Wisconsin Elections agency disputes report on election hacking

Officials with the Wisconsin Elections Commission are disputing a national media report that the state’s election systems were among those compromised by Russians ahead of the 2016 elections. NBC reported Tuesday that Wisconsin was one of seven states that had websites or voter registration systems compromised by covert operatives supported by Russian interests. The outlet […] Source: WRN.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

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Chippewa Falls teacher accused of sexual assault

A teacher in the Chippewa Falls school district has been has been arrested for alleged repeated sexually assaults of a student. while he was a substitute teacher at Beloit Memorial High School. Twenty-four-year-old Tyler J. Edge of Chippewa Falls was taken into custody Tuesday. Edge is accused of assaulting a 14-year-old girl more than 20 […] Source: WRN.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

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Exemption for frac company hits snag in Wisconsin Senate

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Environmental exemptions that would clear the way for a Georgia company to build a $70 million frac sand processing plant in western Wisconsin that environmentalists oppose hit a snag Wednesday in the state Senate. Source: LacrosseTribune.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

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Madison alders override mayor’s veto of online booze ordinance

Liquor-on-the-go will soon be available at Madison grocery stores. Customers can order online, then pick up their booze in the parking lot. The city council over-rode mayor Paul Soglin’s veto of the “click and go” ordinance, Tuesday night. “I did not see that this in any way would worsen our alcohol problems in our community,” […] Source: WRN.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

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