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Folks in and around Madison shouldn’t leave the house without a face mask. Madison and Dane County’s face mask requirement takes effect today. Pretty much everyone will be required to wear a mask almost everywhere they go. There is a 376 dollar fine for people who refuse to wear a mask, but it’s not clear just how strictly that fine will be enforced. Local businesses say about 90 percent of people in Madison already wear masks, so the new requirement

Here in our state, we saw numbers go up, but the dramatic jump in positive coronavirus cases has not yet led to a similar jump in the number of people in Wisconsin who are hospitalized because of the virus. The latest numbers from the state’s Department of Health Services show 769 new positive tests yesterday. That comes after 845 new positive tests on Friday, and 926 new positive tests on Saturday. But DHS says 264 people are in the hospital, and that

A Chippewa Falls man is due in court tomorrow to answer charges that he sexually abused children. Timothy Boehnen is denying the charges. Boehnen is on leave from UW Eau Claire, where he is the school’s risk management director. Boehnen spent the weekend in jail in Chippewa Falls.

A house fire turned fatal heading into the weekend. It was just after 10 on Friday night, July 10th, when the Dunn County 911 Center received a call of a house fire in the 6800 block of 270th Ave in Spring Brook Township. There were five occupants inside the house at the time the fire started. Two adult females were able to make it out of the house with only minor injuries. They were treated and released on scene. Two

Hello, and welcome to your weekend. Getting started on your Saturday, here’s a peek at some other July 11th’s in years past and what has happened along the way-enjoy the scroll down memory lane. Hope you enjoy your 7.11. 2020, no matter what lay ahead for you today! IT WAS ON THIS DAY IN…. In 1804, Aaron Burr, the third Vice President of the United States, shot former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton to death in their infamous duel at Weehawken,

A University of Wisconsin Health official says fall sports could make a comeback as long as proper behaviors are observed.  Doctor Jeff Pothof, UW Health Chief Quality Officer says if mandatory face mask wearing, strict observance of social distancing are practiced by all and the curve starts to flatten, fall sports could make a come back.  He also says there is no guarantee they will.  He says standardizing the health safety measures throughout the BigTen Conference and playing in-conference games only will

 Demonstrators hold a block party and then march to the state capitol in support of the rights of African Americans. The event was part of Seven Shades Of Black week of which Friday was day four.  The block party happened at the Hilldale Shopping Center yesterday afternoon followed by the march down University Avenue to the capitol last night.

Wisconsin coronavirus cases are hitting another record high.  The Department of Health says Wisconsin broke the record for most COVID-19 cases in one day for the second consecutive day.  The department confirms 845 new cases today, 91 more than yesterday.  The positive test rate is six-point-seven-percent today, a one-percent increase over yesterday.  Eight-hundred-and-41 Wisconsinites have died from the virus.

The price of regular gas in Wisconsin is up three-cents-a-gallon compared to a week ago.  Triple-A says the average price statewide is two-dollars-and-14-cents today.  The national average is 2.19.  Drivers are paying 2.15-a-gallon in Madison and Milwaukee, 2.21 in Kenosha and St. Croix counties and 2.04 in Appleton and Fond du Lac.

Harry Boehm will turn 105 years old on Sunday, July 12 at Prairie Pointe in Altoona. This huge milestone won’t be haulted by COVID-19, even with the state not allowing senior living facilities to have visitors. Harry’s friends and family have coordinated a drive-by celebration to wave and cheer from outside. “We want to give Harry the best celebration possible despite these circumstances,” said Linda Holzhausen, Activities Director at Prairie Pointe. “He is a loving and caring individual celebrating 105