Small airplane crash at Chetek airport
A plane crashed Wednesday afternoon at the Chetek Airport. Chetek Police Chief Ron Ambrozaitis said the only occupant, the pilot, was 34-year-old Travis Turner, of Cameron. He had nonlifethreatening injuries…
Hovde says abortion issue should be put to referendum
MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — Republican US Senate candidate Eric Hovde took questions at a WisPolitics luncheon in Madison on Wednesday. Hovde wants abortion put before voters at the state level.…
Contenders in key Wisconsin Senate race come out swinging after primaries
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican millionaire businessman Eric Hovde and Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin are wasting no time going after one another. Hovde easily captured the GOP nomination Tuesday, officially…
Democrats try to block Green Party from presidential ballot in Wisconsin, citing legal issues
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An employee of the Democratic National Committee has filed a complaint seeking to remove the Green Party’s presidential candidate from the ballot in Wisconsin. The complaint…
Local governments slow to seek Wisconsin road dollars
MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — A Republican lawmaker who helped write the legislation is disappointed in the low number of applications for Wisconsin’s Agricultural Road Improvement Program. A Republican lawmaker who…
Wisconsin voters reject GOP-written ballot measures, US Senate race set with Hovde’s primary win
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin voters have decided against two constitutional amendments passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature that would have taken power away from the governor. Wisconsin voters also have…
Tuesday’s Congressional and Assembly District election results
RICE LAKE, Wis. (WJMC) — Congressional and Assembly District primary election results from Tuesday evening. In the Democratic primaries, in the Seventh Congressional District, Kyle Kilbourn defeated Elsa Rae Duranceau.…
Local primaries and Town of Osceola referendum
RICE LAKE, Wis. (WJMC) — Here are results of local primary races and a local referendum. In the Democratic primary for Dunn County Clerk, incumbent Andrew Mercil, defeated James Erickson.…
Confusion over new legislative district leads to ballot error in northern Wisconsin Assembly primary
TOWN OF SUMMIT, DOUGLAS COUNTY, Wis. (AP) — A local clerk failed to realize that new legislative maps moved a rural Wisconsin town into a new district, leading to an…
WEC won’t step in to solve ballot issues in Town of Summit, says Wolfe
MADISON, Wis. (WRN) Douglas County’s clerk won’t be issuing new ballots, despite a printing issue that put the wrong state Assembly district for the Town of Summit. Wisconsin Elections Commission…