Category Archives: Local News
Wisconsin Republicans send election bills to governor
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Assembly sent bills to Democratic Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday that would make it more difficult for the elderly and disabled to cast absentee ballots and prohib...
Jun 22, 2021
‘There is much more work left to do’: Gov. Evers signs bipartisan police reform bills
MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday signed into law several bills that change use-of-force procedures throughout the state. The bills included measures that ban the use of chokeholds by l...
Jun 22, 2021
7-day COVID positivity rate in Wisconsin continues to remain below 1%
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s seven-day COVID-19 positivity rate has remained under 1% for nearly one week, according to the state Department of Health Services. As of Tuesday, DHS officials...
Jun 22, 2021
Missing elderly woman found dead, Price Co. authorities say
PHILLIPS, Wis. — A Marshfield woman who went missing late last week was found dead in Price County on Monday, according to local authorities. State authorities issued a Silver Alert for 86-year-...
Jun 22, 2021
Secret recording has Wisconsin seniors criticizing Gard
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s seniors were openly critical of coach Greg Gard during a late-season team meeting that was secretly recorded and sent to a newspaper. The Wisconsin State J...
Jun 22, 2021
State to provide Wisconsin schools with free COVID testing next school year
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers and the state’s Department of Health Services are hoping to make it easier for schools to carry out coronavirus tests when they return in the fall...
Jun 22, 2021
President Biden to visit Wisconsin for talk on agriculture, rural economies
MADISON, Wis. — President Joe Biden will visit southwestern Wisconsin next week to talk about developing the state’s agriculture and rural economies. Biden will make the trip with Secretar...
Jun 22, 2021
Badgers unveil new uniforms for ‘Shamrock Series’ game against Notre Dame
MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Badgers football team will be sporting a new look when they take the field against Notre Dame later this year in Chicago. The team unveiled its new “Forward C...
Jun 22, 2021
NOAA to designate Wisconsin coastline as national sanctuary
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Federal officials have designated a huge swath of Wisconsin’s Lake Michigan coastline as a National Marine Sanctuary to protect historic shipwrecks in the area, Gov. T...
Jun 22, 2021
Wisconsin bill would tie PFAS grants to lawsuit immunity
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Assembly plans to vote on a bill that would create a new $10 million grant program to help communities clean up contamination from “forever chemicals&rdq...
Jun 22, 2021
