A Wisconsin pastor is among Americans rescued from Haiti. Reverend Steve Svensen, of Providence Reformed Baptist Church in Rice Lake, had been working with a non-profit in Port-au-Prince since late February. By last weekend, with gangs in control, he said he was running out of options. “Because the US Embassy, which was only about 15…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court will decide if counties must release voter incompetency records. The Wisconsin Voters Alliance sued Walwoth County’s register in probate in 2022 seeking records indicating a judge has found someone incompetent to vote. The 2nd District Court of Appeals held the records are public and the county must…
MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — Problems for the recall effort against Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos. And during a Tuesday WisPolitics luncheon in Madison, Vos was not holding back in his remarks about recall organizers “There’s a ton of fraud. And the challenge that we have is the people who organize this are so out of…
FRANKLIN, Wis. (WRN) — A Republican will not enter the race for U.S. Senate from Wisconsin. The decision by Franklin businessman Scott Mayer leaves Madison and California businessman Eric Hovde to face two lesser known candidates in the Republican primary. Mayer told WisPolitics he decided against running against Hovde to avoid a Republican primary that…
This morning’s top stories from the Northwest Wisconsin News Center: — A Rice Lake pastor speaks about his rescue from Haiti; — A voter records case will be taken up by the state supreme court; — and Republican leader Robin Vos calls those trying to recall him, “morons.” These stories and more on today’s local…