Category Archives: State News
Survey Suggests Many Rural WI Schools Lack Nurses (PHOTO-School Nurse)
Many rural school districts in Wisconsin indicate they will offer some form of in-person learning this fall. As they implement safety precautions during the pandemic, a number of districts also lack t...
Aug 22, 2020 Checking measure fever levels Children using by digital infrared thermometer.
UW Board Of Regents Asks State For 3.5% Spending Increase
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents is including a request for a 3.5% increase in spending in the budget request sent to the governor. Regents gave their approval to a $6.4 billion spending p...
Aug 21, 2020 Pictures of Money / CC
Beaver Dam Residents Have To Dive Through Window To Escape Mobile Home Fire
Officials with the Beaver Dam Fire Department say two people had to dive through a bedroom window to escape their burning mobile home Thursday morning. Their names haven't been released. Emergency res...
Aug 21, 2020 Trevor Hurlbut / CC
Top Democrat Says “It’s All Riding On Wisconsin”
Maybe they took their convention out of Milwaukee and put it online, but Democrats say they still understand how crucial a swing-state like Wisconsin is for the November election. During a virtual mee...
Aug 21, 2020 Steve Jurvetson / CC
Caddot Man Accused of Hit and Run Asks Officers, "What Crash?"
When authorities stopped a Cadott man for a hit-and-run crash in Chippewa County, deputies say he asked, "What crash?" 41-year-old Joseph Walters had a measured blood-alcohol concentration of .33, abo...
Aug 21, 2020
Big Crowd Of Protesters Fill Milwaukee’s Red Arrow Park
Hundreds of masked protesters filled part of Milwaukee's Red Arrow Park Thursday. The action during the Democratic National Convention was in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Dontre Hamilto...
Aug 21, 2020 John Lucia / CC
Kenosha Police Investigate 2 Homicides Less Than 2 Hours Apart
Homicide investigators with the Kenosha Police Department were called about two separate cases less than two hours apart Wednesday night. When officers responded to a shots-fired call at 8:45 p-m, the...
Aug 21, 2020
Former Milwaukee Police Chief Takes First Step Toward Suing City
Former Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales is suing the city for breach of contract and damages, for denial of due process, and for loss of reputation. Morales' lawyer filed the claim Thursday afte...
Aug 21, 2020 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Biden Accepts Democratic Party Nomination (Sort Of) In Front Of Milwaukee Crowd, Kanye West Will Not Be On The Wisconsin Ballot
Former Vice President Joe Biden accepted his party's nomination for president at the virtual Democratic National Convention Thursday. A good-sized watched outside the Milwaukee Zoo. Biden told Democra...
Aug 21, 2020
Wisconsin COVID-19 Statistics
Positive test results: 68,233 (+740) Negative test results: 1,093,294 (+9,131) Patients hospitalized: 5,469 (+39) Deaths: 1,067 (+7) Patients testing positive who have recovered: 59,076 (86.6%)
Aug 21, 2020 sergio santos / CC
