Wisconsin is denied a waiver for new federal law meant to protect the voting rights of military personnel deployed overseas. Wisconsin was among nine states and the District of Columbia which applied to the Department of Defense for a waiver after passage of the MOVE Act – which requires ballots be sent at least 45 days before an election – last year. The Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, which had applied for the waiver, confirmed Friday that the state will not receive one. [Read more...]
Immigration crackdown results in 24 Wisconsin arrests
August 27, 2010 By
A massive effort to track down criminal illegal aliens in the Midwest results in 24 arrests in Wisconsin.
The state Department of Justice says 24 people were arrested this week in the Northeastern Wisconsin as part of an effort to track down convicted criminals living in the US illegally. [Read more...]
Kapanke admits using charity money to pay debt
August 27, 2010 By
Republican U.S. House candidate Dan Kapanke has admitted taking twice as much as originally reported from his charitable foundation, to help pay back a loan connected with his baseball team. [Read more...]
Bull kills Racine County man
August 27, 2010 By
A man is killed by a bull on a cattle farm in Racine County. The Medical Examiner says the attack may have occurred many hours before the victim, in his 50′s, was discovered among tall weeds in a field next to the pen containing the bull, which weighs upwards of 1500 pounds. The victim, with multiple punctures and other trauma, crawled away from the animal, and then died. The man’s wife failed to locate him, but then a brother showed up and made the discovery. The bull was on it’s way off the farm anyway, to a processing plant.
Tom Karkow, WRJN
Transit advocate: Train need not stop the buses
August 27, 2010 By
A transit advocate reacts to Milwaukee Democrat Gwen Moore’s unsuccessful attempt in Congress to block the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee rail proposal until her county’s bus system is secure. Kerry Thomas of Transit Now considers Moore an ally of transit but says the Congresswoman may be misinformed.
