Category Archives: State News

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says Wisconsin doesn't need a statewide face mask mandate. The Republican legislative leader feels any response to coronavirus outbreaks should come at the local level. He s...

The pickup driver who fatally injured a six-year-old girl as she boarded her school bus last winter has been cited and fined in Waushara County. 76-year-old Carl L. Mullenix has entered a plea of not ...

The Milwaukee Common Council is scheduled to discuss a face mask mandate during a meeting of the Public Health and Safety Committee this (Thursday) afternoon at 2:30 p-m. Several changes have been mad...

Republicans are calling on Governor Tony Evers to approve a proposal for bridge loans to Wisconsin residents waiting for a decision on their unemployment applications. The interim program would use $4...

A federal grand jury has indicted two Wisconsin men - including a former school superintendent - on child sex charges. 33-year-old Daniel Peggs is charged with sex trafficking a minor, producing child...

Positive test results: 32,556 (+495) Negative test results: 601,012 (+12,099) Patients hospitalized: 3,639 (+37) Deaths: 805 (+8)

The state of Wisconsin is shipping millions of cloth face masks and other types of personal protective equipment to schools, food processors and businesses. Wisconsin Emergency Management is providing...

Two Madison teenagers charged with homicide in the deaths of a doctor and her husband last March will be tried separately. The lawyer for 18-year-old Ali-Jah Larrue had requested the separation and it...

U-S Senator Ron Johnson thinks the country closed too much of its economy when the coronavirus outbreak started. The Wisconsin Republican tells the online news publication Axios the country "overreact...

The Columbus Common Council has voted to remove the statue of Christopher Columbus and put it in storage until a new home can be found. The motion was passed Tuesday on a four-to-one vote. Council mem...