MADISON (AP) — Local governments can ban concealed weapons at all manner of polling sites, from city halls to assisted living facilities, state election officials have concluded.

Wisconsin’s concealed carry law went into effect in November. The state has held three elections since then with no concealed carry-related problems at the polls reported.

Gerald Nichol, a member of the Government Accountability Board, the entity that oversees elections, and local clerks have been asking about how the law applies at the polls for several months.

The board has been too busy preparing for this spring’s recall elections to develop answers until now, board spokesman Reid Magney said. He wasn’t sure when the first requests were made.

GREEN BAY — Wisconsin’s top Republicans rallied their supporters Saturday, May 12th at the party’s state convention. Heavy hitters both nationally and within the state all agree the party’s top priority is keeping Gov. Scott Walker in office.

The agriculture classes at Sheboygan Falls High School have an on-campus garden plot, a leased acre on a nearby farm and access to many more acres at another local farm.

With very little money, the roughly 100 students and their teachers have built garden beds and raised beds, grown produce they've used to supplement the school lunch line, raised turkeys and even earned a little money.If they've accomplished that much on a shoestring budget, imagine what they could do with $25,000... Read More