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Where Joe Biden won Wisconsin: Dane County and the Milwaukee County suburbs

Fri, 11/06/2020 - 6:00am

Trump's winning 2016 blueprint came with a very small cushion, and couldn't survive more serious erosion in the state's population centers.

      

Is Trump campaign urging Pennsylvania supporters to mail late ballots?

Fri, 11/06/2020 - 12:23am

Even as the president rails against counting valid votes, his team appears to be encouraging illegal late voting in crucial Pennsylvania

      

Sauk County man arrested in FBI sting after traveling to Oshkosh to meet 'teenage girl' for sex

Thu, 11/05/2020 - 5:24pm

Winnebago County deputies arrested Zachary Wood, 45, of Merrimac, in the FBI's Operation Kick Boxer investigation into child pornography and sex abuse.

      

In a shakeup, Wisconsin Republicans choose state Sen. Devin LeMahieu as their leader

Thu, 11/05/2020 - 5:23pm

Republicans in the state Senate chose Devin LeMahieu to run their caucus now that state Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald is heading to Congress.

      

Wisconsin announces end of extended unemployment benefits

Thu, 11/05/2020 - 4:49pm

Wisconsin will no longer offer extended benefits for those who exhaust 39 weeks of regular and pandemic insurance after Nov. 7.

      

Second top Wisconsin health officer to leave position in six months

Thu, 11/05/2020 - 4:36pm

Interim state health officer Stephanie Smiley is leaving as the pandemic is at its worst in Wisconsin.

      

'COVID rages on stronger than ever': Wisconsin reports 5,900 new cases for second day in a row

Thu, 11/05/2020 - 4:24pm

Over Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, the state reported a staggering 17,628 new cases. The seven-day average for new daily cases is nearly 5,000.

      

Menominee Nation reports first COVID-19 death

Thu, 11/05/2020 - 4:22pm

The person who died was a community member and patient of Menominee Tribal Clinic, was elderly and had serious underlying health conditions.

      

Trump campaign hasn't provided evidence to back up claim of Wisconsin election 'irregularities'

Thu, 11/05/2020 - 3:27pm

Trump and officials with his campaign have floated vague accusations with no evidence of election tampering in Wisconsin.

      

UW System enrollment declines, but not as steeply as elsewhere in U.S.

Thu, 11/05/2020 - 2:24pm

UW-Madison, UW-Parkside and UW-Green Bay are the only campuses that saw an overall gain, and branch campuses weathered large declines.

      

Outagamie County sets aside money for new Plamann Park pavilion, diversity coordinator

Thu, 11/05/2020 - 2:05pm

The owner of an average home will pay $690 in property taxes for county services next year. That's an increase of $6.

      

Dr. John Mielke, champion of education and health care in Fox Cities, dies

Thu, 11/05/2020 - 12:19pm

Fox Cities leaders mourn the philanthropist, school board member, physician who has such a large impact on the area.

      

Bice: Robin Vos, bad polls and other winners and losers from the (still going) 2020 election

Thu, 11/05/2020 - 10:46am

Would former Vice President Joe Biden have won Wisconsin if Democratic lawyers had not bumped Kanye West and the Green Party from the presidential ballot?

      

'Shecession': COVID-19 pandemic presses down on Wisconsin women

Thu, 11/05/2020 - 9:35am

For occupational and cultural reasons, women bear the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic. Wisconsin women share how they're navigating the "shecession."

      

2021 Neenah budget: Kaufert includes money for Arrowhead Park and design of parking ramp

Thu, 11/05/2020 - 6:22am

The city anticipates receiving $254,000 in revenue from the proposed annexation of the Alliant Energy power plant on Winnebago County CB.

      

As Wisconsin voters sort through their emotions, a sense of unease emerges that as a country, we remain 'in a dangerous spot'

Wed, 11/04/2020 - 6:42pm

Election Day was a harrowing roller coaster of emotions. And according to many Wisconsin voters, the day after wasn't much different.

      

Packers reiterate ban on fans at home games because of Brown County's COVID-19 rates

Wed, 11/04/2020 - 6:24pm

Brown County remains one of the most-infected counties in the country. The Packers say that must change to allow fans at Lambeau Field games.

      

UW campuses across state to provide free COVID-19 testing to community members as well as students

Wed, 11/04/2020 - 5:56pm

The testing sites will make rapid result COVID-19 tests available to community members for free.

      

A late night, race-altering results and a police escort were all part of a surreal election overnight in Wisconsin

Wed, 11/04/2020 - 5:13pm

If you fell asleep, you missed a wild shift in the U.S. Presidential race centered on Wisconsin once absentee ballots were calculated in Milwaukee.

      

Wisconsin reports record-breaking day for new COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, positivity rate

Wed, 11/04/2020 - 4:15pm

Wisconsin's coronavirus numbers continued their unfettered upward climb Wednesday as all 72 counties recorded a very high level of disease activity.

      

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