Category Archives: State News
Milwaukee Man Charged With 5 Counts Of First-Degree Intentional Homicide
A 43-year-old Milwaukee man has been charged with five counts of first-degree intentional homicide. Christopher Stokes is accused of shooting five family members to death Monday morning. After killing...
May 1, 2020
Department Of Workforce Development “Correcting” Incorrect Payments
Some Wisconsin recipients of those $600 Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation payments briefly got twice as much as they were supposed to get. The state Department of Workforce Development is bla...
May 1, 2020 Pictures of Money / CC
Volume Of Returned Absentee Ballots In Special Election Running High
Voters in Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District are deciding to cast absentee ballots in big numbers. The election to fill the seat vacated by Republican Sean Duffy is set for May 12th. The Wisconsin...
May 1, 2020
Wisconsin Must Feel Lucky – Lottery Sales Are Up 7%
Wisconsin residents must have been feeling lucky in the most recent fiscal year which ended last June. A report from the Legislative Audit Bureau shows lottery sales were up by almost seven percent at...
May 1, 2020 Andrew Malone / CC
Wisconsin 2020 Game Fish Season Opens May 2
Gov. Evers' Safer at Home order recognizes outdoor activity as essential. As such, the 2020-2021 Game Fish season will proceed as planned opening on May 2. All regulations and license requirements app...
Apr 30, 2020 Photo Credit: Wisconsin DNR
Wisconsin Receives Delivery of 230,000 N95 Masks from FEMA
Gov. Tony Evers today announced Wisconsin has received a delivery of 230,000 N95 respirator masks from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), providing a needed boost to efforts to obtain per...
Apr 30, 2020 Mark Chang / CC
Wisconsin Congressman Critical Of Disbursement Of COVID-19 Federal Funding
Congressman Glenn Grothman is criticizing the way the federal government is distributing COVID-19 funding. The 6th District Republican puts at least part of the blame on Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuch...
Apr 30, 2020
Evers Calls Lawsuit Over Safer At Home “Silly”
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers calls the lawsuit over his Safer at Home order "silly." The Evers administration turned in its defense Tuesday and today (Thursday) is the day Republican lawmakers will f...
Apr 30, 2020
Department Of Workforce Development Has Distributed $290M In Unemployment Benefits
The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development reports it has distributed more than $290 million in unemployment benefits since March 15th. The agency says it has received almost a half-million app...
Apr 30, 2020 Pictures of Money / CC
Chippewa Falls Man Arrested After Wednesday Morning Standoff
For hours, Chippewa Falls police say 32-year-old Joseph Teske refused to give up. Officers were responding to a domestic disturbance call. Teske was accused of pulling a woman to the ground and kickin...
Apr 30, 2020
