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Wisconsin clerks refer 46 cases of 2024 presidential election irregularities

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin election clerks referred 46 instances of suspected fraud and voting irregularities to prosecutors related to the November 2024 presidential election, a report released this week showed, representing a tiny fraction of the more than 3.4 million ballots cast. In ...

Wisconsin archaeologists identify 16 ancient canoes in lake

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Archaeologists have identified more than a dozen ancient canoes that Indigenous people apparently left behind in a sort of prehistoric parking lot along a Wisconsin lakeshore. The Wisconsin Historical Society announced Wednesday that archaeologists have mapped the ...

Plea negotiations underway with judge accused of helping immigrant

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Plea negotiations with a Wisconsin judge accused of helping an immigrant evade federal agents are underway as her trial nears, the newly minted federal prosecutor overseeing the case said Tuesday. Interim U.S. Attorney Brad Schimel told The Associated Press in a ...

New scholarship for STEM students at UW-Green Bay

GREEN BAY, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay received a $1 million scholarship gift from alumnus Dr. Paul J. Schilling, a 1982 graduate, aimed at expanding access to STEM degrees for high-achieving students with financial need. The newly established “Dr. Charles Ihrke ...

Experts: Cleanup of PFAS could cost Wisconsin billions

Wisconsin environmental regulators and Republican lawmakers don’t agree on much when it comes to addressing PFAS contamination, but both acknowledge it will likely cost the state billions of dollars. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources produced a fiscal estimate this fall on one ...

Trump issues largely symbolic pardons of fake electors

President Donald Trump has pardoned a group of Wisconsin Republicans who participated in his scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election by casting false Electoral College votes. The pardons were issued to a large group of people instrumental to Trump’s 2020 effort, including Rudy ...