Category Archives: State News
MadiSUN Program Launches for Madison and Dane County
The City of Madison and Dane County say the MadiSUN program launched Tuesday will provide initiatives and grants supporting renewable energy to local residents, businesses, and nonprofits. The local g...
Apr 28, 2021 zak zak / CC
Evers Signs Bill Requiring the Holocaust to Be Taught in Schools
A bill signed into law today (Wednesday) by Governor Tony Evers requires lessons about the Holocaust and other genocides to be taught in Wisconsin schools. Evers signed the measure at the Milwaukee Je...
Apr 28, 2021
2021 Wisconsin State Fair Dates Set for this Summer
The Wisconsin State Fair is returning to West Allis from August 5th through 15th. Chairman John Yingling said, "In January, the Wisconsin State Fair Park Board approved a goal to have a fair this Augu...
Apr 28, 2021
Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 Vaccines Approved to Resume
The Wisconsin Department of Health has given the approval to resume the use of the single dose Johnson and Johnson COVID -19 Vaccine. Manitowoc County Health Officer Stephanie Lambert says the Centers...
Apr 28, 2021
Truck Driver Shortage Might Leave Gas Stations Without Fuel This Summer
Wisconsin drivers may find their gas station doesn't have any fuel this summer. It's not a lack of crude oil or refined product - there's a shortage of truck drivers. The National Tank Truck Carriers ...
Apr 28, 2021 Mike Mozart / CC
Real ID Requirement Put Off Until May 2023
The Department of Homeland Security has extended the deadline for Americans to get a Real I-D into 2023. Tuesday's announcement gives Wisconsin residents until May 3rd of that year. The previous deadl...
Apr 28, 2021
One of Two Men Charged With Killing UW Professor And Husband Reaches Plea Deal
Dane County prosecutors have worked out a plea deal with one of the two men accused of killing a University of Wisconsin professor and her husband last year. An attorney for Alijah Larrue and the dist...
Apr 28, 2021
Evers Promises To Explain How He Will Spend $3.2B In Coronavirus Relief Money
Wisconsin's governor promises he will announce how he's going to spend all of the $3.2 billion of federal coronavirus relief funding in a few weeks. State law gives Governor Tony Evers control over th...
Apr 28, 2021 Governor Tony Evers Official Portrait
Antigo Meat Market Issues a Recall on Pork Products
A recall has been issued for a meat market in Antigo. The recall at Ken's Highway 45 Meat Market includes select bacon, pork chops, polish sausage, snack sticks, and summer sausage after a routine ins...
Apr 28, 2021 Chris Yarzab / CC
Vast Majority of Wisconsin Seniors Vaccinated Against COVID-19
Those most at risk from the coronavirus are the most vaccinated in Wisconsin. The Department of Health Services says 80-percent of people 65 and older have gotten one dose of the vaccine. Nearly 60-pe...
Apr 27, 2021
