Category Archives: State News
FSA Expands Set-Aside Loan Provision for Customers Impacted by COVID-19
USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) will broaden the use of the Disaster Set-Aside (DSA) loan provision, normally used in the wake of natural disasters, to allow farmers with USDA farm loans who are affe...
Jun 02, 2020
Elections Commission To Spend $4M Sending Absentee Applications To Everyone
The Wisconsin Elections Commission says its push to get more people to vote by mail will cost at least four million dollars. Almost every registered voter in the state will get an absentee ballot appl...
Jun 02, 2020 Robert Stinnett / CC
More Red Arrow Wisconsin Guard Soldiers return from Afghanistan
Another portion of the Wisconsin Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry Regiment has returned to the United States from Afghanistan. Nearly 40 Soldiers are currently at Fort Hood, Texas, ...
Jun 02, 2020
Evers Calls on Lawmakers to Pass Police Use of Force Legislation
Governor Tony Evers is calling for immediate action by the state legislature to pass a bill to retrain Wisconsin police on the use of force. This is in response to the death of George Floyd in Minneap...
Jun 02, 2020 Governor Tony Evers Official Portrait
Wisconsin Safety Council Celebrates June as National Safety Month
Each June, Wisconsin Safety Council - the state's leading provider of safety training and products - partners with the National Safety Council (NSC) to recognize National Safety Month. Throughout the ...
Jun 02, 2020
Wisconsin Cities Keep Curfews In Effect To Slow Rioting, Looting
Several Wisconsin cities decided to continue their curfews Monday night in an effort to control rioting and looting. Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway issued an emergency order Monday, extending that ...
Jun 02, 2020 Fibonacci Blue / CC
Milwaukee County Supervisor Among Those Arrested
Milwaukee County District Four Supervisor Ryan Clancy was among the people arrested Sunday night for violating curfew. Clancy says he was tackled and brought to the ground while he shot video of the p...
Jun 02, 2020
Wisconsin Justice Department DCI Investigates Officer-Involved Shooting
The Wisconsin Justice Department's Division of Criminal Investigation has a suspect in a domestic incident was wounded in an officer-involved shooting in Watertown Sunday night. Watertown police say t...
Jun 02, 2020
UW System Regents Consider Increased Fees, Room-And-Board Hikes
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents will vote Thursday on higher fees and room-and-board costs for students this fall. Student fees would go up by an average of $30 at the system's fou...
Jun 02, 2020 Pictures of Money / CC
New Hillsboro Hospital To Open June 15th
The new Gundersen St. Joseph's Hospital and Clinic in Hillsboro is scheduled to open June 15th. The new 70,000 square-foot facility sits next to the original 68-year-old building. It isn't much bigger...
Jun 02, 2020 Matt Madd / CC
