Teams from hotels and motels in the Iron Range will compete against one another in this year's Housekeeping Olympics. Events include laundry-folding and bed-making contests.

State election officials have rejected a challenge from Wisconsin Democrats that phony "protest" candidates should not be allowed to run in the Democratic Party primaries. A nonpartisan elections board said the government cannot investigate or make subjective judgements about candidates' political beliefs.

Sean Besser Hank recently won the title of the United States' best beer pourer. WCCO reports that the St. Paul native will travel to South America this weekend to compete for the title of world's best beer dispenser.

Fresh from their only debate of the campaign, in which Vice President Joe Biden and vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., badgered each other for 90 minutes, the two candidates plan Dairy State stops. Biden will be in La Crosse Friday. Ryan is in Ohio Friday, but he'll speak at a fundraiser for Senate candidate Tommy Thompson Sunday, and plans a town-hall meeting Monday at Carroll University in Waukesha.

Jordis Unga returned to the reality music scene, belting out a Paul McCartney anthem. The singer, originally from the Twin Cities, earned praise from 'The Voice' celebrity coaches. It's Unga's second TV vocal competition. She previously competed on 'Rock Star: INXS'.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports it took just a little over two minutes for the shock waves to make their way to Wisconsin. People from Milwaukee to Madison reported they felt the shaking from the earthquake.