Wisconsin News

Wisconsin spring ballot takes shape January 19, 2021 4:26 am Daily Globe - Michigan By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] Hurley -- It may seem like people haven’t finished talking about the last election, but two more contests are on the horizon in Wisconsin as Iron County residents will join voters around the state in casting their …
Wisconsin city OKs rail panel to oversee proposed Twin Cities route January 19, 2021 3:25 am Progressive Railroading Rail News Home Passenger Rail 1/18/2021 Rail News: Passenger Rail The City Council of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, last week voted to create the Chippewa-St. Croix Rail Commission, an independent panel that would explore the development of a passenger- …
Wisconsin dairy farmers face mental health crisis January 19, 2021 3:25 am Waunakee Tribune - Wisconsin It was Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016. David Fischer had just arrived for work at his dairy farm in Rio, Wisconsin. A slight breeze punctuated the freezing, grey morning. His drive to work is just 2 minutes. From where he parked his pickup truck on the farm' …
Abortion Numbers Increase in Wisconsin January 19, 2021 3:24 am Catholic Herald The Wisconsin Department of Health recently released devastating news that abortions in the state rose by 5 percent in 2019. In 2019, the total number of abortions among Wisconsin women was 6,372, which is an increase of 330 from the previous year. The …
AARP dashboard responds to alarming nursing home death rate in Wisconsin January 19, 2021 12:34 am Star - Wisconsin The latest release of AARP’s Nursing Home COVID-19 Dashboard depicts a worsening crisis from coast to coast, including skyrocketing increases in deaths among Wisconsin nursing home residents since last fall. In the four-week period ending Dec. 20, 9.9% of …
COVID-19 positivity rate sees gradual decline in Wisconsin; 54 more hospitalized January 19, 2021 12:19 am WISC-TV Channel 3000 - Wisconsin January 18, 2021 2:56 PM Brandon Arbuckle Posted: January 18, 2021 2:56 PM Updated: January 18, 2021 3:22 PM Colorized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (pink) heavily infected with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (green), isolated from a …
Azar: New York, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin 'Failing' Vaccine Rollout by Micromanaging January 18, 2021 11:46 pm Breitbart On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” HHS Secretary Alex Azar said that New York, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin have “micromanaged” their vaccine rollouts and said those states are “failing and they’re just looking for …
Wisconsin’s Top Health Official, Andrea Palm, Departing For Federal Job January 18, 2021 11:45 pm WCCO - Minnesota MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s top health official, who has led the state throughout the coronavirus pandemic, is leaving for a job with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under President-elect Joe Biden. Andrea Palm, secretary-designee of …
Jan. 18, 2021 evening weather update for Southern Wisconsin January 18, 2021 11:07 pm www.madison.com - Wisconsin For the drive home in Madison: Partly cloudy. Low around 15F. Winds WNW at 5 to 10 mph. It might be a good day to bundle up indoors, with temperatures barely hitting 21 though it will feel much colder at 11.47. 9 degrees is tomorrow's low. We'll …
Wisconsin reports 19 new deaths due to the coronavirus January 18, 2021 10:51 pm The Washington Times MILWAUKEE (AP) - Wisconsin health officials on Monday confirmed 19 new deaths due to the coronavirus, all but two of which were in Milwaukee County. The update lifted the number of fatalities since the start of the pandemic to 5,470. The death count is the …
Chances for snow, warmer, then much colder this week for southern Wisconsin January 18, 2021 10:08 pm www.madison.com - Wisconsin Skies over Madison should be partly sunny Wednesday, mostly sunny Thursday through Saturday, and mostly cloudy Sunday, with highs near 33, 34, 19, 20 and 26, and lows Wednesday night through Saturday night around 27, 13, 4 and 15. 27 Storm Track …
Calm reigns Sunday after Wisconsin Capitol prepared for armed protest January 18, 2021 10:08 pm www.madison.com - Wisconsin “We try to be respectful and not overreact, but at the same time we have to make sure we reasonably have sufficient resources to ensure our community safety, including lawful protesters,” Lt. David Jugovich said. People play fetch on the Capitol grounds …
Listen Now: Wisconsin’s Official Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration “Together As One” January 18, 2021 10:07 pm www.madison.com - Wisconsin The 41st annual official state ceremony, the oldest state celebration in the country, will be hosted by Jonathan Overby, host of WPR's “The Road To Higher Ground with Jonathan Overby.”“Dr. King marched, wrote, and used his voice to create social change …
Wisconsin justices skeptical of GOP redistricting proposal January 18, 2021 10:07 pm www.madison.com - Wisconsin FILE - In this June 29, 2010, file photo, Wisconsin Supreme Court justices meet in the court chamber in Madison, Wis. The Court turns its attention to redistricting on Thursday Jan. 14, 2021, considering a request backed by Republicans to change its …
Wisconsin health secretary Andrea Palm leaving to join Biden administration January 18, 2021 10:07 pm www.madison.com - Wisconsin More recently, Palm has been the target of GOP frustrations over the state's vaccine deployment. Republicans leaders last week called the state's vaccination dissemination "woefully inadequate." "Palm’s partisan credentials and my …