Milwaukee has roughly 47,000 children that are under the age of 6, and half of these children don't have access to quality early childhood education, according to a report by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation.
A frac sand company in Wisconsin has re-emerged from bankruptcy and has brought its Chippewa County mine back into compliance with state and local regulations.
As health officials and providers brace for more potential cases of the new coronavirus, they are also working on ways to best communicate facts about the disease.
Organizers announced the postponement of the International Wisconsin Ginseng Festival, the first major event cancellation in Wisconsin as a result of concerns about the spread of COVID-19.
Five campuses in the University of Wisconsin System using coal as a heat source will transition to a combination of natural gas and heating oil in 2020.
Kewaukee native James Malechek is a strength and performance coach for China's national swim team. Since the end of January, he has been in quarantine in Beijing with swimmers training for the Tokyo Olympics due to the novel coronavirus outbreak.
More people are being tested for the novel coronavirus in Wisconsin, with a total of 44 people having been tested so far and a dozen results are still pending. Wisconsin Department of Health Services influenza surveillance coordinator Tom Haupt discusses the state's response to the outbreak.
While work is ongoing to prevent medical supply shortages, healthcare workers on the front line of treating the novel coronavirus are living it. UW Hospital and Clinics director of infection control Dr. Nasia Safdar discusses hospital preparedness and plans for an escalation of the outbreak.
Wisconsin health officials are expanding testing for the disease caused by the new coronavirus — not for everyone who may want it, but for those whose doctor recommends it.
