7/16/2026

IRONWOOD – Festival Ironwood events today include Youth Volleyball Tournaments start today at 9am, Bingo at 1, Live Polka Music by Richie Yurkovich starting at 4 along with the Yooper style wood fire grilled Chicken feed, the launching of the ducks for the worlds largest duck pick is at 4:15 this afternoon.  Festival Ironwood runs through Saturday.

7/16/2026

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission has found probable cause that billionaire Elon Musk broke state law when he promised to hand out $1 million checks to voters in the 2025 state Supreme Court election.  Prosecutors can choose to bring criminal charges over violating the state law against election bribery. The district attorney's office has 40 days to report back to the commission. 

7/16/2026

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democratic candidate for Governor Sara Rodriguez says she discovered her campaign has hundreds of thousands of dollars less cash than she thought after campaign ads slated to run last week did not air due to unpaid invoices. Rodriguez announced late Sunday night that she has fired her campaign manager after discovering contributions had been double counted and expenses were undercounted, leading to her campaign having far less money than she thought. Rodriguez saying she is staying in the race. The primary is on Aug. 11.