With Results due in Wisconsin Election, Voters File Lawsuit
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Municipal clerks across Wisconsin on Monday were set to start tallying votes from last week’s chaotic presidential primary, a count that was delayed for several days…
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Senators Want Missing Ballots Investigated
MILWAUKEE (AP) - U.S. Sens. Tammy Baldwin and Ron Johnson, in rare bipartisan unity, are calling on the U.S. Postal Service to investigate what happened to missing absentee ballots in Wisconsin. In a letter to the Inspector General, the senators…
Johnson Resigns as Duluth City Attorney, Calls Investigative Report Against Him 'Inconclusive at Best'
DULUTH, Minn. - After nearly 12 years as the city of Duluth's top attorney, Gunnar Johnson has decided to resign amid complaints filed against him by employees in the attorney's office. Johnson was placed…
Sanders Drops 2020 Bid, Leaving Biden as Likely Nominee
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Bernie Sanders, who saw his once-strong lead in the Democratic primary evaporate as the party’s establishment lined swiftly up behind rival Joe Biden, ended his presidential bid on Wednesday, an acknowledgment that the former vice president…
Absentee Ballots Are Up For Wisconsin Primary Elections
SUPERIOR, Wis. - While some folks are still going to the polls, more voters are taking advantage of sending their vote through the mail as absentee ballots are up. Government officials were pushing for…
President Trump Approves Minnesota Disaster Declaration
(FOX 9) - President Donald Trump has approved a disaster declaration in Minnesota due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This declaration allows for federal funding to aid the state, tribal and eligible local governments and certain nonprofits in areas impacted by coronavirus. Earlier…
Trump Removes Watchdog Tapped for $2T Virus Rescue Oversight
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has removed the inspector general tapped to chair a special oversight board for the $2.2 trillion economic relief package on the coronavirus, the latest in a series of steps Trump has taken to confront government…
Wisconsin Voting Underway Despite Virus
MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Elections Commission reported Tuesday morning that it had received no reports of polling places being unable to open as planned. There had already been plans…
Wisconsin Voting Underway Despite Virus
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin is asking hundreds of thousands of voters to ignore a stay-at-home order in the midst of a pandemic to participate in Tuesday’s presidential primary election, becoming a test case for dozens of states struggling to balance public…
Superior Mayor’s Longtime Chief of Staff to Retire
SUPERIOR, The Mayor of Superior's right-hand-woman, Rani Gill, is retiring after 30 years serving the city as the mayor's Chief of Staff. Gill has served six different Superior mayors, and was actually the first official…
U.S., Wisconsin Supreme Courts Rule Against Evers; Election Day Stands
SUPERIOR, Wis.- After going through three changes in the span of one day, Wisconsin Elections will carry on as normal. Rulings from both the Wisconsin and U.S. Supreme Courts now make Wisconsin the…
Top Wisconsin Court Blocks Governor’s Move to Delay Election
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday ruled that Democratic Gov. Tony Evers could not postpone the state’s presidential primary, striking down his order to move the election to June over…
Walz Expects to Extend Stay-at-Home Through End of April
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota has one of the lowest COVID-19 infection rates in the country but the state must not get complacent, Gov. Walz said Monday, as he prepared to extend a stay-at-home order that he imposed nearly two weeks…
Gov. Tony Evers Suspends In-Person Voting for Wisconsin Spring Election
UPDATE: MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday ruled that Democratic Gov. Tony Evers could not postpone the state’s presidential primary, striking down his order to…
Wisconsin Moves Ahead With Election, Awaits Supreme Court
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin moved forward Monday with plans to hold in-person voting for its presidential primary on Tuesday amid the coronavirus pandemic with help from National Guard members staffing…
