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Governor Tony Evers wants a support staff of volunteers to assist the healthcare system during the coronavirus crisis.  The governor today said the state is looking for active and retired healthcare professionals.  The governor says the top priority is to make sure there are enough resources to care for the growing number of people requiring hospitalization.  Evers says the state needs to create a wide network of volunteers to increase the capacity of hospitals and clinics.

The City of Fond du Lac is ready to impose hefty fines for anyone violating the state Safer At Home order.  An ordinance was adopted this week that allows police to fine kids as young as 12 for violations of the Emergency Public Health order.  A first-time offense for kids ages 12 and 13 is 90-dollars.  That doubles for 14 to 16-year-olds and if you’re 17 and older fines start at over 300-dollars.

The cost for regular gas in Wisconsin is 14-cents-a-gallon lower compared to a week ago.  Triple-A says the average price statewide is a-dollar-35 today.  That’s 90-cents-a-gallon lower than this date last month when regular averaged two-25 in Wisconsin.  Today, drivers are paying a-dollar-33 a gallon in Madison, one-eleven in Appleton, one-19 in Green Bay, a-dollar-58 in Wausau and a state-high average of one-76 in Superior. 

The Executive Committee of Wisconsin Farm Technology Days 2020 Eau Claire announced today that it has postponed this year’s event to July 20-22, 2021 because of the impact Covid-19 is anticipated to have across Wisconsin this year. Huntsinger Farms, the 2020 Host Farm, has generously offered to host Farm Technology Days in 2021 in Eau Claire. Eau Claire will fill a gap year in the FTD schedule, as there was no show planned for 2021. The decision was made by

A man is being charged in Chippewa County after he allegedly forced three instances of sexual assault on a minor. A criminal complaint says 25-year-old Dakota Stewart of Monroe County was accused of events that happened in October 2018. Stewart is scheduled for an initial court appearance at the end of June. 

The Clark County campgrounds are now closed through May 14th.  The Clark County Health Department yesterday announced the closure saying it expires at midnight on May 14th unless the public order is extended. Clark County officials also say the campground will not take any new reservations before June 1st. 

Wisconsin dairy farmers are feeling the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Pepin County Dairy Promotion Chair Randy Koller says the industry is experiencing a surplus because a lot of product is used in restaurants that are now closed. The Pepin County Dairy Promotion Council yesterday donated 100-gallons of milk to the Durand Food Pantry, and it was given away in only 15-minutes. Both the Durand Area Food Pantry and Pepin County Dairy Promotion say they didn’t know what to expect from

A local goat farm is implementing a drive-thru window to help the public visit the new baby animals. Govin’s Farm Babies Drive Thru in Menomonie is allowing visitors to still see the yearly baby goats and sheep at a distance. Owner John Govin says people can drive through the farm and see the animals on either side of their vehicle, but safety regulations require drivers to keep their windows up. The Farm Babies Drive Thru is open today and tomorrow,

The number of people coming down with the coronavirus in Eau Claire is holding steady. City-county health director Lieske Geise yesterday said they have not confirmed a new case of the virus in three days. Eau Claire County is holding at 21 confirmed cases. But, looking at the overall situation more than 95-percent of the nearly three-thousand people in Wisconsin who are infected with the coronavirus will get better on their own in a matter of weeks. The state’s Department of Health

To say the coronavirus is putting a lot of people in Wisconsin out of work is putting it mildly. The state’s Department of Workforce Development yesterday said Wisconsin’s jobless rate could hit 27 percent because of the virus. A DWD report says over 48 thousand private businesses in the state are, or could soon close because of the outbreak. That could drive-up the unemployment number to record levels. Before the coronavirus outbreak, Wisconsin’s jobless rate was three-and-half percent.