Category Archives: State News
Coronavirus-Related Shortages May Mean No Hot Dogs For Holiday Cookouts
Meat shortages caused by the coronavirus pandemic could mean some families won't have hot dogs this upcoming holiday weekend. Usinger's Famous Sausage in Milwaukee says it has run out of beef for the ...
May 21, 2020 Joel Telling / CC
Gov. Evers Announces $25 Million Wisconsin Rental Assistance Program
Gov. Tony Evers today announced the launch of a $25 million Wisconsin Rental Assistance Program for Wisconsinites who have experienced income loss as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Administered by...
May 20, 2020
Consumer Spending In Wisconsin Down 19% During Pandemic
An online economic tracker reports consumer spending is down 19-point-four percent in Wisconsin during the coronavirus pandemic. Opportunity Insights finds major drops in grocery, entertainment, resta...
May 20, 2020 GotCredit / CC
$411,000 Badger 5 Jackpot Claimed by Stevens Point Woman
On April 30, the largest Badger 5 jackpot ever was won with a ticket purchased at Coopers 10-39 BP in Stevens Point. Ginger Wolf of Stevens Point has claimed the record-setting jackpot. Ginger purchas...
May 20, 2020
COVID-19 Wisconsin Statistics
Confirmed cases: 12,885 (198 new) Deaths: 467 (8 new) Negative test results: 148,237 (3,735 new) Patients hospitalized: 2,110 (42 new)
May 20, 2020 sergio santos / CC
Elections Commission: 1600 Absentee Ballots Were Never Delivered
The Wisconsin Elections Commission reports about 16 hundred absentee ballots for the April 7th presidential primary were found in tubs in a U-S Postal Service facility, never delivered. The Postal Ser...
May 20, 2020
Passenger Traffic All But Disappears At Milwaukee’s Mitchell International Airport
Concourses sit mostly empty at Mitchell International Airport as local officials report a 96 percent decrease in the number of passengers during April. Last year, more than 585,000 travelers passed th...
May 20, 2020 viZZZual.com / CC
Wisconsin Senate Membership Will See More Than 20% Turnover
The Tuesday announcement that Republican State Senator David Craig is retiring means more than 20% of the members will be new for the next legislative session. Seven Wisconsin senators say they're not...
May 20, 2020
Passenger Involved In 2018 Crash That Killed Girls Scouts Has May 28th Court Appearance
A 23-year-old passenger who was in the car when Colten Treu hit and fatally injured a group of Girl Scouts is scheduled to appear in court May 28th. John Stender told investigators he grabbed the stee...
May 20, 2020 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Madison Police Kept Busy Breaking Up Big Parties During, After Safer At Home
Madison police have reportedly broken up several large parties since Governor Evers' Safer at Home order went into effect in late March. Officers have responded to 82 calls and issued 15 citations so ...
May 20, 2020
