Category Archives: State News
Supreme Court Overrules Gov. Evers
Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that the Governor cannot postpone Tuesday's presidential primary, despite virus outbreak fears. Earlier today Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers had issued an executive or...
Apr 6, 2020 Vox Efx / CC
UPDATE-Gov. Evers Suspends In-Person Voting, Moving In-Person Voting to June 9
UPDATE: Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that the Governor cannot postpone Tuesday's presidential primary Gov. Tony Evers, in the absence of legislative action, today signed Executive Order #74, susp...
Apr 6, 2020 Nancy McClure / CC
Coronavirus: Death Toll Reaches 70, Confirmed Cases Approach 2300
Wisconsin health officials report the death toll from COVID-19 has reached 70 as of Sunday, with nearly 2,300 confirmed cases. More than half of the confirmed cases and 39 deaths have been recorded in...
Apr 6, 2020 sergio santos / CC
UW-Madison Police Arrest 2nd Suspect In Double-Murder At Arboretum
Police have arrested a second suspect in last week's double-murder at the University of Wisconsin Arboretum in Madison. Eighteen-year-old Ali'jah Jawuan Larrue is being held in the Dane County Jail. E...
Apr 6, 2020
Federal Government Grants Wisconsin Major Disaster Declaration
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has granted the request for a major disaster declaration for Wisconsin. That means all 72 counties will have access to public assistance programs as they seek r...
Apr 6, 2020 ttarasiuk / CC
Democratic Party Chairman: DNC In Milwaukee Will Be “As Robust As Possible”
The national chairman of the Democratic Party says the August convention will be "as robust as possible," while being held in "as safe a manner as possible." Tom Perez didn't explain what specific cha...
Apr 6, 2020 DonkeyHotey / CC
Wisconsin Granted Federal Disaster Declaration Due to COVID-19 Pandemic
Gov. Tony Evers announced that Wisconsin has been granted a major disaster declaration for the entire state of Wisconsin, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The declaration provides access to Publi...
Apr 5, 2020
Leave Wild Animals In The Wild As You Enjoy The Outdoors This Spring And Summer
From the Wisconsin DNR Spring and summer are when people encounter wild animals the most. Wisconsin's Keep Wildlife Wild initiative urges people to call a licensed wildlife rehabilitator or the Depart...
Apr 5, 2020
"Mandatory" COVID-19 Test Texts are a Scam
he coronavirus outbreak has been big business for scammers. First, it was fake masks, then fake government grants, and now it's fake COVID-19 tests. In the past few days, BBB Scam Tracker (BBB.org/Sca...
Apr 5, 2020 Widjaya Ivan / CC
Governor Evers Announces Resilient Wisconsin
Governor Tony Evers and Wisconsin Department of Health Services Secretary-designee Andrea Palm announced the new Resilient Wisconsin initiative to provide tools and resources to Wisconsinites dealing ...
Apr 5, 2020
