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Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: April 2020

COVID-19 Forces Baraboo Logger To Saw His Business To The Bone

Andy Moore
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Baraboo-based Hack Away Forest Products has had to lay off the majority of its full-time employees, as the market for its wood has come crashing down.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: April 2020

Nonprofit Sector To Be Challenged And Changed By COVID-19

Andy Soth
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Every business in America is being significantly affected by the COVID-19 outbreak and related economic woes. For non-profits, the impact may be no less significant. One online CNN commentator recently warned it could be an “extinction-level event” for many community service organizations.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: April 2020

Wisconsin Attorney General: Power To Reopen Belongs To States

Bridgit Bowden
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President Trump has riled officials from states across the country by saying that the federal government has the authority to reopen the country. Legal experts agree that the power to lift state stay-at-home orders belongs to state officials.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: April 2020

DHS: 3,555 Confirmed COVID-19 Cases In Wisconsin

WPR Staff
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The state Department of Health Services announced on April 14 that there are 3,555 positive cases of COVID-19 in Wisconsin, a jump of 127 cases from the day before.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: April 2020

'I Just Feel Completely Helpless': Wisconsin Parents With Shared Custody Confused, Concerned About Placement

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Bridgit Bowden
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Gov. Tony Evers’ safer-at-home order allows travel related to the exchange of children pursuant to custody orders, but many people still have questions. Some parents worry about the health and safety of their kids while others fear their kids may be kept away from them.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: April 2020

Cash-Strapped And Volunteer-Dependent, Rural EMS Providers Scramble To Keep Responders Safe

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Bram Sable-Smith
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Rural Wisconsin is vulnerable to COVID-19, and emergency medical services are turning to creative solutions to find protective gear to keep their responders virus-free.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: April 2020

Hospitals In Madison, Milwaukee Testing Plasma Treatment For COVID-19 Patients

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Shamane Mills
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The results aren't known yet, but an experimental treatment giving severely ill patients antibodies from those who have recovered from COVID-19 has begun at hospitals in Milwaukee and Madison.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: April 2020

Live: What To Know April 13 About COVID-19 In Wisconsin

WPR Staff
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The state Department of Health Services announced on April 13 that there are 3,428 positive cases of COVID-19 statewide.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: April 2020

Public Health Officials Begin To See Flattened COVID-19 Curve In Wisconsin

Will Kenneally
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Wisconsin is starting to see a flattening of its COVID-19 curve, the Gov. Tony Evers said at a briefing. However, the governor and public health officials cautioned Wisconsinites that though the curve is flattening, the state is not "out of the woods" yet.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: April 2020

First Federal Lawsuit Filed Following Wisconsin's April 7 Election

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Corrinne Hess
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A group of Milwaukee-area residents have filed a federal class action lawsuit following the April 7 election.