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Menomonie City Council amends ATV/UTV ordinance

Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks during a campaign stop at Laborfest Monday, Sept. 2, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Walz unharmed after some of the vehicles near the back of his motorcade crash in Milwaukee

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WISPOLITICS: Democrats focus on work ahead

FILE - Luis Gil, a Republican candidate for Franklin County Commissioner in central Ohio, speaks in favor of a constitutional amendment on fall ballots that would prohibit noncitizen voting at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, on, Oct. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Julie Carr Smyth, File)

Illegal voting by noncitizens is rare, yet Republicans are making it a major issue this election

FILE - A long exposure image shows the recorded temperature on a thermostat at the Furnace Creek Visitors Center, after 10:00 p.m. July 7, 2024, in Death Valley National Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Ty ONeil, File)

Harris and Trump offer starkly different visions on climate change and energy

At town hall in La Crosse, Trump rambles on IVF, election conspiracies, Black jobs, Viktor Orban

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris talks during a stop at Dottie's Market in Savannah, Ga., Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Harris defends shifting from some liberal positions in first interview of presidential campaign

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Trump in La Crosse, Harris in Georgia

FILE - Voters cast their ballots in Florida's primary election, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, at a polling place inside the Indian Creek Fire Station in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Ballot measures in 41 states give voters a say on abortion and other tough questions

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris waves as she exits her campaign bus in Savannah, Ga., Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

The Latest: Trump to campaign in Michigan, Wisconsin; Harris will have sit-down interview with CNN

This combination photo shows Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at an event, Aug. 15, 2024, in Bedminster, N.J., left, and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris at a campaign event in Raleigh, N.C., Aug. 16, 2024. (AP Photo)

The Latest: FBI says gunman in Trump assassination attempt saw ‘target of opportunity’

ARCHIVO - El presidente Joe Biden habla durante un evento en la Casa Blanca, Washington, el 23 de febrero de 2024. (AP Foto/Evan Vucci, Archivo)

Biden plans to travel to Wisconsin next week to highlight energy policies and efforts to lower costs

FILE - Special counsel Jack Smith speaks about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, Aug. 1, 2023, at a Department of Justice office in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Feds file new indictment in Trump Jan. 6 case, keeping charges intact but narrowing allegations

FILE - Cornel West speaks at a campaign rally for Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in Detroit, March 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., West approved for ballot in Wisconsin after attempts to oust them fail

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Dunn County Board meeting for August 28, 2024

FILE - Wisconsin's Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos talks to reporters at the state Capitol, Feb. 15, 2022, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Andy Manis, File)

Wisconsin Supreme Court refuses to hear case seeking to revive recall of GOP Assembly speaker Vos

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Menomonie school board and school district annual meeting for August 26,2024

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein speaks during a rally at Union Park during the Democratic National Convention Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Green Party’s Jill Stein will remain on Wisconsin ballot after court refuses to hear challenge

A sign directs voters outside a polling place near the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus on April 4, 2023. (Drake White-Bergey / Wisconsin Watch)

Wisconsin ballot error highlights pressures on election officials ahead of November

FILE - Voters fill in their ballots for Florida's primary election in South Miami, Fla., Aug. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Ready or not, election season in the US starts soon. The first ballots will go out in just two weeks

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