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MADISON - The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds those celebrating the Fourth of July that fireworks are prohibited on all DNR lands. Prohibited areas include state parks and forests as well as state-owned public hunting and fishing properties.
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WISCONSIN - Coronavirus cases are on the rise globally as well -- further stressing the global supply chain for personal protective equipment. Newswatch 12 spoke with Senator Tammy Baldwin on Wednesday. She called the lack of federal response to COVID-19 inexcusable.
"I think about how different things would've been today if in the earliest days President Trump had used the something called the Defense Production Act," said Baldwin.
Senator Baldwin argues this would've made sure all the personal protection equipment we needed would have been produced. She says different hospitals and health care facilities have been competing over the same equipment.
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ABBOTSFORD - Marathon County Health Department, Clark County Health Department, and Family Health La Clinica will provide COVID-19 testing on Thursday, July 9 from 12 pm- 8 pm and Friday, July 10 from 7 am to 4 pm with the aid of the Wisconsin National Guard.
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RHINELANDER - You may have heard that the Oneida County fair is canceled this year due to COVID-19.
Just recently fair organizers including Tom Barnett and Meg Sprecksel announced the fair will still happen--but virtually.
Fair treasurer Meg Sprecksel said the idea of having a virtual fair rather than not having a fair at all came as a surprise.
"After our decision to cancel the fair, we saw some other fairs going virtual, and it enticed us," she said.
The fair's Facebook page, Instagram, and website (ocfairwi.com) will encourage people of all ages to participate, even if it's not physically in-person.
While traditional fair games are primarily kid-friendly, Sprecksel said the virtual fair is different.
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MADISON - The University of Wisconsin System and the Wisconsin Technical College System are making it easier for students to plan credit transfers in Wisconsin by launching a new online credit transfer tool called Transferology.
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MADISON - A reward has been doubled to $10,000 for information leading to whoever set fire to a biracial Wisconsin woman who says she was attacked while she was driving.
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RHINELANDER - Strapping on a police vest comes naturally to Thomas Ginter.
"I believe everything I've done in my life up to this point - this is where I was meant to be," said Ginter.
He's one of 14 students in the Nicolet College's Police Academy this summer. Amid national civic unrest over policing, enrollment in the school's criminal justice program is higher than usual.
Today, aspiring officers practiced routine traffic stops, while instructors weave in what Academy Director Tim Gerdman calls cultural competence.
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