Sunday, May 10, 2026
FBI is investigating Wisconsin's 2020 election, sources confirm
Mary Spicuzza
The FBI has started an investigation into Wisconsin’s 2020 election, sources told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
The investigation is only in a preliminary phase and is focused on vetting previous complaints – and no ballots have been seized in Wisconsin, the sources said.
Confirmation of the probe came as the Journal Sentinel reported that an FBI agent had interviewed a state election official in recent days. The agent spoke with Wisconsin Elections Commission deputy administrator Robert Kehoe and discussed how elections are handled in Wisconsin.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly falsely claimed that he won the 2020 election. A recount in two Wisconsin counties that Trump's campaign paid for, court rulings, a state audit and a conservative review have confirmed that Trump lost. Biden defeated Trump in Wisconsin by about 21,000 votes.
Kehoe reportedly debunked false claims during his meeting with the FBI agent.
A spokesperson for the FBI declined to comment.
Emilee Miklas, a spokeswoman for the Wisconsin Elections Commission, said, 'We are not aware of an active investigation."
Officials in Wisconsin – and especially Milwaukee – have been preparing for an investigation.
The Wisconsin probe comes after federal officials in January seized hundreds of boxes of ballots related to the 2020 election in Fulton County, Georgia, and after the FBI issued a grand jury subpoena in March for voting information in Maricopa County, Arizona.
Georgia, Arizona and Wisconsin have all been central to Trump's false claims that he won the 2020 election. Trump has insisted, without evidence, that former President Joe Biden didn’t win in Wisconsin that year.
Former state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman previously led a fruitless review of the 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin, which cost taxpayers more than $2 million and turned up little information that wasn't already known.
If federal officials investigate the 2020 election in Milwaukee, it’s possible that poll books and nearly 180,000 absentee ballots with attached ID numbers could be turned over to investigators. Since state law requires absentee ballots counted at a central counting facility to include poll list numbers, the data could be matched with poll book information to identify voters.
Election officials in Milwaukee have raised concerns about such a move, stressing that protecting voters' privacy and their right to vote is a priority.
Ballots from the 2020 election typically would have been destroyed by now. But Milwaukee’s 2020 ballots still exist, partly because of a lawsuit filed against the city by a New London man who has sued state and local election officials over the 2020 election and related issues.
"Based on everything already litigated, reviewed, recounted, and decided by the courts, this appears to be nothing more than a political fishing expedition," said Michael Maistelman, a Milwaukee area election attorney. "There is no factual or legal basis to relitigate Wisconsin’s 2020 election."
The FBI is the investigative agency within the U.S. Department of Justice, which is suing Wisconsin officials over their refusal to provide the confidential information of voters that state election officials say is protected by Wisconsin law.
The federal lawsuit is one of nearly two dozen the Trump administration has filed across the country seeking voter lists without personal information redacted.
U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, a Milwaukee Democrat, sharply criticized the FBI questioning a Wisconsin election official.
"Donald Trump, the loser of the 2020 presidential election, continues to whine and use intimidation tactics against election officials. Trump believes that any election he loses is illegitimate," she said in a statement. "Our elections are safe and fair and will remain that way."
(This story was updated to add new information.)president
Our coddled child president, King-Butt Hurt, still can't accept the fact that he lost an election. His ego won't let the truth in. What a mentally disturbed adolescent he is.
Saturday, May 9, 2026
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Microsoft's Mount Pleasant data center employs 375 people
Ricardo Torres
More than 375 people are working at Microsoft's Mount Pleasant data center, a company executive says.
Bowen Wallace, corporate vice president for Microsoft, gave an update on the project to the Racine County Economic Development Corp. on May 7 at its "Impact 2026" event in Racine.
"We've hired over 375 full-time Microsoft employees," Wallace said. This includes workers who deploy network server devices, operate and maintain electrical and plumbing control systems.
Microsoft is nearing the full completion of its first data center in Mount Pleasant and the company plans to have roughly 500 workers at that facility when it's completed.
A second data center is currently under construction, which Wallace said, at its peak, will have roughly 3,000 construction jobs.
Microsoft is planning to add 15 more data centers to its property in Mount Pleasant during the next decade.
Wallace called the Racine County project the "absolutely flagship supercomputer in Microsoft's portfolio."
"When this project started back in 2023, it went from an idea to construction start faster than any project in our portfolio had ever done before and ever done since," Wallace said.
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Microsoft CEO Nadella says Mt. Pleasant data center is online. Not so fast.
Ricardo Torres
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told investors and analysts that the company’s data center in Mount Pleasant went online in early April “six weeks ahead of schedule, allowing us to recognize revenue earlier.”
However, the company says that the data center, called Fairwater, isn’t online yet.
Nadella made the comments during the April 29 third quarter earnings call, in which the company announced a profit of $31.8 billion for the quarter.
When asked for comment, Microsoft referred the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel to a post on X by Nadella on April 16, days before the earnings call, for the official comment:
There is equipment inside the data center conducting start-up activities, which the company anticipates will continue to happen for the next several weeks.
The GB200s Nadella mentioned are the high-performance superchips made by Nvidia.
Microsoft has been building in Mount Pleasant since it acquired land from Foxconn Technology Group in 2024.
So far, Microsoft has committed $7.3 billion to building its facilities in Mount Pleasant.
Monday, May 4, 2026
Bands announced for Mt. Pleasant’s third annual summer concert series
Holly Gilvary
MOUNT PLEASANT — The Sounds of Sunset series will return for a third year with four Tuesday evening concerts starting June 16 at Campus Park.
The concerts begin at 6:30 p.m. at 8500 Campus Drive. Parking is available on-site, nearby at the Mount Pleasant Village Hall at 8811 Campus Drive and on surrounding streets.
Along with live music, the concerts feature a rotating line-up of food trucks, and beer and wine available for purchase from the Racine Founder’s Rotary Club.
The park’s playgrounds and splash pad will be open during the concerts.
Guests can expect to see the following acts this summer:
June 16 — Jay Matthes
July 7 — Dirty Boogie
July 28 — 5 Card Studs
Aug. 18 — Trippin Billies
Dogs, carry-in beer, wine or liquor and glass containers are not permitted.
For the latest information about food truck lineups, weather updates and more, visit https://www.facebook.com/VillageofMountPleasant.
From: https://journaltimes.com/news/local/article_4236b11c-e59c-40dd-aaad-969e72126870.html
New Racine Farmers Market opens May 9 at Festival Park
Holly Gilvary
RACINE — The new Racine Farmers Market on the Lake launches May 9 at Festival Park.
The market will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday through October and feature more than 60 regional vendors.
Market Manager Dawn Carrillo said it is “a true farmers market.”
“There’s no reselling. You’ll meet the farmer who picked the vegetables and be the first to enjoy produce as it comes into season,” Carrillo said in a statement.
Families also can enjoy kids activities, interactive booths from local businesses and nonprofits, and community participation from city departments, schools and youth organizations.
Other highlights include Educators Credit Union’s Kids Coins, giving every child aged 5-12 $2 to purchase their own produce; the Taste It Tent, where visitors can sample fresh foods before buying; live music; hot food and cold drinks; cooking demonstrations; and special days during the season such as “Apple Day” and a “Salsa Showdown.”
Through the Wisconsin FoodShare program, SNAP-eligible families can receive a $20 match when they shop at the market, an initiative sponsored by Double Up Food Bucks and Aurora Health Care.
For more information, vendor inquiries or partnership opportunities, visit www.racinefarmersmarket.com.
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