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Nearly a million people have downloaded Wisconsin’s coronavirus tracking app. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said over 937 thousand people have activated the app, though it’s not clear how many people have been notified through the app. DHS continues to insist the app does not track people or expose anyone’s personal information. The app uses Bluetooth to ping phones, then contact traces those phones when someone who was nearby tests positive for the coronavirus.

Prosecutors in Kenosha are adding a curfew violation to the list of charges against Kyle Rittenhouse. The D.A. yesterday added the charge, saying Rittenhouse violated the city’s curfew on the night he shot and killed two people and wounded a third back in August. The curfew violation is a civil matter, meaning it’s a simple ticket. Rittenhouse is facing homicide and weapons charges in the case as well.

Coronavirus relief payments could already be in some Americans’ bank accounts.  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday direct deposits could start being deposited last night.  Paper checks will begin being sent out today.  The 600-dollar payments are meant to help boost the economy amid the downturn caused by the pandemic.  The House voted Monday to increase those payments to two-thousand-dollars, but that move faces an uncertain future in the Senate. Meanwhile, President-elect Joe Biden is laying out a number of

The sheriff in Barron County says road rage is to blame for a deadly shooting on Monday. The sheriff says it happened on North Mill Street in Barron about 4:45 Monday afternoon. Deputies arrested 20-year-old Clayton Lauritsen for the crime. The victim is being identified as 45-year-old Lauritz Robertson. Charges and more information expected this week. CLICK FOR MORE FROM THE ORGINAL STORY

The questions and answers at Wisconsin’s unemployment office are about to get a bit simpler. The state’s Department of Workforce Development this week announced plans to ‘simplify’ the unemployment application process. DWD says it will use plain language in the online survey that helps guide people through their jobless claim. DWD says confusion over some of the questions left people waiting for follow-up answers, and that led to Wisconsin’s months-long delay that saw thousands of people waiting for an unemployment check. But

A half dozen Wisconsin lawmakers have opted for a virtual oath of office this term. The six are all Democrats. They took their oath of office virtually because of the coronavirus. The rest of the Wisconsin legislature is set to be sworn-in in-person next week at the Capitol in Madison.

President Trump’s lawyers are trying one more time to get Wisconsin’s election results tossed out. The president’s campaign yesterday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the case. The president’s lawyers say the Wisconsin Supreme Court didn’t rule on the merits of their original lawsuit, namely that state and local election managers ignored state law back in November. The president is again asking for indefinitely confined votes, those absentee ballots collected in a Madison park, and thousands of incomplete ballots in Milwaukee

The expectation is that a lot of people will want to make sure they didn’t catch the coronavirus over the holidays. Doctors now say they are expecting a post-holiday surge in coronavirus testing. The predicted post-Thanksgiving coronavirus increase never materialized.  Leaders warned about a possible post-Christmas jump as well. The thought now is that people are waiting until the holidays are over before getting a new coronavirus test.

Coronavirus stimulus payments could be in bank accounts within hours.  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchinsaid direct deposits could start being deposited Tuesday.  Paper checks will begin being sent out Wednesday.  The 600-dollar payments are meant to help boost the economy amid the downturn caused by the pandemic.  Meantime, the House voted Monday to increase those payments to two-thousand-dollars, but that move faces an uncertain future in the Senate.  President Trump is demanding Republicans increase stimulus checks to two-thousand dollars unless they