Gary Walter
Gary Walter, 68, passed away on August 8. The memorial service for Gary Walter will be held at Stone Lake Wesleyan Church on Saturday at 11 a.m. Visitation is 10 until 11 a.m. on Saturday at the church.
Jesse Leaf (Roland King)
Jesse Leaf (Roland King), 34, of Gilbert, Minnesota, and formerly of Rice Lake, passed away on August 9. He is survived by his wife, Kiera King; parents, Julie Kincannon and Curtis Leaf; biological father, Russell Schroeder; sisters, April Leaf and Corie Rizzo; and half-brother, Russell Schroeder Jr. The celebration of life for Jesse Leaf will…
Marilyn Borofka
Marilyn Borofka, 88, passed away on August 6. She is survived by her husband, Dean Borofka; daughters, Michele Witchell, Lisa Kolosso, Stephanie Kamp, Tracey Tanglin and step-daughter, Deanna Katz; brother, George Kremsreiter; and sisters, Carol Wagner and Linda Osimitz. The celebration of life for Marilyn Borofka will be held at Our Savior Lutheran Church, in…
Robert Armstrong
Robert Armstrong, 90, of Turtle Lake, passed away on August 12. He is survived by his wife, Anne Armstrong; and children, David, Jerome, Thomas and Timothy. The funeral service for Robert Armstrong will be held at St. Ann Catholic Church, in Turtle Lake, on Saturday at 11 a.m. Visitation is Friday, from 6 until 8…
Verneil Johnson
Verneil Johnson, 100, of Amery, passed away on August 9. The funeral service for Verneil Johnson will be held at West Immanuel Lutheran Church, in Osceola, on Friday at 11 a.m. Visitation is 10 until 11 a.m. on Friday at the church.
Wisconsin voters reject GOP-written ballot measures, US Senate race set with Hovde’s primary win
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin voters have decided against two constitutional amendments passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature that would have taken power away from the governor. Wisconsin voters also have set the field in a closely watched Senate contest, with Republican businessman Eric Hovde easily winning Wisconsin’s Republican Senate primary on Tuesday. Hovde will face…
Tuesday’s Congressional and Assembly District election results
RICE LAKE, Wis. (WJMC) — Congressional and Assembly District primary election results from Tuesday evening. In the Democratic primaries, in the Seventh Congressional District, Kyle Kilbourn defeated Elsa Rae Duranceau. Killbourn will face incumbent Republican Tom Tiffany in the next election. In the Third Congressional District, Rebecca Cooke defeated Katrina Shankland and Eric Wilson. Cooke…
Local primaries and Town of Osceola referendum
RICE LAKE, Wis. (WJMC) — Here are results of local primary races and a local referendum. In the Democratic primary for Dunn County Clerk, incumbent Andrew Mercil, defeated James Erickson. There is no challenger in the November 5 election. In Republican primaries. For Rusk County Clerk, incumbent Connie Meyer defeated Danielle Zimmer. There is no…
Confusion over new legislative district leads to ballot error in northern Wisconsin Assembly primary
TOWN OF SUMMIT, DOUGLAS COUNTY, Wis. (AP) — A local clerk failed to realize that new legislative maps moved a rural Wisconsin town into a new district, leading to an administrative error that could disenfranchise scores of voters in an Assembly primary. The new maps moved the northern Wisconsin town of Summit out of the…
WEC won’t step in to solve ballot issues in Town of Summit, says Wolfe
MADISON, Wis. (WRN) Douglas County’s clerk won’t be issuing new ballots, despite a printing issue that put the wrong state Assembly district for the Town of Summit. Wisconsin Elections Commission administrator Meghan Wolfe says they can’t step in to fix this. “The statute is clear about sort of what some of the authorities are of…