Meagan Wolfe named interim head of Elections Commission

The Wisconsin Elections Commission has named Meagan Wolfe of Madison to serve as interim administrator of the agency and Wisconsin’s chief election official. Wolfe replaces Michael Haas, who was not confirmed by the Wisconsin State Senate, and who announced last month that he was stepping down. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, who had questioned whether […] Source: WRN.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

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Traffic Stop finds drug paraphernalia and manufacturing materials

During a traffic stop in New Lisbon on November 21, 2017, Londyn  L. Forsythe age 42 of Elroy was arrested for a probation hold and Failure to Appear warrant.  New Lisbon Police officers also found during the investigation several bags in the backseat of the car.  The bags were removed from the vehicle and placed behind it.  The canine handler for the City of New Lisbon was also on scene and brought the drug detection canine “Bongo” out of his squad.  “Bongo” sniffed the bags and drug materials for manufacturing  and drug paraphernalia were found in them.  During an interview with Forsythe at the Juneau County Sherriff’s Department, he admitted

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Wisconsin Afternoon State News for Friday 3/2/18

>Bank Security Guard Shoots Robber To Death In Madison (Madison, WI)  —  Madison Police say a bank security guard shot a robber to death at a Chase Bank location Thursday afternoon.  The suspect entered the bank with his face covered at about 4:50 P-M, handing a bag to a clerk and demanding money.  The security guard says the man was posturing as if he had a gun, so he shot him.  Paramedics weren’t able to stabilize the wounded robber for transport and he died at the scene.  Seven other people in the bank at the time were not injured.  The dead man is believed to be Latino and in his

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