Wisconsin
Calls to End Wisconsin Elections Panel Grow Ahead of Vote
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By TODD RICHMOND and SCOTT BAUER, Related Press
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The one Republican candidate working for governor in Wisconsin who had supported protecting the bipartisan state elections fee in place reversed his place Wednesday, calling for it to be dissolved hours earlier than the panel was to vote on who could be its subsequent chairman.
Development firm co-owner Tim Michels mentioned in an announcement that he now helps getting rid of the fee after talking with attendees on the Wisconsin Republican Occasion conference final weekend, together with commissioner Bob Spindell. Spindell, who’s working to be the subsequent chair of the fee, was considered one of 10 Republicans who tried to forged Electoral School votes for former President Donald Trump in Wisconsin, although he misplaced.
The following chair of the fee will maintain the place heading into the November election and within the lead as much as the 2024 presidential election in battleground Wisconsin. The chair by state regulation approves the vote canvass following elections and certifies outcomes. The chair additionally units the agenda for the fee and may exert affect over how questions are framed, an essential energy on the board that’s evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats.
Spindell would wish no less than one of many fee’s three Democrats to vote for him with a purpose to be elected. State regulation requires the subsequent chair to be a Republican and the one different commissioner allowed to hunt the submit is Dean Knudson, a former state consultant. Knudson mentioned on Tuesday that he didn’t anticipate having any remark earlier than the fee’s assembly.
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Michels three weeks in the past mentioned he wished to maintain the fee in place however make adjustments to it. Now he desires it abolished, the identical place as different GOP candidates Rebecca Kleefisch, Kevin Nicholson and state Rep. Timothy Ramthun. The winner of the Aug. 9 main will advance to face Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, who helps protecting the fee in place.
“Whereas this evolution could also be unusual in politics, I’m not a politician,” Michels mentioned in an announcement. “I’ve come to the conclusion the WEC isn’t salvageable. To have non-elected officers overseeing the administration of elections has confirmed to be basically flawed.”
Michels didn’t say what he desires to exchange the fee with and didn’t instantly reply to messages searching for remark.
Spindell doesn’t help getting rid of the fee. Spindell and the opposite faux GOP electors have been sued final week.
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Columbia Co. Sheriff’s Office Dive Team searching for missing man
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COLUMBIA COUNTY, Wis. (WMTV) – The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office said Saturday night they are searching for a 63-year-old man that went underwater in Lake Wisconsin on the Wisconsin River.
Officials said numerous 911 calls came into the county’s dispatch center around 2 p.m. reporting a person that had gone underwater and not resurfaced.
Many area residents began searching for the man in their personal boats until CCSO’s Dive Team arrived and began searching, officials said.
Authorities were unable to find the man and called of the search for the night due to the darkness. The search will resume Sunday morning.
The area north of Tipperary Point is under an emergency slow-no-wake order. The Sheriff’s Office added it is vital that boaters abide by that order to keep divers safe and search efforts unhindered.
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His Wisconsin ‘ohana’: Badger receiver Trech Kekahuna proudly embraces Hawaiian heritage on the field
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How much did it rain in Milwaukee, Madison and elsewhere in Wisconsin overnight?
Many Wisconsinites looked outside Saturday morning to find that it rained overnight. But where did it rain and how much?
Milwaukee, New Berlin and Madison took the lead with cities that got the most rain, each with at least two inches overnight, according to the National Weather Service volunteer monitoring service.
How much did it rain in the Milwaukee area?
Milwaukee: 1.59-2 inches
Whitefish Bay: 0.98-1 inches
Wauwatosa: 1.12-1.19 inches
West Allis: 1.63 inches
Cudahy: 1.26 inches
Greendale: 1.24-1.6 inches
New Berlin: 1.42-2.2 inches
Muskego: 0.76-0.77 inches
Waukesha: 1.33-1.75 inches
Oconomowoc: 1.3-1.53 inches
Hartland: 1.25 inches
Menomonee Falls: 0.9-1.13 inches
Mequon: 1 inch
Cedarburg: 0.75 inches
How much did it rain in Madison, Green Bay, Racine, and other parts of Wisconsin?
Madison: 1.21-2.1 inches
Sun Prairie: 1.09 inches
Watertown: 1.21-1.66 inches
Janesville: 0.62-0.81 inches
Beloit: 0.53-0.62 inches
Portage: 0.46-0.54 inches
La Crosse: 0.74 inches
Eau Claire: 0.06-0.25 inches
Wausau: 0.51-0.74 inches
Plover: 0.34-0.45 inches
Fond du Lac: 0.51-0.83 inches
Oshkosh: 0.7-0.9 inches
Sheboygan: 0.52-0.95 inches
Manitowoc: 0.35-0.5 inches
Appleton: 0.35-1.01 inches
Green Bay: 0.4 inches
Sister Bay: 0.74 inches
Racine: 0.55-0.84 inches
Kenosha: 0.34-0.41 inches
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