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A company that provides the Altoona School District with uniforms, t-shirts, and equipment is now also providing students with milk.  BIG Athletics yesterday gave away 150-free milk coupons for students to redeem at any Kwik Trip. The company was originally challenged to donate 100-gallons, but officials said they decided to donate more. BIG Athletics nominated CCF Bank and WNB Financial for the challenge next. 

A juvenile is facing charges after painting a bulldozer in Marshfield. It was on Wedensday, May 20th when it was reported a juvenile was spray painting a bulldozer in the 1500 block of E. 25th St. Officers located several properties that had been spray painted. A 12 year old was located and will be referred to Wood County Human Services for criminal damage to property. 

Governor Tony Evers is directing some funding towards our farmers. The governor yesterday announced a 50 million-dollar farm aid package. Farmers can apply for direct payments through the state’s Department of Agriculture. The governor hopes the money will ‘jump-start’ the supply chain in the state. In addition to the 50 million for farmers, the governor yesterday announced a plan to spend 15 million-dollars on the state’s food banks.

Wisconsin set a record for positive coronavirus tests, negative coronavirus tests, and the number of tests given. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday reported 528 people who tested positive for the virus yesterday, and six-thousand-63 people who tested negative. Both of those are single-day records. DHS says Wisconsin also set a new record for daily tests processed, at nearly seven thousand. Now, it’s recorded in all 72. The last county in Wisconsin without a confirmed case of COVID-19 now has its first patient.  Langlade

The line to get unemployment benefits in the state of Wisconsin is growing. The State’s Department of Workforce Development yesterday said it is working through a backlog of 140 thousand claims. DWD Secretary Caleb Frostman says the claims are on-hold because there are not enough workers to process them. He says DWD is working on that, he hopes to hire about 100 more people and turn to an outside company to help as well.

There’s some agreement on the idea of mailing absentee ballot applications to voters in Wisconsin, but there’s no agreement on who would get them. The Wisconsin Election Commission yesterday split on the question of who to send ballots to. Democrats want to send them to every voter in the state, while Republican commissioners want to send applications only to people who didn’t vote absentee in April. The disagreement means there is no policy for the November election. The WEC will meet again next

It seems the deer are still not following all of the posted crossing signs, so we need to be aware behind the wheel! Memorial Day weekend usually means more drivers on the road, but it also means more deer. The Wisconsin Highway Patrol says this is the time of year when does look to find a place to have their babies. That means more deer will be out on the roads at dusk and dawn. Troopers say be aware, slow down, and

It will be, almost, a typical Memorial Day weekend in Lake Geneva. The city council there voted on Tuesday to reopen their beach starting Saturday. It was not a unanimous decision as three council members voted against reopening and four voted for it. Lake Geneva says two beach employees have quit rather than return to work because of the coronavirus.

The last county in Wisconsin without a confirmed case of COVID-19 now has its first patient.  Langlade County health officials in northeastern Wisconsin confirmed its first case yesterday.  The health department is following up with those who had contact with the patient, who is in self-quarantine. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases continues to rise in Wisconsin.  The Department of Health Services today reported a total over 13-thousand-400 cases statewide.  Eight people died from the virus in the last 24 hours bringing the total number