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Low foot traffic in Brown County worries local businesses as ghost town returns with COVID-19 spike

Tue, 10/13/2020 - 6:51am

The recent spike in COVID-19 cases has lead to a reduction in foot traffic to local businesses.

      

Barack Obama urges Wisconsinites to make a plan to vote

Tue, 10/13/2020 - 6:23am

Former President Barack Obama is releasing videos in Wisconsin and other states as Democrats push to get voters to the polls.

      

Brown County deputy, three other men injured in Montana crash with elk

Tue, 10/13/2020 - 6:12am

Deputy Ryan Nystrom and three friends were driving to Idaho in a mini bus for an elk hunt when they crashed into an elk, lost control and drove off an embankment, according to a GoFundMe page.

      

Wednesday is the last day to register online or by mail to vote in Wisconsin. Here's what to know -- and what deadlines are next.

Tue, 10/13/2020 - 5:12am

Planning to vote on Nov. 3? Online and by-mail registration ends Wednesday. Here's what you need to know.

      

Wisconsin denies tax credits to Foxconn for 2019 work, says company did not create enough jobs to fulfill agreement

Mon, 10/12/2020 - 7:34pm

The WEDC has sent a letter to Foxconn saying they are denying the company tax credits for work done in 2019.

      

Packers Foundation awards $1 million to Wisconsin organizations to provide social services, fight hunger

Mon, 10/12/2020 - 7:20pm

Grants this year go toward organizations dealing with the elderly, human services, homelessness and hunger.

      

Wisconsin reports 950 people are hospitalized with the coronavirus as state's crisis continues

Mon, 10/12/2020 - 3:56pm

Wisconsin is reporting a daily average of 2,547 new cases and now has 10 of the top 20 metro areas with the highest infection rates in the country

      

Podcast pundit off with Wisconsin voter registration deadline; same-day registration allowed

Mon, 10/12/2020 - 1:35pm

Fact check: Podcast pundit off with Wisconsin voter registration deadline

      

Eric Trump rallies Republicans at Menomonee Falls bowling alley as campaign heats up

Mon, 10/12/2020 - 1:31pm

Vice President Mike Pence is due in Waukesha Tuesday and President Donald Trump is due in Janesville Thursday, according to the announcement of a fund-raiser there.

      

Wisconsin National Guard soldiers put lives on the line helping extinguish California wildfires

Mon, 10/12/2020 - 11:36am

Fifteen volunteers from a Wisconsin National Guard helicopter unit are in California dumping water on forest fires.

      

Trump and Biden need to win Wisconsin. The swing state could be 2020 election 'tipping point'

Mon, 10/12/2020 - 11:33am

The battle over blue-collar "tipping point" Wisconsin features a growing COVID-19 caseload, turmoil in Kenosha, a polarized electorate, and a history of jump-ball elections

      

Ivanka Trump in Hilbert Tuesday to share president's agenda

Mon, 10/12/2020 - 9:47am

Campaign officials said Ivanka Trump will share President Trump's agenda with residents.

      

Mike Gallagher silent on effort to overturn mask mandate as district worsens as one of country's COVID-19 hot spots

Mon, 10/12/2020 - 9:19am

Republicans in Wisconsin's House delegation have voted against COVID-19 relief but have yet to say what they want to do to battle the coronavirus.

      

Transportation officials were hoping fatalities would decrease during the COVID-19 pandemic, but that hasn't happened. They have risen.

Mon, 10/12/2020 - 7:35am

Despite less traffic on Wisconsin roadways due to the COVID-19 pandemic, fatalities, through the end of September, are higher than 2019 levels.

      

'She's a godsend': Keshena Animal Rescue founder pays it forward on Menominee reservation

Mon, 10/12/2020 - 5:54am

Bette Anunson Anderson, of De Pere, has been offering free pet vaccination services on the Menominee reservation since 1981.

      

Coronavirus in Wisconsin: 2,676 more new cases reported, seven more deaths

Sun, 10/11/2020 - 3:10pm

The 2,676 new COVID-19 cases account for 26.1% of the total 10,247 test results reported by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services Sunday.

      

Warner 'Butch' Halverson dies of heart failure. But he got to visit his farm a last time.

Sat, 10/10/2020 - 7:10am

The farm was his life. He never married, never had children. Halverson was happiest when he was tending his cattle or working on a small sawmill.

      

'I shouldn't be here': Oshkosh bar owner in ICU with COVID-19 blames Trump for out-of-control pandemic

Fri, 10/09/2020 - 7:47pm

The owner of a beloved Oshkosh bar is in the ICU with COVID-19 and blames the president for an out-of-control pandemic that has infected his family.

      

Wisconsin reports 16 deaths, second-highest coronavirus case count ever as surge hits rural counties

Fri, 10/09/2020 - 4:08pm

The 2,988 coronavirus cases reported Friday was the second-highest case count ever, behind only Thursday's record-shattering count.

      

Gillett man gets 6 years in prison for abusing young son

Fri, 10/09/2020 - 3:24pm

The boy was injured three times during father's binge on drugs last fall.

      

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