Luke Zahm, owner of the Driftless Cafe in Viroqua, laid off his employees and asked them to file for unemployment. While the fallout will likely continue for months, there are opportunities for community members to help those economically hit by the outbreak.
Firearm retailers around Wisconsin are reporting spikes in gun sales of as much as 500 percent since the number of COVID-19 cases began to grow in the U.S. The most popular items are pistols, rifles and shotguns marketed for home defense.
On March 19, the state Department of Health Services said every community in the state should expect that the novel coronavirus is there. Here are the latest updates on the rapidly evolving response to the virus.
The first two fatalities in Wisconsin from the novel coronavirus were men in their 50s and 90s from Fond du Lac and Ozaukee Counties, respectively. The third was a 66-year-old Milwaukee man.
A doctor at the Waupun Correctional Institution has contracted COVID-19. News of the infection comes as several groups are demanding Gov. Tony Evers release inmates who are at risk of getting the new coronavirus from jails and prisons across Wisconsin.
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended Wisconsin's spring election. Absentee ballot requests are running at a record pace, and election clerks around the state are doing their best to keep up with demand.
The early days of social distancing under the new coronavirus hit the state's workforce especially hard as more than 30,000 people filed initial unemployment claims in just four days.
How does unemployment insurance work, and how do you apply for benefits? Caleb Frostman, Wisconsin Secretary of Workforce Development, and Amy Banicki, deputy administrator of the unemployment insurance division, explain.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services has confirmed community spread of COVID-19 in Brown, Dane, Kenosha and Milwaukee counties. The increase in cases comes at a time when the state has stepped up testing capacity, but is also experiencing a shortage of supplies.
Manufacturing companies making products like canned foods and toilet paper are reporting increased demand as consumers stock up in response to the novel coronavirus.
