Menasha mayor orders Flock Safety cameras disabled (MENASHA)
Menasha is disabling its Flock Safety cameras. Mayor Austin Hammond on Tuesday ordered all of the city’s cameras to be covered and disabled. Hammond said in a statement his office has great concerns about how the city’s camera data is being used. Menasha’s police department already had to deal with one officer misusing the automated license plate reader system this year. A vote on cancelling the city’s contract with Flock could come at the next common council meeting.
Packers announce UW-Madison hockey games at Lambeau Field (GREEN BAY)
College hockey returns to Lambeau Field. The Green Bay Packers announced Wednesday that UW-Madison men’s and women’s hockey will host games at Lambeau following the football season. The Badger men will face the Michigan Wolverines and the Badger women will play Ohio State. Both games are set for February 20th. This is the first time in 20 years Lambeau has hosted hockey.
Realta Fusion announces power plant partnership with MG&E (MADISON)
Moving “Forward” on fusion. Madison-based Realta Fusion announces a partnership with Madison Gas and Electric to pursue a 200-megawatt nuclear fusion power plant in Wisconsin. This follows Realta’s July announcement that it will open a research and development facility and build in a prototype fusion device the former Oscar Mayer plant in Madison. Company executives hope to begin operations at that R&D facility early next year and have the prototype device working by 2029 or 2030. Assuming Realta achieves commercial viability, it expects to build the power plant with MGE in the 2030s.
CNN: Wisconsin part of multi-state DHS voter fraud investigation (UNDATED)
Wisconsin is part of a multi-state investigation into alleged voter fraud. According to internal federal guidance reviewed by CNN, the Department of Homeland Security is launching a “coordinated criminal voter fraud surge . . . to pursue investigative leads, conduct field interviews, and support timely prosecutorial review,” in nine states. In addition to Wisconsin, the “surge” from early September to mid-October will occur in Washington, Missouri, Georgia, California, Pennsylvania, Nevada, New York and Connecticut. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has accelerated efforts for DHS to back up President Donald Trump’s claims of widespread election fraud.