Category Archives: State News
Gov. Evers Announces New Public-Private Partnership to Increase COVID-19 Laboratory Testing Capacity
Gov. Tony Evers today announced a new public-private partnership among Wisconsin industry leaders to increase Wisconsin's laboratory testing capacity for COVID-19. Prior to today's announcement, the W...
Mar 30, 2020 Governor Tony Evers Official Portrait
WMC Foundation Announces Essay Contest for Students
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC), the state's largest and most influential business association, is proud to announce, through its affiliate WMC Foundation, a new essay contest to highlight ...
Mar 30, 2020 Kevin Doncaster / CC
Wisconsin COVID-19 Cases Top 1,100, Including 17 Deaths
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reports the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 has topped 1,100. One report Sunday night put it at 1,125. A Waukesha County employee is among the deaths ...
Mar 30, 2020
Wisconsin State Leaders Arguing Over Buying Personal Protective Equipment
Republican legislative leaders and Democratic Governor Tony Evers are enmeshed in an argument of buying additional personal protective equipment for health care workers. Senator Majority Leader Scott ...
Mar 30, 2020 Kai Hendry / CC
Man Charged With Cold Case Homicide Had Been About To Be Released
Authorities in Dane County say a man accused of killing a college student in 2008 was about to be released from jail when the homicide charges were filed last week. A judge had signed a release order ...
Mar 30, 2020 michael scott / CC
National Weather Service Confirms Damaging Tornado In SW Wisconsin
The National Weather Service confirms the touchdown of damaging tornadoes in southwestern Wisconsin and northeastern Iowa Saturday. Early reports indicate the tornado was an E-F-1 with maximum sustain...
Mar 30, 2020 NOAA Photo Library / CC
Praise For DNR Warden Who Used Old-School Backwoods Skills To Find Missing Boy
A Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources warden is being praised for using his old-school, backwoods skills to find a missing boy. The incident happened last November. The boy ran from his middle s...
Mar 30, 2020
Burning Permits Are Suspended In Wisconsin
Spring in Wisconsin has the highest fire risk with the No. 1 cause of wildfires being debris burning. Wildfires pose a serious threat to public safety, property and our natural resources. People cause...
Mar 29, 2020 Dan Zen / CC
March 29: Department of Health Reports 1,112 Cases of COVID-19 in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Department of Health has reported 1,112 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Wisconsin. A total of 16,550 patients have tested negative. The state said there have been a total of 13 deaths due...
Mar 29, 2020
WI Hospitals Urge Residents to Follow 'Safer at Home' Order
Over the next month, Wisconsin residents are urged to stay in their homes unless it's essential, as the state responds to the global pandemic. The governor's "Safer At Home" order, which runs today th...
Mar 29, 2020
