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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — While all eyes are on Republican legislators' attempt to persuade the state Supreme Court to strike down Gov. Tony Evers' stay-at-home order, two Waukesha County residents have quietly mounted their own challenge to the restrictions. Jere' Fabick and Larry Chapman filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court on Monday arguing that the order violates their constitutional rights to freedom of speech, religion and travel. Fabick is […]

Gov. Tony Evers' administration on Friday released a best practices guidebook for businesses as they reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic.   The guidelines apply to a wide array of businesses from swimming pools to restaurants, hair salons to gyms, manufacturers and professional offices. Wisconsin's current “safer at home” order closing most nonessential businesses remains in effect until May 26. The Wisconsin Supreme Court is considering a lawsuit filed by Republican lawmakers […]

Members of the Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 115th Fighter Wing are assisting the state's medical examiners with mortuary operations during the coronavirus pandemic.  A special team is helping coroners remove and handle those who have died, transport their bodies, clean and decontaminate.  Team member, Master Sgt. Steven Ulrich, said a local coroner’s normal workload doesn’t stop just because there is a pandemic in their communities.   “Every time you watch the […]

The Wisconsin Department of Corrections in collaboration with the Department of Health Services and State Emergency Operations Center has announced it will test all persons including staff at Felmers O. Chaney Correctional Center (FCCC) and Marshall E. Sherrer Correctional Center (MSCC) for COVID 19 on Tuesday, May 12, 2020. The Wisconsin National Guard will assist DOC with the testing. The DOC says as of May 7, 2020, 20 persons across […]

MADISON, Wis.  — The Wisconsin Department of Corrections says it’s released nearly 1,600 inmates since March to help reduce the possibility of spreading the coronavirus. Corrections spokeswoman Anna Neal says most of the inmates released since March 2 had been detained because they violated terms of their probation, parole or extended supervision. The inmates were released from either a county jail or DOC’s Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility. The DOC houses […]

Fond du Lac Republican state representative Jeremy Thiesfeldt has a stark message for residents of the 52nd Assembly District…"The coronavirus will have to run it’s course and people will continue to get sick and die until a vaccine is found."   Thiesfeldt says at some point the virus will take it’s toll and he says the question is will health care facilities be prepared for that?   Theisfeldt supports reopening the state’s economy […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans in rural parts of the state are joining with business owners to push for a regional reopening plan to give the economy a boost as it struggles under the coronavirus pandemic. The state Department of Workforce Development on Thursday also sounded a warning that the state fund that pays unemployment claims could run out of money in five months. Meanwhile, Gov. Tony Evers says […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross says the system is working on safety protocols to enable students to return to campuses if the coronavirus pandemic stretches into fall. Cross laid out a five-point plan to the Board of Regents on Thursday. He says officials want to be able test faculty, staff and students, trace student contacts, create a way to isolate the sick and asymptomatic, […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross is ordering campuses to prepare to cut academic programs and brace for layoffs as the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic deepens. Cross says he wants campuses to complete evaluations of their programs by January with an eye toward cost, whether they’re duplicated at another campus and student demand. System officials will decide which courses stay. Cross says campuses […]