a Wisconsin farm. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services said in a statement Friday that among those infected by salmonella are 42 people in ...