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Wisconsin News

Wisconsin Supreme Court refuses to release voter records

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an attempt by a conservative activist to obtain guardianship records in an effort to find ineligible voters in the presidential battleground state. The case has been wending its way through the courts for years and stems ...

Duffy’s son-in-law divides Wisconsin GOP in congressional race

WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — Michael Alfonso, the 26-year-old son-in-law of U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, has an answer for people who say he doesn’t have the experience necessary to join Congress as its youngest member. He points to George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. “They ...

Five northern Wisconsin lakes set aside 80 years ago for research

Greg Sass steers a boat out towards four bright orange, round buoys floating off the shore of Escanaba Lake. Two graduate students on the boat hold onto wrapped PVC piping that gets hooked up to the buoys. Back on shore, those pipes are connected to a water heater you might find at an ...

Heat, storms mar holiday; 3 children dead in Wisconsin

LAKE GENEVA, Wis. (AP) — Three children who died when a boat capsized in Geneva Lake during a Wisconsin storm were wearing life vests, authorities said as the nation assessed damage from storms and a heat wave that marred the July Fourth holiday, leaving hundreds of thousands of utility ...

Governors press US Postal Service to drop Trump’s election order

A group of Democratic governors asked the U.S. Postal Service on Thursday to withdraw its proposed rule seeking to implement an executive order from President Donald Trump to create a federal list of eligible voters and potentially limit who can receive a ballot in the mail. The president ...

Enbridge Line 5 reroute in Wisconsin spills 1.9K gallons of drilling fluid

Crews spilled up to 1,900 gallons of drilling fluid Saturday as they were working on Enbridge’s Line 5 reroute in northern Wisconsin. The Canadian energy firm notified the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources about the release that occurred about 4:30 p.m. Saturday in the Iron County ...