The University of Wisconsin System has announced that fall enrollment appears to be only slightly down from last year, with nearly 126,000 students enrolled at the 10 universities that have begun on-campus classes. University of Wisconsin System President Tommy Thompson says the number of students enrolled is a sign that having students return to campus was the right choice. The university system estimates that a total of 165,897 students, including […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater has been placed on paid leave while a complaint against him is investigated. A statement from UW System President Tommy Thompson did not disclose the nature of the complaint against Dwight Watson. Thompson says university officials will have no further comment on the personnel matter right now. UW-Whitewater Provost Greg Cook will lead the university until the complaint is […]
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — More than 250 people have been arrested since the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha. Police in the southeastern Wisconsin city provided an update Thursday. Blake, a Black man, was shot by a white police officer on Aug. 23, sparking three nights of unrest that resulted in roughly two dozen fires and damage to numerous downtown businesses. Two nights after the shooting, prosecutors say 17-year-old […]
Former Vice President Joe Biden spoke with Jacob Blake on the phone for 15 minutes during a visit to Wisconsin. Blake is a Black man whose shooting by a white Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officer last week led to days of protests and violence. Biden says Blake “talked about how nothing was going to defeat him, about how whether he walked again or not, he was not going to give up.” Blake’s […]
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden told residents in Kenosha, Wisconsin, that the turmoil their city has experienced following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, could help the nation confront centuries of systemic racism. The Democrat sought to draw a sharp contrast with President Donald Trump, who visited Kenosha earlier this week but concentrated on praising law enforcement and accusing protesters of “domestic terrorism.” […]
The state AAA says the majority of travelers this Labor Day holiday will take a road trip. State AAA spokesman Nick Jarmusz says as people look to Labor Day and the upcoming autumn and holiday seasons, many are still questioning how the pandemic will affect their trip. Jarmusz says while overall travel was down, Wisconsin residents still took road trips this summer. Jarmusz says gas prices for the Labor Day holiday […]
Joe Biden plans to meet with family members of Jacob Blake, the Black man from Wisconsin who was shot by police on Aug. 23. The Democratic presidential nominee plans to travel to Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Thursday to meet with community members. A campaign spokesman says Biden also plans to meet with members of the Blake family. When President Donald Trump was in Kenosha on Tuesday, he didn't meet with Blake’s family. He […]
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A curfew that's been in place in Kenosha for the more than a week after the police shooting of Jacob Blake has been lifted. The move on Wednesday is another sign of increasing calm in the southeastern Wisconsin city that's been the epicenter of the latest eruption over racial injustice. The curfew was lifted a day after it was targeted as unconstitutional in a federal lawsuit […]
If early polling is any indication it doesn’t appear that either presidential candidate got any kind of significant bounce in the polls following their party conventions last month. Polls taken after the Democratic National convention showed that Joe Biden did not see a bump in his polling numbers, and actually saw his lead sliding in some swing states. While President Donald Trump may have gotten a small bump out of his convention he still […]