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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.

      

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 - 4:10pm

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

      

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

Thu, 11/05/2020 - 4:03pm

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.

      

Vilas County sheriff says woman who died in jail cell took her own life, tribe seeks 'resolution'

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

The Lac du Flambeau nation says it will press for a "resolution" in investigating the death of Donna Christensen, an Ojibwe woman.

      

Green Bay man bound over for trial in May 22 shooting on west side

Thu, 11/05/2020 - 2:34pm

Muhammad Hoskins, 26, is accused of shooting a man in his leg on South Oakland Avenue on May 22.

      

Trial for Green Bay man charged in 2019 shooting death postponed after his lawyer's license is suspended

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

Brion Hatcher believed Tavarious D. Edwards of Green Bay and another man robbed him of $1,000.

      

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.

      

Packers mask Vince and Curly to emphasize better pandemic behavior as cornavirus continues to keep fans out of the stands

Thu, 11/05/2020 - 12:23pm

Green Bay Packers use iconic statues at Lambeau Field to promote healthy pandemic behavior.

      

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 - 10:34am

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

      

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.

      

State reports 104th COVID-19 death in Brown County; 7-day positivity rate of 37.26%

Wed, 11/04/2020 - 4:01pm

The 408 positive cases on Wednesday accounted for 58.7% of the day's 695 total tests that came back.

      

Elderly man accused of 1976 double homicide in Marinette Co. deemed competent for trial

Wed, 11/04/2020 - 3:31pm

The trial of Raymand Vannieuwenhoven is scheduled for the last two weeks of July 2021.

      

Wood County did not run out of ballots on Election Day, despite Fox News report, clerk says

Wed, 11/04/2020 - 3:22pm

Clerk Trent Miner debunked a claim broadcast nationally and reported by some local media sites.

      

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