National Guard To Help With Election

Members of the Wisconsin National Guard (WI National Guard)
Members of the Wisconsin National Guard (WI National Guard)

MADISON, WI (MetroSource-WSAU) -- Wisconsin's citizen soldiers are being called-up to be poll workers for next weeks election.

Governor Evers yesterday mobilized the Wisconsin National Guard to work at the polls on Tuesday. Nearly 60 percent of cities and towns in the state do not have enough volunteers to hand out ballots and help process voters amid the coronavirus pandemic.

There is no word just how many guardsmen the state will be deploying.

Tom King

Tom grew up in Wausau listening to sports on WSAU and music on our sister stations WRIG and WIFC and decided early on that that was where he wanted to be. After graduating from Wausau East in the mid 70's Tom headed to UWSP. He worked at the college radio station WWSP and weekends on WIFC while earning a degree in Communication.

After college he worked a year at WKAU radio in the Fox Valley before returning to Wausau and moving into radio sales. He missed the on-air work and returned to the air when WOFM went on the air and when it was purchased by Midwest Communications was asked to take on the sports position on WSAU. He has spent the last 13 years as part of the WSAU morning team while also broadcasting Wausau East sports and contributing to the morning show on WIFC.

If you listen to the show you know that Tom is the coach of the Wausau American Legion Baseball team. He's married (Sandy) with two sons (Wade & Cory) and spends his spare time reading, listening to music, watching movies and tv shows and following most of the major sports.