No big changes for state assembly here in our area. 92nd Assemblyman Trig Pronschinske won re-election with 59% of the vote while in the 93rd Assembly District incumbent Warren Petryk won easily with 62% of the vote while Rob Summerfield was re-elected for the 67th assembly seat with 67% of the vote. Meanwhile in the 3rd Congressional District a very close race with 99%, Incumbent Ron Kind held was re-elected with a slim 51-49% over challenger Derrik Van Ordan, while in the 7th Congressional District, incumbent Tom Tiffany easily won with 61%of the vote.
Voters in three local school districts had referendums on the ballot yesterday. Voters in the Alma and Gilmanton School Districts approved the referendum to exceed the levy limits while in Plum City with 6 of 7 districts reporting the no vote was 342 while yes was at 281. Meanwhile Buffalo County residents have approved an ATV/UTF use referendum The final vote was 64%yes and 36% no. The referendum would allow the use of ATV and UTV's on County roads in Buffalo County.
Many local election officials are reporting a record turnout of voters for Tuesday’s presidential election. Some locations like Madison report more than 82 percent of registered voters either went to the polls Tuesday or voted early. Lines were long on Election Day, but the process usually moved quickly. Despite the bitterness of the campaign, there were no major issues reported from Wisconsin polling locations. In the city of Durand, 977 residents cast ballots in yesterday election.
Minnesota’s
10 electoral votes could be critical for Democrat Joe Biden’s push
for the White House. Minnesota remained blue in Tuesday’s
presidential election. The state has backed Democratic
candidates for president for the last 11 elections. President
Trump almost won in 2016 and he visited the state four times during
this year’s campaign. U-S Senator Tina Smith, a Democrat,
held onto her seat despite a strong challenge. Democrat Collin
Peterson is the only member of the state’s congressional delegation
to be defeated, though at least two of the eight seats haven’t been
declared yet.
The summer-like weather is expected to continue for the remainder of the week. The National Weather Service says high pressure will bring in warm southerly winds into the region and afternoon highs will be in the 70's today. Temperatures cool down a bit before rebounding back into the 70's for Saturday. Big changes then happen for next week as a cold front moves in on Sunday night bringing showers and thunderstorms and highs in the 30's by mid week next week.
Police
in Austin are confirming that a body found in the Cedar River
is a missing man from Rochester. Officers say the body
pulled from the water Tuesday afternoon has been identified as
72-year-old David Janson. He was last seen in Rochester on
October 23rd. His family reported Janson was diabetic and left
without his medication. An autopsy is being done but
investigators say there is no evidence of foul play in Janson's
death.
The family of the teenager shot to death by a Wauwatosa police officer has had a sit-down meeting with Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers. Alvin Cole was 17 years old when he fired a shot while being chased. Officer Joseph Mensah shot him to death outside Mayfair Mall. The family asked the governor to create a task force to look into police inequalities and they also want an outside investigation into the arrest of Cole’s mother when she violated a Wauwatosa curfew last month.
A Madison woman has been hospitalized with a possible broken jaw after she was attacked by a group of Halloween party crashers. The incident happened early Sunday morning when several uninvited teenagers were asked to leave the house. The 20-year-old victim says she was pushed down some stairs, threatened with a handgun and punched in the face. No names were released by Madison police.
Anglers will be able to harvest walleye again during the winter on Lake Mille Lacs this year. The Minnesota D-N-R says anglers will be allowed to keep one walleye between 21 and 23 inches - or one fish longer than 28 inches - starting on December 1st. That's the same regulation as the last two winter seasons. Winter rules are set after the D-N-R completes its annual fall netting assessment. The 2020 assessment found the walleye population has remained relatively stable over the past four years -- having rebounded from population lows seen from 2012 to 2016.
Governor
Tony Evers says ten-million dollars in federal CARES Act funding will
go nonprofit organizations that provided critical services during the
COVID-19 pandemic. Evers said "the
economic stability of our nonprofits is key to ensuring they are able
to continue this good work for people and families across
Wisconsin." The COVID-19 Pandemic Response Nonprofit Grant
Program will provide funding to eligible organizations that are
providing health care, housing and shelter, adult education, or other
services in the midst of the pandemic. The Department of
Administration is accepting grant applications through November 9th.
The Minnesota D-N-R is encouraging all deer hunters to make a plan to invest in the health of wild deer populations. Hunters can do this by getting their deer tested for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in areas where surveillance testing is taking place. The D-N-R's John Williams says it is critical that we get enough samples to let us monitor where C-W-D is in the state. Williams says hunters can use a self-service sampling station or maybe work with a taxidermist or meat processor contracted to take samples. The firearms deer season opens Saturday.
Waupaca County Judge Raymond Huber has decided to keep a suspect in the shooting death of a teenager in jail without bail. Another status conference for 44-year-old William Zelenski will be held next week. Zelenski is charged with first-degree intentional homicide for killing the teen he believed was responsible for the theft of thousands of dollars’ worth of exotic reptiles. The victim’s name hasn’t been released. T he stolen items were reportedly worth almost 27 thousand dollars. The victim’s mother is being charged as a party to the crime
Authorities in northwestern Wisconsin are advising drivers that carrying a snowmobile on top of your car is not a good idea. The Department of Transportation is sharing a picture of a car stopped Sunday by Wisconsin State Patrol troopers in Polk County. The vehicle had a snowmobile strapped to its roof. Although it was dangerous, it didn’t cause an accident and no one was injured. State officials say anyone transporting a snowmobile this winter should use a trailer to haul it or put it in the back of a truck.
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