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2026 Partisan Primary – Happening Now!: The 2026 Partisan Primary is underway! Polls will be open in the Town of Grant until 8:00PM. If you have not yet returned your absentee ballot, you may return it to the black dropbox located near the town hall back door prior to the close of polls. Photo below! ✅ Wisconsin residents who are not registered to vote can do so at the polls on Election Day. You can complete a paper voter registration form at your polling place on Election Day. In order to register, a proof-of-residence document with a current address is required. Learn more at https://elections.wi.gov/Register  If you’re unsure of your voter registration status, visit the MyVote website. Online voter registration for the November 3 General Election, which doesn’t require the voter to print or sign a paper form, resumes after the August 11 Partisan Primary.   ✅ You need an acceptable photo ID to vote and your ID for voting does not need to show your current address. Your acceptable photo ID for voting does not need to show your current address. Most voters already have the photo ID they need to vote, such as a Wisconsin driver license or ID. If you have ID questions, please visit the Bring It to the Ballot website or call 1-866-VOTE-WIS for information. A voter who does not have an acceptable photo ID must be offered a provisional ballot and the opportunity to submit a photo ID within three days after the election. ✅ You may only vote for candidates of one party in the primary. Wisconsin law allows voters to choose which political party’s primary they wish to vote in without having to register to vote with a party affiliation or designation. However, a voter may only vote within one party’s primary on the August 11 ballot. Put simply, voters must pick a party preference when filling out a ballot for the Partisan Primary and stick with that party down the ballot when choosing their candidates of choice. If you select a party preference but vote in multiple primaries, only your chosen party’s votes will count. This is called crossover voting. Votes cast for any other party will not be counted.   For more information about crossover voting, visit:  https://elections.wi.gov/faq/what-partisan-primary-and-how-do-i-avoid-crossover-voting .

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Comment Period For Proposed PFAS NR 140 Groundwater Standards

Comment Period For Proposed PFAS NR 140 Groundwater Standards

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) developed a draft rule package to revise ch. NR 140, Wis. Adm. Code and is accepting public comments through July 29, 2026. The proposed rule will add health-based groundwater quality standards for six PFAS, using the Department of Health Services (DHS)’s January 2025 recommendations.

The six PFAS include the following compounds: perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA), perfluorobutane sulfonic acid (PFBS) and hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA, commonly known as GenX Chemicals). Setting groundwater quality standards will allow for consistent use in state regulatory programs to minimize the concentration of these polluting substances in the groundwater resources of the state. 

The objective of the proposed rule is to protect public health, given that groundwater is the primary source of drinking water throughout the state. PFAS break down very slowly and can accumulate in people. PFAS may cause reproductive health effects such as decreased fertility and pregnancy-induced hypertension; developmental effects or delays in children including birth defects and low birth weight; increased risk of some cancers including prostate, kidney, and testicular cancers; decreased antibody response to vaccines and increased cholesterol.

A draft of the proposed rule language is available for download under DG-02-25 on the DNR’s Proposed Permanent Administrative Rules webpage.

The DNR is accepting comments on the draft revisions to ch. NR 140 from June 29, 2026, to July 29, 2026. Comments may be submitted electronically to DNR140GroundwaterQualityStandards@wisconsin.gov or mailed to:

Department of Natural Resources
Attn: Carla Romano
P.O. Box 7921
Madison, WI 53707-7921

A virtual public hearing will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 23, 2026. To join via Zoom, please register or pre-register using the Zoom link below. If you plan to attend via phone instead of Zoom, please download and complete the fillable Hearing Appearance form and send it to Carla.Romano1@wisconsin.gov.

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Meeting ID: 845 8832 2038
Call-in number: 301-715-8592