Category Archives: State News
National Weather Service Confirms Damaging Tornado In SW Wisconsin
The National Weather Service confirms the touchdown of damaging tornadoes in southwestern Wisconsin and northeastern Iowa Saturday. Early reports indicate the tornado was an E-F-1 with maximum sustain...
Mar 30, 2020 NOAA Photo Library / CC
Praise For DNR Warden Who Used Old-School Backwoods Skills To Find Missing Boy
A Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources warden is being praised for using his old-school, backwoods skills to find a missing boy. The incident happened last November. The boy ran from his middle s...
Mar 30, 2020
Burning Permits Are Suspended In Wisconsin
Spring in Wisconsin has the highest fire risk with the No. 1 cause of wildfires being debris burning. Wildfires pose a serious threat to public safety, property and our natural resources. People cause...
Mar 29, 2020 Dan Zen / CC
March 29: Department of Health Reports 1,112 Cases of COVID-19 in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Department of Health has reported 1,112 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Wisconsin. A total of 16,550 patients have tested negative. The state said there have been a total of 13 deaths due...
Mar 29, 2020
WI Hospitals Urge Residents to Follow 'Safer at Home' Order
Over the next month, Wisconsin residents are urged to stay in their homes unless it's essential, as the state responds to the global pandemic. The governor's "Safer At Home" order, which runs today th...
Mar 29, 2020
Demands Grow for Health-Care Worker Protections
Health care workers from Wisconsin and around the country are worried about having to stretch key resources as they help patients infected with the new coronavirus. The supply situation varies from st...
Mar 29, 2020 Mark Chang / CC
Four Lawsuits Filed Over April Primary Election
Lawsuits filed by two more groups over the April primary election bring the total number of legal challenges to four. The presidential primary could be settled in court rather than at the polls. The s...
Mar 27, 2020
Wisconsin Gas Prices 66 Cents Lower Than Last Month
Wisconsin drivers are spending a lot less money on filling up their gas tank this month. Triple-A reports the average price for gas has dropped by 66 cents-a-gallon. There are some gas stations sellin...
Mar 27, 2020 Mike Mozart / CC
Evers Orders Temporary Suspension of Evictions and Foreclosur
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers issued an order temporarily suspending evictions and foreclosures due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It prohibits landlords from evicting tenants for any reason unless it woul...
Mar 27, 2020
Gov. Evers Issues Order to Expedite Expansion, Enhance Efficiency of Healthcare Workforce
Gov. Tony Evers and Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) Secretary-designee Andres Palm today exercised their authority under Article V, Section 4 of the Wisconsin Constitution and Sections 3...
Mar 27, 2020 Governor Tony Evers Official Portrait
