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The Wisconsin State Senate votes to repeal the statewide mask mandate imposed by Governor Tony Evers.
2021-01-26

Governor Tony Evers announces that the state will extend its mask mandate for 60 days.
2021-01-15

Wisconsin reports more than 5,700 new infections, its single day record since the pandemic began.
2020-11-3

Circuit Court Judge R. Michael Waterman refuses to block the mask mandate order by Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers.
2020-10-12

Authorities in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, announce that 28 people have been arrested during the third night of protests over the lack of charges against Joseph Mensah, the officer accused of killing 17-year-old Alvin Cole.
2020-10-10

Governor Tony Evers announces that the state will open a field hospital at the state fairgrounds near Milwaukee.
2020-10-7

The Wisconsin Supreme Court overturns Governor Tony Evers's order to postpone tomorrow's primary elections. Furthermore, the Supreme Court of the United States rules 5–4 in favor of the Republican National Committee to overturn a lower court decision extending absentee ballot eligibility in the Wisconsin primary election to those ballots postmarked by April 13, ruling that ballots postmarked after April 7 will be invalidated.
2020-04-6

A 76-year-old man is sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 2012 murder of a 13-year-old boy in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
2013-07-22

In three states—Wisconsin, Minnesota (where an elderly person's death was reported), and Illinois—in the United States, Whole Foods Market Inc. is recalling three types of the Crave Brothers (based in Waterloo, Wisconsin) Les Freres cheese, sold in 30 states and in Washington, D.C., due to concerns that it may be contaminated with "Listeria monocytogenes", which causes listeriosis, dangerous especially to the immunocompromised and pregnant women.
2013-07-5

The Governor of Wisconsin Scott Walker declares a state of emergency in southern Wisconsin as a result of the blizzard.
2011-02-1