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Congressman Mark Pocan (D-WI) has been in quarantine since last Tuesday, November 10, after finding out his mother had tested positive for COVID-19. Pocan transported his 91-year-old mother on a two-hour drive to a nursing home she was moving to on Monday, November 9.

In the weeks after the presidential election, ample misinformation has circulated on social media and political websites raising rumors about the integrity of Wisconsin’s election results. Now, election officials are speaking out. 

The saga of a complaint filed against Black Earth Library Director Carolyn Schaffer took on a life of its own after a special Village Board meeting Monday, but it seems the Village is looking to put it to rest. It all started with a Facebook post, and a Town of Black Earth resident’s complaint to Village President Troy Esser.

In a statewide address on Tuesday night, Gov. Tony Evers asked Wisconsin residents to unify against COVID-19 before issuing Executive order #94, advising people to stay home.

On November 6 the Wisconsin District III Court of Appeals ruled that an executive order limiting public indoor gatherings to 25 percent capacity was “invalid and unenforceable in a split decision.

One month ago, the Prairie du Sac area had 12 new weekly COVID-19 cases, its highest weekly total since 18 cases in one week in late July. Over the past week, there were 62 new cases. A week before that, 55. 

There were a total of 51 cases for the entire month of October.

President-elect Joe Biden won the area vote by a near 17 point margin, far more than the 0.6 percent margin for the entire State. Mark Pocan and Dave Considine won their downballot races by roughly the same amount.

There were no troubles at the polls. 

By Claire Campbell and Laura Schultz (Wisconsin Watch)

At one home, the pair corner a young woman who prefers not to be named, dressed in a soiled apron and a black polo shirt as she heads to work. McCurtis and Cross know that if not for their efforts, she probably will not vote on Nov. 3. 

Wisconsin had 2,408 active polling places on November 3, following extended periods of both mail-in voting and in-person absentee voting at local municipal buildings.

Local COVID-19 infection rates are outpacing state and county rates, as revealed in Monday’s data from the Wisconsin Department of Health. New case rates locally range from 50 to 147 percent, over the past month.