Category Archives: State News
End Is Near For $600/Week Federal Unemployment Add-On
This is the final week for unemployed workers to receive the $600/week federal lifeline checks. Wisconsin residents still out of a job will still get their state unemployment benefits, but the congres...
Jul 20, 2020 Pictures of Money / CC
Broadband Advocates Worry WI Task Force Won't Be Effective
A task force is starting work on ways to further address broadband access issues in rural Wisconsin. But an advocacy group says the effort must address the issue of competition in order to be effectiv...
Jul 19, 2020 3d rendering router with blue wi-fi sign
Meijer to Require Shoppers to Wear Face Masks
Meijer-which recently opened a store in Manitowoc (July 9th) announces that all customers Who shop in stores and at any Meijer Express Station will be required to wear face masks. Effective this Monda...
Jul 17, 2020
Heat Advisory
A heat advisory is in effect from 1 to 8 pm CDT Saturday. Heat index values of 100 to 105 expected in portions of central, east central and northeast Wisconsin. Hot temperatures and high humidity may ...
Jul 17, 2020 jetsandzeppelins / CC
>>Democrats Tell Members Of Congress Not To Attend DNC Next Month
The Democratic Party has told members of the U-S House and Senate not to attend next month's national convention in Milwaukee. The Democratic National Convention is scheduled to run August 17th throug...
Jul 17, 2020 Kelly DeLay / CC
Wisconsin Closes In On 40K Cases Of COVID-19
The state of Wisconsin is closing in on 40 thousand cases of COVID-19. Health officials confirmed 900 new cases Thursday to run the Wisconsin total during the pandemic to 39,627. A busy July has seen ...
Jul 17, 2020 sergio santos / CC
School Board Approves Milwaukee Plan To Reopen Schools In 3 Phases
Members of the Milwaukee Public School Board have approved a three-phase plan to reopen schools for the fall term. The first phase will have instruction entirely online, with no students present insid...
Jul 17, 2020 elinerijpers / CC
Columbia Correction Institution Escape Costs 11 Guards Their Jobs
The Wisconsin Department of Corrections reports the April escape at the state prison in Columbia has cost 11 guards their jobs. Seven staff members were fired and four more resigned as the investigati...
Jul 17, 2020 michael scott / CC
Charges Filed Against Kenosha Man Who Punched Plainclothes Police Sergeant
When he realized who he had punched, witnesses say 52-year-old Lance Hoff apologized profusely. The Kenosha man faces a felony charge of battery to a law enforcement officer. Hoff was at a rally in su...
Jul 17, 2020
12-Year-Old Driver Arrested After Madison Crash
Madison police officers say a 12-year-old driver admitted to them she didn't know how to operate the car she was driving. S he was arrested Tuesday after cutting a wild path down a city street. Her na...
Jul 16, 2020
