January 2022

Some inside fun

Walk inside the main entrance of Newton Nazarene Church, 1000 N. Main, and turn left and there’s a gymnasium. It’s a space that Blair Hamilton and other members of the church board want to put to work. h “We figure we have the space. We are thinking about how we can use it to benefit the community,” Hamilton said. h Long a space used as a voting station for elections and community blood drives, last week the church did something new — a carnival for elementary school students.

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NATION & WORLD WATCH

6 found dead at Milwaukee home; homicide investigation underway MILWAUKEE – Six people were found dead in a Milwaukee home in what police are investigating as multiple homicides, authorities said. Milwaukee police responded about 3:45 p.m.

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Justices won’t hear proxy vote dispute

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court has rejected a challenge from House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy to the proxy voting system that Democrats put in place in response to the coronavirus pandemic. McCarthy had sought a declaration that proxy voting, an absent representative giving authority for someone in attendance to cast his or her vote, was unconstitutional.

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