COVID-19
State moratorium on utility disconnections during COVID-19 to end July 25
MADISON – On Thursday, the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) voted unanimously to lift the temporary moratorium on utility disconnections for nonpayment during the COVID-19 public health emergency. The move comes as the state continues to reopen and nearly a month after the state Supreme Court struck down Safer at Home. The PSC strongly…
Read MoreDunn County Health Department: Health Alert –COVID-19
COVID-19 is a public health emergency both nationally and locally. In approximately December of 2019, a novel virus known as the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), causing the disease known as coronavirus (COVID-19), was detected. It has spread throughout the world and every state in the United States of America. To date there have…
Read MoreWhile ‘Safer at Home,’ Wisconsinites get moving again
Despite safer-at-home orders in place through May 26, many Wisconsinites already had become more mobile than in the opening weeks of the pandemic, according to data from Cuebiq, a private company that uses GPS features on mobile devices to track movement anonymously. Throughout the end of March and all of April, Wisconsinites everywhere greatly reduced…
Read MoreUW System announces students will return to campus in fall
MADISON, Wis.—The University of Wisconsin System will welcome students back to campus for the fall 2020 semester, UW System President Ray Cross and Regent President Andrew S. Petersen announced today. The announcement comes as universities continue planning for the 2020-21 academic year. “We are preparing an environment that reduces risk so that students, faculty, and…
Read MoreGov. Evers announces $40 million in financial assistance to hospitals to help with COVID-19 losses
MADISON – Gov. Tony Evers announced on June 11 hospitals across Wisconsin will receive direct payments from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) to assist with lost revenue and expenses they’ve incurred related to the COVID-19 pandemic in March, April, and May 2020. DHS will distribute these payments from $40 million of funding provided…
Read MoreDC facilities committee recommends Red Cedar Speedway racing with restrictions
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Board’s facilities committee has recommended that the county board allow the Red Cedar Racing Association to hold races at the Dunn County Rec Park with certain restrictions in place. Some of the restrictions approved by the facilities committee at the June 9 meeting to help mitigate…
Read MoreDunn County Health Department: Health Alert –COVID-19
COVID-19 is a public health emergency both nationally and locally. In approximately December of 2019, a novel virus known as the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), causing the disease known as coronavirus (COVID-19), was detected. It has spread throughout the world and every state in the United States of America. To date there have…
Read MoreDunn Co. Health Department: COVID-19 still a public health emergency – stay the course
As of June 2, 2020 Dunn County has had 25 residents test positive for COVID-19. We are grateful to report that 24 people have been released from isolation and our newest case is isolating at home. While cases have doubled in some adjacent counties since the Wisconsin Safer at Home Order was discontinued, Dunn County…
Read MoreNot so fast: WIAA fall sports still in limbo, contrary to online report
Several media outlets along with social media across the state grabbed on to an erronous report late last week that stated the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) had approved the resumption of the upcoming high school and middle school fall sports season. As it turns out, it was a bit premature. Over this past weekend,…
Read MoreUW-Eau Claire, UW-River Falls, UW-Stout welcome students back to campus for fall semester
The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, UW-River Falls and UW-Stout announced they will welcome students to campus for the fall semester. All three universities, which completed their respective spring semesters using alternative delivery methods due to the COVID-19 pandemic, are putting comprehensive safety plans in place to allow faculty, staff and students to return to campus.…
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