Category Archives: State News
Wisconsin Supreme Court To Hear Arguments Tuesday On Safer At Home
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday on the Republican challenge to the extension of Governor Tony Evers' Safer at Home order. The court voted six-to-one Friday to take the cas...
May 04, 2020
Milwaukee Tourism Loses $52M In Cancellations Due To Coronavirus Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in the cancellation of university graduation ceremonies, a summit and a June health conference in Milwaukee. Tourism officials in Wisconsin's largest city estimat...
May 04, 2020 Jeramey Jannene / CC
DNR Accepting Input On Plan For Central Sand Hills Region
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is accepting input on its plan for the state's Central Sand Hills region. No public meetings are on the schedule due to the coronavirus pandemic. The plan...
May 04, 2020
Deaths Of 2 Milwaukee Teens Blamed On Accidental Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Milwaukee police are blaming the weekend deaths of two teenage boys on accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. Officers were called to a home at about 3:30 p-m Saturday - where they found two dead boys,...
May 04, 2020 Daniel / CC
Sunday Dust Storm Causes Multiple Accidents On I-39
The Wisconsin Highway Patrol says high winds picked up dust from a nearby field, blowing it across Interstate 39 Sunday and causing multiple accidents. Troopers had to close the highway shortly after ...
May 04, 2020
Spraying For Gypsy Moths Comes To Western Wisconsin
The Department of Agriculture will begin flying planes while spraying for gypsy moths in western Wisconsin later this month. Ag officials announced earlier this week that the low-flying planes will be...
May 03, 2020
Fox Cares Foundation Give $35,000 to Local Community Foundations
The Fox Cares Foundation has committed to giving $35,000 to support three local community foundations respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. "As a relatively new foundation, I was thrilled with the speed a...
May 03, 2020
BBB Serving Wisconsin Warns About Phony Websites Popping Up During COVID-19 Crisis
With shortages of sanitizers, disinfectants, masks, and paper products seen throughout the country since the COVID-19 virus first surfaced, BBB warns that websites selling these and other related prod...
May 03, 2020 John Jones / CC
Farmers Unions Cite Concerns Over Executive Order on Meat Plants
At least 20 meat processing plants have closed temporarily across the country, including one in Wisconsin, following the spread of COVID-19 cases at these facilities. Some say President Donald Trump w...
May 02, 2020
Medical Loophole in WI COVID-19 Relief Bill Draws Scrutiny
The COVID-19 relief package recently enacted in Wisconsin is running into some backlash over a medical provision. Some say it strips legal protections for patients when negligent care is provided duri...
May 02, 2020 Presidencia de la República Mexicana / CC
