More than a million-and-a-half people have already voted in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Elections Commission yesterday said the early vote total includes 950 thousand people who voted in-person this year. Wisconsin's early vote numbers are far below 2020's numbers, but that early vote was skewed by COVID. The Elections Commission says this year's numbers are better than 2012 and 2016. The Commission says mail-in votes are still coming-in, so that total likely won't be finalized until after all of the ballots are counted. Voting resumes today. The polls are open from 7 a.m. til 8 p.m.
Its election day today. Along with the Presidential Election, voters will be choosing members of Congress, the US Senate, and Wisconsin State Assembly and State Senate Seats. Locally Plum City voters will be voting on an operating referendum for the Plum City School District, and the Eau Claire School District also has an operating referendum on the ballot. The polls are open until 8pm tonight.
One person is dead after a two-vehicle accident in the Town of Otter Creek on Friday. According to the Eau Claire County Sheriff's Department, 18yr old Ryan Julson of Osseo was traveling on Hwy D when a vehicle crossed the center line and hit his vehicle. Julson died of his injuries at the hospital while the other driver suffered minor injuries.
Eau Claire is once again asking about garbage and parking. The city's latest survey asks about the cost of garbage pickups, what people want in terms of downtown parking, as well as other things like Eau Claire's fireworks show and the city's parks. There are eight policy questions in all. You can add your feedback to the survey over at the city's website.
An Oronoco man has been arrested after driving over 100mph on Friday. According to the Olmsted County Sheriff's Department, deputies clocked 20yr old Daniel Outcalt doing 108 in a 55 mph zone. Outcalt showed signs of impairment when deputies stopped him and he is now facing third-degree DWI, speeding over 100mph, and reckless driving charges.
Price County authorities are investigating a death after a body was found along Hwy 13 on Sunday Night. According to the Sheriff's Department, the body was found near Whitby Road, but Sheriff's Brian Schmidt said there is no known threat to the community. The investigation into the death is ongoing.
The fighter jets will once again be taking-off from Madison's airport. The 115th Fighter Wing says its F-35 jets will be running night flight training exercises this week. That means neighbors will hear the jets until about 9:15 each night. The Air National Guard says it understands that some people are bothered by the noise, but the guard says the training flights are essential. The night flights begin tonight, and will continue through Thursday.
Wisconsin Department of Motor Vehicle locations will be open late today, until 6 p.m. The Department of Transportation says expanded hours are meant to help people who still need to get photo IDs in order to vote. Voters will need a birth certificate and proof of residency to get a Wisconsin ID card. U-S citizens can get their card at the DMV for free.
Wisconsin communities are getting more than 273-million dollars for clean drinking water. The Department of Natural Resources says more than eighty communities will split the money through the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program. Milwaukee and Watertown will both get millions to replace lead service lines. Other communities will get money for additional clean water infrastructure projects.
Sixty emergency responders have been hit by cars and injured while working on the side of Wisconsin roads in the past five years. The Wisconsin State Patrol says November's state law of the month is the Move Over Law. It requires drivers to move out of the lane closest to stopped police cars, ambulances, fire trucks, and utility or maintenance vehicles to avoid hitting a responder.
A homicide arrest after an alleged drunk driving crash killed a construction worker in Western Wisconsin. Monroe County deputies say a 25-year-old Sparta man was westbound on I 90 near Oakdale around 9:30 Friday night when he struck the back of a semi, spun out, and hit a piece of construction equipment. The equipment operator, 35-year-old Andrew Skupniewitz, died at the scene. The driver is being held on charges of drunk driving homicide, driving after revocation causing death and 2nd offense OWI. He's expected to make a court appearance today.
Olmsted County will be honoring veterans with a special light display this week. The Olmsted County Government Center in Rochester will be lit up in green beginning today. Operation Green Light will continue through November 11th. Rochester City Hall will also be lit in green today. A free Veterans Day breakfast will also be held next Monday at the Rochester International Event Center on Airport View Drive.
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