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The University of Wisconsin Badgers make adjustments after more COVID-19 positive test results.  UW-Madison’s athletic department announced yesterday a Badgers student athlete and a team staff member tested positive within the past four days.  The statement says there are currently 14-active cases among students and staff, five of which have been confirmed in the past seven days.   As a result,  team practices are for now described as “limited on field conditioning” including mask wearing and social distancing.

Madison’s Police Officers Association reacts with skepticism to Mayor Satya Rhodes Conway’s proposed police budget cuts.  In a statement yesterday the union said concessions have already been made in the current contract.  Last month the Mayor said the city can’t afford a 2021 three-point-seven-five percent raise that is already in the contract.  The union statement expressed that they welcome good faith negotiation with the Mayor and the city while remaining dedicated to duty as one of the most progressive of

 NBC News projects Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 presidential election in Pennsylvania.  It puts Biden over the 270 electoral votes needed to win the election.  The call comes days after the election due to mail-in ballots that had to be counted. Projected President-elect Joe Biden calls himself “honored and humbled” by his victory in the hotly-contested presidential election.  Biden said — “In the face of unprecedented obstacles, a record number of Americans voted; proving once again that

Hello and welcome to your weekend. It’s Saturday! Which means we get to take our “scroll down memory lane.” A moment to take a look back on events from this day in history as we look forward to the day ahead. So, grab a mug of your favorite morning sippin’ drink and let’s see what happened on the past pages of the calendar to lead us here. Today is Saturday, November 7th, the 312th day of the year.  There are

The Safer At Home policy from this past spring reduced the spread of COVID-19.  So say scientific researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  Yesterday, WMTV reported that the new study uses data from February to April in Dane and Milwaukee counties.  The overall reduction in the spread of the virus dropped by 40-percent in Dane County and by 70-percent in Milwaukee County while the stay at home order was in force.  The study also reveals Dane County’s COVID is a different

Two protest groups make their views known near the state Capitol building.  On Friday afternoon there was a “Stop The Steal” rally by those who call for a vote recount in Wisconsin.  Additionally, protesters with Black Lives Matter showed up to bring attention to their cause for racial and social justice.  Some shouting back and forth between the groups took place but no flareups of violence were reported.  No arrests were made. When it comes to the current situation and the

Health officials in Wisconsin are reporting over 61-hundred new COVID-19 cases in a single day.  It marks another single day record for the state.  The positivity rate in Wisconsin is nearly 30-percent.  There were 62 additional deaths reported today, raising the number of Wisconsin residents killed by the coronavirus to two-thousand-256. CLICK HERE FOR MORE.

A female police officer is filing a criminal complaint against Marshfield Police Chief Rick Gramza.  The victim alleges inappropriate touching on numerous occasions and said she felt she would lose her job if she reported or tried to stop the assaults.  The victim alleges the assaults date back at least five years.  Gramza told investigators he had a sexual relationship with the victim that was consensual.

The average cost of regular gas in Wisconsin remains below two-dollars-a-gallon.  Triple-A says the price per gallon in the Badger State is a-dollar-91 today, while the national average is 2.11.  The price at the pump is a-dollar-83 a gallon in Appleton and Fond du Lac, one-86 in Janesville and Green Bay and a-dollar-91 in Madison.  St. Croix is one of the only areas in the state with gas prices above two-dollars.

Eau Claire County’s economy is improving. Weekly unemployment is down from the previous week and continuing a 15 week trend that shows more people going back to work. Wisconsin’s unemployment is also down from the previous week with around two-thousand fewer people filing weekly unemployment than the previous week. More than 97-thousand people filed for ongoing unemployment last week.