Category Archives: State News
Madison Mayor Asks Federal, State Governments To Extend Coronavirus Relief
Madison's mayor says her constituents and people across the state are facing an unprecedented wave of unemployment, foreclosures and evictions. Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway is seeking an extension of cor...
Jul 16, 2020 Pictures of Money / CC
Lawmakers Introduce Bill To Make Defacing Or Destroying Statue A Felony
A legislative bill announced Wednesday at the Wisconsin Capitol would make defacing or destroying a statue a felony. Democratic State Senator Tim Carpenter, who was physically attacked by protesters l...
Jul 16, 2020
COVID-19 Wisconsin Statistics
Positive test results: 38,814 (+908) Negative test results: 685,381 (+12,196) Patients hospitalized: 3,923 (+31) Deaths: 827 (+1) Patients recovered: 77% (NOTE: DHS website was down so these are numbe...
Jul 16, 2020 sergio santos / CC
Wauwatosa Suspends Officer Who Has Fatally Shot 3 Men In 5 Years
The Wauwatosa Police and Fire Commission has suspended the officer who has fatally shot three men in the last five years. Officer Joseph Mensah had already been officially cleared in the first two sho...
Jul 16, 2020
Vice President Pence Returns To Wisconsin Friday
The Trump campaign has announced Vice President Mike Pence will visit Wisconsin Friday. Pence was in the state last month for his "Faith in America" tour stop in Pewaukee. This time, he will take part...
Jul 16, 2020 Michael Vadon / CC
Rushing Leads To Errors While DWD Passes Out Unemployment Benefits
Mistakes made in late April by the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development led to some people getting too much unemployment help - and others getting too little. The errors were discovered by th...
Jul 16, 2020 Pictures of Money / CC
Prison Worker Pleads Not Guilty To 3 Felony Charges Connected To Escape
A former worker at the Columbia Correctional Institute has pleaded not guilty to three felony charges connected to an April escape. 46-year-old Holly Zimdahl was a civilian worker in the prison kitche...
Jul 16, 2020 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Beloit Family Chased Out Of Home By 9-Year-Old Holding Realistic Replica Gun
Beloit police officers were confronted by a nine-year-old child holding what looked like a real gun Tuesday afternoon. The officers held their fire while the child with autism told them to shoot. He h...
Jul 16, 2020 Robert Nelson / CC
Some Milwaukee Teachers Nervous About Returning To Class
Some teachers in the Milwaukee School District are saying they don't want to return to classrooms until there are no new cases of the coronavirus. Members of the Black Educators Caucus M-K-E says it w...
Jul 15, 2020 sergio santos / CC
Eau Claire City Council Works On Safe Voting Practices
Members of the Eau Claire City Council are discussing how voters can safely cast their ballots in elections this fall. The primary election is next month and the presidential election is in November. ...
Jul 15, 2020 Vox Efx / CC
