Category Archives: State News
Baldwin Urges Verso to Sell Paper Mill to Buyer Committed to North-Central Wisconsin
Senator Tammy Baldwin is calling on Verso Corporation to keep the community in mind in any future sale of a now shuttered paper mill. The paper mill in Wisconsin Rapids has been there for over 100 yea...
Oct 01, 2020
Madison, Milwaukee Teachers Call for Virtual Learning Due to COVID-19
Teachers unions from Wisconsin's largest cities want state health officials to order all K-12 schools, colleges and universities move to virtual learning until community spread COVID is contained. Mil...
Oct 01, 2020
Trump Campaign Rallies Set for Coronavirus "Red Zones"
President Donald Trump's weekend campaign rallies will take place in cities designated as "red zones" by the White House Coronavirus Task Force. A draft report from the task force says Wisconsin is "i...
Oct 01, 2020 Matt Johnson / CC
Dunn County Reports First Death From COVID Complications, State COVID-19 Statistics
The Dunn County Health Department in northwest Wisconsin is confirming its first death from COVID-19 complications. Officials say the unidentified patient was elderly. Dunn County Health Officer K-T G...
Oct 01, 2020 sergio santos / CC
Kind, Tiffany Introduce Bill to Renamed New Richmond Post Office After WWII Vets
Congressmen Ron Kind and Tom Tiffany are sponsoring legislation to rename the New Richmond post office after two brothers killed in World War II. Their bill would name it the "Captain Robert C. Harmon...
Sep 30, 2020
Baldwin Touts Bill to Exclude COVID Unemployment Payments From Taxes
U-S Senator Tammy Baldwin is promoting a bill that would exclude 17 weeks of COVID unemployment payments from federal income taxes. The Coronavirus Unemployment Benefits Tax Relief Act would exclude t...
Sep 30, 2020
Superior Man Arrested For Homicide of Mother
Police in Superior say a man is under arrest in connection with the death of his mother. Officers responded to a home Tuesday morning where they found 49-year-old Cindy Bennett dead of injuries suffer...
Sep 30, 2020
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Absentee Ballot Extension in Wisconsin
A federal court is upholding an extension for returning absentee ballots in Wisconsin. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the decision by Judge William Conley that extends the amount of time ...
Sep 30, 2020
Governor Evers Asks People to Take Coronavirus Pandemic Seriously
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers continues to ask everyone to take the risks associated with the coronavirus seriously. Evers told reporters Tuesday, "we are nine months into this pandemic, and right now...
Sep 30, 2020
Washington County Youth Football Coach Terminated After Exposing Players to Covid
A youth football coach in Washington County is accused of exposing his team to COVID-19 by attending practice and a scrimmage while infected. County officials say the coach was immediately relieved of...
Sep 29, 2020 RonAlmog / CC
