Category Archives: Local News
Lancaster Theatre Asks For Waiver of Rent Payments
The Lancaster Common Council has decided to defer for two months the collection of rent payments from State Theatres LLC, the tenant that rents the city's Grantland Theater to show movies. In a letter...
Apr 7, 2020
Coronavirus Predictions Earlier Peak Date, Fewer Deaths
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation now says Wisconsin's peak date for its battle with COVID-19 will be April 17th instead of the 27th. They are also predicting fewer deaths from the virus...
Apr 7, 2020
Vote On Five Flags Civic Center Expansion Won't Be in September
The vote for an expansion proposal for Dubuque's Five Flags Civic Center will not take place this fall. When it will be has not been established. City Council members voted, 7-0, on Monday night to po...
Apr 7, 2020
Wisconsin DHS Has 12 Labs Running COVID-19 Tests
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says it now has 12 labs running COVID-19 tests. D-H-S Secretary Andrea Palm says the labs are capable of completing near 36 hundred tests each day. At least...
Apr 7, 2020
Minnesota Company Said To Be Working With Foxconn To Make Ventilators
The C-E-O of a Minnesota-based biomedical engineering company says a deal is being discussed with Foxconn to make ventilators in Wisconsin. Chairman and C-E-O Omar Ishrak of Medtronic was interviewed ...
Apr 7, 2020
US Supreme Court Blocks Extension Of Absentee Voting In Today’s Election
Absentee voters won't get any extra time to submit their ballots. The U-S Supreme Court has blocked a plan to extend the deadline for turning those ballots in. It had been tentatively extended to Apri...
Apr 7, 2020
Lands End Announces Furloughs
Lands' End announced it has furloughed workers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. A furlough of roughly 70% of the company's corporate employees and nearly all of its retail workers went into effec...
Apr 6, 2020
State Supreme Court Blocks Evers Attempt To Delay Election
Wisconsin's presidential primary election will proceed Tuesday under an order from the state Supreme Court that came just hours after Democratic Gov. Tony Evers tried to postpone voting as part of a l...
Apr 6, 2020
Evers Suspends Tuesday's Spring Election
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers announced Monday that he will suspend in-person voting for Tuesday's spring election, prompting Republicans to ask the state Supreme Court to block the order. Evers signe...
Apr 6, 2020
Lafayette County Reports First Confirmed Case of Coronavirus
Lafayette County health officials today announced the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the county. Lafayette County was the last in southwest Wisconsin to not have a confirmed case. In Wisconsin, 1...
Apr 6, 2020
