Category Archives: State News
U.S. Navy for Investment in Marinette Marine
The U.S. Navy announced today that they have selected Wisconsin's Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard to build a class of up to 10 multi-mission guided-missile frigates (FFGs) for the Navy's FFG(X) ...
May 01, 2020
Wisconsin National Guard Conducting Mobile Testing at Sites Around the State
Eleven specimen collection teams from the Wisconsin National Guard are operating across Wisconsin supporting local health departments and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services to increase the st...
May 01, 2020 The National Guard / CC
EAA 2020 Canceled Due to Pandemic
An event that draws hundreds of thousands of people from all around the globe is the latest event to be canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. Organizers of the Experimental Aircraft Associatio...
May 01, 2020 Eugene Kim / CC
Milwaukee Man Charged With 5 Counts Of First-Degree Intentional Homicide
A 43-year-old Milwaukee man has been charged with five counts of first-degree intentional homicide. Christopher Stokes is accused of shooting five family members to death Monday morning. After killing...
May 01, 2020
Department Of Workforce Development “Correcting” Incorrect Payments
Some Wisconsin recipients of those $600 Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation payments briefly got twice as much as they were supposed to get. The state Department of Workforce Development is bla...
May 01, 2020 Pictures of Money / CC
Volume Of Returned Absentee Ballots In Special Election Running High
Voters in Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District are deciding to cast absentee ballots in big numbers. The election to fill the seat vacated by Republican Sean Duffy is set for May 12th. The Wisconsin...
May 01, 2020
Wisconsin Must Feel Lucky – Lottery Sales Are Up 7%
Wisconsin residents must have been feeling lucky in the most recent fiscal year which ended last June. A report from the Legislative Audit Bureau shows lottery sales were up by almost seven percent at...
May 01, 2020 Andrew Malone / CC
Wisconsin 2020 Game Fish Season Opens May 2
Gov. Evers' Safer at Home order recognizes outdoor activity as essential. As such, the 2020-2021 Game Fish season will proceed as planned opening on May 2. All regulations and license requirements app...
Apr 30, 2020 Photo Credit: Wisconsin DNR
Wisconsin Receives Delivery of 230,000 N95 Masks from FEMA
Gov. Tony Evers today announced Wisconsin has received a delivery of 230,000 N95 respirator masks from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), providing a needed boost to efforts to obtain per...
Apr 30, 2020 Mark Chang / CC
Wisconsin Congressman Critical Of Disbursement Of COVID-19 Federal Funding
Congressman Glenn Grothman is criticizing the way the federal government is distributing COVID-19 funding. The 6th District Republican puts at least part of the blame on Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuch...
Apr 30, 2020
