Category Archives: State News
Scammers Faking Overcharged Credit Card Claims
No one likes being overcharged, and scam artists know this. The most recent one to gain major traction has these scammers sending a text message to or calling their target, claiming to represent the c...
Jun 27, 2020 Widjaya Ivan / CC
Black UW Student Group Wants President Lincoln Statue Taken Down
Some students at the University of Wisconsin want a statue of President Abraham Lincoln removed from the Madison campus. The Lincoln statue has sat atop Bascom Hill since 1919. Nalah McWhorter of the ...
Jun 26, 2020 Phil Roeder / CC
Lawmakers Question Plans For Returning To School
There are still a lot of questions about what will happen when school resumes this fall in Wisconsin. State lawmakers listened to almost seven hours of testimony earlier this week about the return to ...
Jun 26, 2020 Nick Amoscato / CC
Applications CLOSE at 11:59 p.m. TONIGHT for $75 million We’re All In Small Business Grants
Applications close tonight (June 26) at 11:59 p.m. CDST for small businesses to apply online for the $2,500 We're All In Small Business Grants, officials from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corpor...
Jun 26, 2020
Wisconsin Has Changed Since The Last Time President Trump Was Welcomed Here
Six months after his last visit, President Donald Trump found a much-different Wisconsin waiting for him Thursday. The president took a private tour of Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard after reco...
Jun 26, 2020 Matt Johnson / CC
COVID-19 Wisconsin Statistics
Positive test results: 26,227 (+464) Negative test results: 498,561 (+10,758) Patients hospitalized: 3,326 (+27) Deaths: 766 (+9)
Jun 26, 2020 sergio santos / CC
Members Of Both Political Parties Demand An End To Violence, Destruction
There is disagreement over who to blame, but members of both political parties are demanding an end to violence and destruction. A protest earlier this week resulted in a state lawmaker being injured,...
Jun 26, 2020
Portage County Man Sentenced To 9 Years For Role In Overdose Death
A Portage County man is going to prison for nine years for the role he played in another man's overdose death. 46-year-old Jason Meisel had entered a guilty plea to a charge of reckless homicide. Meis...
Jun 26, 2020 michael scott / CC
Madison Police Arrest Man Accused Of Hit-And-Run Causing Injury
Madison police have arrested a man for the hit-and-run accident that happened last Sunday morning. One person was suffered minor injuries when a pickup driven by Brendan J. Oneil drove into a crowd ne...
Jun 26, 2020
National Weather Service May Stop Issuing Advisories
The National Weather Service is accepting public input as it considers whether it should eliminate the use of the term "weather advisory." Many people don't really know what that means. A senior forec...
Jun 25, 2020
