Category Archives: State News
VP Mike Pence To Visit Pewaukee Next Week
The campaign trail brings Vice President Mike Pence to Pewaukee next Tuesday as part of the "Faith in America" tour. A posting on the Trump campaign's website notes the event will happen June 23rd at ...
Jun 18, 2020 Michael Vadon / CC
Wisconsin Schools To Receive $80M From CARES Act Federal Funding
Wisconsin's K-through-12 schools and colleges and universities will receive more than $80 million in financial assistance. Governor Tony Evers made the announcement Wednesday. The money is intended to...
Jun 18, 2020 SOCIALisBETTER / CC
Wisconsin Elections Commission Finalizes Plan To Mail 2.7M Absentee Ballot Applications
All the details have been hammered out and the Wisconsin Elections Commission is moving forward with a plan to mail two-point-seven million absentee ballot applications to voters. The final step was a...
Jun 18, 2020 Brett Neilson / CC
Minnesota Man Arrested For 2016 Homicide of Missing Woman
A man from Rochester is jailed in the death of a missing woman he was living with in northwest Wisconsin. The Buffalo County Sheriff's Office says Randall Merrick is charged with first-degree intentio...
Jun 18, 2020 cdogstar / CC
Neenah Man Arrested on 4th Offense OWI
Richard John Van Haren, 70 years of age, from Neenah was arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Fond du Lac Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 4th offense. A Wisconsin State Troop...
Jun 17, 2020
Gov. Evers Announces Juneteenth Flag to Fly Over the State Capitol Building
Gov. Tony Evers announced today that the Juneteenth flag will be raised over the Wisconsin State Capitol beginning at sunrise on Fri., June 19, 2020, in celebration of Juneteenth. "As a state that see...
Jun 17, 2020 Trending Topics 2019 / CC
Office of Emergency Communications awards $2.1M in grant funding
The Office of Emergency Communications (OEC) awarded 24 grant projects totaling $2.1 million in federal funding to local public safety answering points (PSAPs) across Wisconsin. Funding will be used f...
Jun 17, 2020
Newest Member Of Congressional Delegation Wants To Compel Schools To Reopen
The newest member of the Wisconsin congressional delegation has introduced a bill to compel schools to reopen this fall. He calls it a "carrot-and-stick" approach. Federal funding would be blocked fro...
Jun 17, 2020 elinerijpers / CC
COVID-19 Wisconsin Statistics
Positive test results: 23,198 (+266) Negative test results: 414,330 (+11,117) Patients hospitalized: 3,096 (+35) Deaths: 703 (+9)
Jun 17, 2020 sergio santos / CC
Ozaukee County Leads Nation When It Comes To Filling Out Census Forms
People in Ozaukee County have been diligent about filling out and returning their 2020 U-S Census forms. The county just north of Milwaukee is number one in the country for reporting census informatio...
Jun 17, 2020 Ben Taylor / CC
