COVID-19
MAY 11 UPDATE: Wisconsin National Guard conducting mobile testing at sites around the state
by Wisconsin National Guard Public Affairs A total of 25 specimen collection teams from the Wisconsin National Guard are now operational across Wisconsin supporting local health departments and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services effort to increase the state’s COVID-19 testing capacity. The teams, comprised of more than 600 Citizen Soldiers and Airmen in total,…
Read MoreGroups call on Congress to treat rural, urban businesses equally
LYONS, NEBRASKA – As lawmakers consider legislation to address the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, a group of 64 small business lenders across 32 states are calling on Congress to treat rural and urban businesses equally when it comes to providing relief. While the recently-passed Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act created…
Read MoreGov. Evers announces another turn of the dial for Wisconsin businesses
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers on May 11 announced another turn of the dial on Safer at Home to add even more opportunities for Wisconsin businesses to get back to work in a safe and responsible way. Emergency Order #36, signed on May 11, 2020 by Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) Secretary-designee Andrea Palm,…
Read MoreEvers releases guidances for businesses when they reopen
As many Wisconsin businesses look to a future when they can return to providing products and services, Gov. Tony Evers on Friday, May 8 announced a series of business-specific documents to help keep workers, customers, and families safe when the state’s safer-at-home order is lifted. The brochures — developed by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation…
Read MoreColfax tech-ed teacher uses 3D printer to make filtration Montana Masks for the community
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — With the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has come a shortage of Personal Protective Equipment for medical professionals. To help fill some of the shortage for the Colfax community, Jamie Buchholtz, technology education teacher at Colfax High School, is using the school district’s 3D printers to make filtration masks that work…
Read MoreColfax Memorial Day activities canceled
COLFAX — Memorial Day activities for the Russell-Toycen American Legion Post 131 of Colfax have been canceled for this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Under normal circumstances, American Legion members would meet at Colfax High School and then travel to Sand Creek for Memorial Day ceremonies. After the Sand Creek activities concluded, American Legion…
Read MoreDC facilities committee recommends canceling commercial activities at Dunn County Fair
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Board’s facilities committee is recommending commercial activities at the Dunn County Fair be canceled this year but youth exhibits by 4-H clubs, FFA members and other groups be allowed in some form. The facilities committee and the Dunn County Fair Board held a joint special meeting…
Read MoreDC Public Health COVID-19 update: “Keep it to a slow burn rather than a wildfire.”
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Dunn County increased from nine cases of COVID-19 the week before to 14 as of May 8. KT Gallagher, Dunn County’s public health officer, described the county’s total number of cases as “a slow burn.” “We want to keep it at a slow burn rather than a wildfire,” Gallagher…
Read MoreGov. Evers announces another turn of the dial for Wisconsin businesses
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers on May 11 announced another turn of the dial on Safer at Home to add even more opportunities for Wisconsin businesses to get back to work in a safe and responsible way. Emergency Order #36, signed on May 11, 2020 by Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) Secretary-designee Andrea Palm,…
Read MoreEvers releases guidances for businesses when they reopen
As many Wisconsin businesses look to a future when they can return to providing products and services, Gov. Tony Evers on Friday, May 8 announced a series of business-specific documents to help keep workers, customers, and families safe when the state’s safer-at-home order is lifted. The brochures — developed by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation…
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