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The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Evidence mixed on Scott Walker claim that rival Tony Evers will raise property, income and gas taxes When Scott Walker put out a TV ad reviving a skit from "The Electric Company," a 1970s children’s television show that co-starred Morgan Freeman, Mashable snarkily called it "one of the most bizarre campaign ads of 2018." The ad aims to win the Republican governor a third term in the Nov. 6, 2018 election. It features silhouettes of a woman and a man facing each other. They take turns claiming that Walker’s Democratic challenger, state schools superintendent Tony Evers, would raise taxes. But there is a more conventional

Criminal justice experts say that while Wisconsin has its share of bizarre and notorious crimes, it's a far cry from what happens in larger states.        Source: WisconsinRapidsDailyTribune.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

The Wisconsin National Guard will assist victims of Hurricane Michael. Twelve members of the Army National Guard will conduct relief operations in Florida. 12 Soldiers and two #WisconsinNationalGuard Black Hawks are headed to Florida to assist in the response to #HurricaneMichael #AlwaysReady https://t.co/YF7fMLlDw6 — WisconsinGuard (@WI_Guard) October 11, 2018 Two Black Hawk medevac helicopters with […] Source: WRN.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

A Baraboo man led authorities on a high speed chase through Juneau County.  State patrol watched a vehicle enter I90/94 westbound near exit 92.  The vehicle came up on the patrolmen’s computer as stolen.  As the patrolmen began to follow the vehicle the subject’s vehicle began to speed up.  The subject’s vehicle traveled at speeds of 90 miles per hour. Juneau County Authorities helped out by placing tire deflating spikes on the road to slow down the vehicle.  The spike strips worked to slow down the vehicle and it eventually stopped but the drive fled.  The driver was eventually tracked down and identified him as 20 year old McCoy Georgeson. 

A Madison man is facing drug charges after being pulled over in Lyndon Station.  State Patrol pulled over 21 year old Donivan Lemons for having blacked out windows on his vehicle.  The vehicle had two passengers one being a young juvenile.  The officer noticed a strong smell of marijuana as he approached the vehicle.  Lemons initially gave the patrolmen a false name before giving him his driver’s license which was suspended.  Juneau County Authorities and the K9 unit were called in for backup.  A search was done of the vehicle and they were able to locate and electric vape pen used for smoking THC oil, a vial of THC oil,