Category Archives: State News
Wisconsin Safety Council Celebrates June as National Safety Month
Each June, Wisconsin Safety Council - the state's leading provider of safety training and products - partners with the National Safety Council (NSC) to recognize National Safety Month. Throughout the ...
Jun 2, 2020
Wisconsin Cities Keep Curfews In Effect To Slow Rioting, Looting
Several Wisconsin cities decided to continue their curfews Monday night in an effort to control rioting and looting. Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway issued an emergency order Monday, extending that ...
Jun 2, 2020 Fibonacci Blue / CC
Milwaukee County Supervisor Among Those Arrested
Milwaukee County District Four Supervisor Ryan Clancy was among the people arrested Sunday night for violating curfew. Clancy says he was tackled and brought to the ground while he shot video of the p...
Jun 2, 2020
Wisconsin Justice Department DCI Investigates Officer-Involved Shooting
The Wisconsin Justice Department's Division of Criminal Investigation has a suspect in a domestic incident was wounded in an officer-involved shooting in Watertown Sunday night. Watertown police say t...
Jun 2, 2020
UW System Regents Consider Increased Fees, Room-And-Board Hikes
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents will vote Thursday on higher fees and room-and-board costs for students this fall. Student fees would go up by an average of $30 at the system's fou...
Jun 2, 2020 Pictures of Money / CC
New Hillsboro Hospital To Open June 15th
The new Gundersen St. Joseph's Hospital and Clinic in Hillsboro is scheduled to open June 15th. The new 70,000 square-foot facility sits next to the original 68-year-old building. It isn't much bigger...
Jun 2, 2020 Matt Madd / CC
WEC: Absentee Voting Push Will Cost Four Million-Dollars
The push to get more people in Wisconsin to vote by mail will cost at least four million-dollars. The Wisconsin Election Commission announced on Friday that it plans to spend four million-dollars to m...
Jun 1, 2020 Brett Neilson / CC
Wisconsin is a Hotspot for Lyme Disease
Summer means it's time to start getting serious about ticks. One of the biggest issues related to ticks is that they can carry Lyme Disease. One expert is calling Wisconsin a "hotspot" for the disease...
Jun 1, 2020
Wisconsin Governor Calls On Guard, Calls Out Violence
Wisconsin's governor is trying to draw a line between protests and the riots and looting that he saw in Madison and Milwaukee. Governor Tony Evers yesterday said people should be able to protest, but ...
Jun 1, 2020
Milwaukee Police Chief Debunks Theory Rioters Are From Out Of State
Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales is debunking the theory that most rioters are coming from out of state. Morales says through Sunday 60 people have been arrested and only three had addresses out...
Jun 1, 2020
