Category Archives: State News
Heavy Rainfall, Storms Slow Activities In Wisconsin
First, COVID-19 kept everyone indoors for nearly three months. Then, for the last four or five days, protests following by looting and rioting kept many people from venturing outside. Those same peopl...
Jun 3, 2020 mrpbps / CC
COVID-19 Wisconsin Statistics
Confirmed cases: 18,917 (+374) Negative test results: 263,743 (+10,148) Patients hospitalized: 2,643 (+40) Deaths: 607 (+12)
Jun 3, 2020 sergio santos / CC
Television News Crews Attacked In Madison
No serious injuries were reported, but at least two television news crews were attacked while covering the violence and looting along Madison's State Street Monday night. While a photo-journalist was ...
Jun 3, 2020 Max Talbot-Minkin / CC
Milwaukee Common Council Gives Property Owners Some Breathing Room
The Milwaukee Common Council has unanimously approved waiving the interest and penalties owed on outstanding property tax bills in the city. Council members say they are trying to help property owners...
Jun 3, 2020 Paul Downey / CC
17-Year-Old Waupaca Driver Charged With 1st-Degree Reckless Homicide
Waupaca County prosecutors have charged a 17-year-old driver with first-degree reckless homicide for intentionally causing a fatal crash. Investigators say Logan Stedjee was driving about 100 miles-an...
Jun 3, 2020
Hazmat Situation Causes Evacuation In Clark County – No One Hurt
A Tuesday morning accident forced the evacuation of people living near ProVision Partners in Clark County at about 7:36 a-m. A 9-1-1 caller reported hearing a loud noise, then seeing smoke coming from...
Jun 3, 2020 Daniel / CC
FSA Expands Set-Aside Loan Provision for Customers Impacted by COVID-19
USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) will broaden the use of the Disaster Set-Aside (DSA) loan provision, normally used in the wake of natural disasters, to allow farmers with USDA farm loans who are affe...
Jun 2, 2020
Elections Commission To Spend $4M Sending Absentee Applications To Everyone
The Wisconsin Elections Commission says its push to get more people to vote by mail will cost at least four million dollars. Almost every registered voter in the state will get an absentee ballot appl...
Jun 2, 2020 Robert Stinnett / CC
More Red Arrow Wisconsin Guard Soldiers return from Afghanistan
Another portion of the Wisconsin Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry Regiment has returned to the United States from Afghanistan. Nearly 40 Soldiers are currently at Fort Hood, Texas, ...
Jun 2, 2020
Evers Calls on Lawmakers to Pass Police Use of Force Legislation
Governor Tony Evers is calling for immediate action by the state legislature to pass a bill to retrain Wisconsin police on the use of force. This is in response to the death of George Floyd in Minneap...
Jun 2, 2020 Governor Tony Evers Official Portrait
