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Wisconsin News

Armed man who demanded to see Evers pleads guilty

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A man who twice brought guns to the Wisconsin state Capitol building looking for Gov. Tony Evers has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor. Prosecutors accused Joshua Pleasnick of coming to the Capitol on Oct. 4 and demanding to see the governor while armed with a handgun. He ...

RNC is launching a massive effort to monitor voting

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. (AP) — The Republican National Committee on Friday launched a swing state initiative to mobilize thousands of polling place monitors, poll workers and attorneys to serve as "election integrity" watchdogs in November — an effort that immediately drew concerns that it ...

Boy fatally shot in Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A 9-year-old boy was shot and killed early Thursday in Milwaukee, police said, becoming the fourth young gunshot victim in the city in recent weeks. Jonael Zambrano died at a hospital, about two hours after he was shot in a bedroom around midnight, the Milwaukee County ...

UW-Oshkosh to shut campus in Fox Cities

Universities of Wisconsin officials plan to close another two-year school in the face of declining enrollment, this time in the Fox Cities. UW-Oshkosh Chancellor Andrew Leavitt announced Thursday that in-person learning at the school's two-year branch campus in Menasha will end after the ...

Wisconsin high court keeps mobile absentee voting sites ban

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court kept a lower court’s ruling banning the use of mobile voting sites in the upcoming presidential election in place for now, a win for Republicans. However, in a victory for Democrats, the court also ensured late Tuesday that municipalities ...

Two girls, ages 7 and 11, killed after ATV crashes in Wisconsin

UTICA, Wis. (AP) — Two young girls died after their ATV crashed into a car in east-central Wisconsin, authorities said Wednesday. The Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office said in a series of news releases that the ATV collided with the car in the town of Utica about 12:41 pm Tuesday, WLUK-TV ...