Category Archives: State News
BBB Alert: Scammers Target Seniors During Pandemic
BBB is receiving several reports from seniors reporting that they are receiving text messages from scammers posing as the U.S. Department of Health, about taking a mandatory online COVID-19 test in or...
Apr 17, 2020 Widjaya Ivan / CC
State COVID-19 Numbers Continue to Rise
Here are the COVID-19 statistics as of Thursday from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services: Confirmed case: 3,875 (+154) Hospitalizations: 1,121 (+30) Deaths: 197 (+15) Negative test resu...
Apr 17, 2020 sergio santos / CC
Missouri Rancher Bound Over For Trial On Charges Of Killing 2 Wisconsin Brothers
A Missouri rancher has been bound over for trial on charges he killed two Wisconsin brothers. 25-year-old Garland Nelson made an appearance in Caldwell County District Court Thursday. Prosecutors say ...
Apr 17, 2020
Republicans Say They Will Respond To Extension Of Safer At Home Order
Republican leaders in the Wisconsin Legislature say they will respond to the extension of the governor's Safer at Home order after they consider their options. Assembly Republicans say their phones ha...
Apr 17, 2020
Wisconsin Joins 6 States Coordinating The Re-Opening Of Their Economies
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers is joining six other Midwestern governors in announcing they will coordinate the re-opening of their state economies. Similar agreements were reached by governors in the ...
Apr 17, 2020 Pictures of Money / CC
Southern Wisconsin Authorities: Man’s Body Found Tuesday Was Homicide Victim
Authorities in southern Wisconsin say they have determined the man whose body was found in Beloit was a homicide victim. Investigators think 18-year-old Jwan J. Lamon of Janesville was targeted Tuesda...
Apr 17, 2020
NBA Fans Want Their Money Back
Milwaukee Bucks fans are like all the other N-B-A followers who bought tickets - they want their money back. The league says on its website it still intends to resume the season, meaning the games we'...
Apr 17, 2020 Karl Baron / CC
City Reaching Out To Help Stevens Point Businesses
Stevens Point Mayor Mike Wiza says local businesses there have invested in the community and he says now it's time to invest in them. The City Council approved a small business grant program during it...
Apr 16, 2020
UPDATE: 2 Inmates Climbed Over Security Fences to Escape Portage Prison
UPDATE April 17, 2020: Both subjects are in custody The Columbia County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call at 4:59 a.m. on Thursday, April 16th from Columbia Correctional Institution (CCI) reporting...
Apr 16, 2020
Wisconsin's Safer at Home Order Extended to May 26, K-12 Schools Will Remain Closed for 2019-2020 School Year
Gov. Tony Evers today directed Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) Secretary-designee, Andrea Palm, to extend the Safer at Home order from April 24, 2020, to 8 a.m. Tuesday, May 26, 2020, or...
Apr 16, 2020
