UPDATE 12/1/2019: This story has been update to reflect the latest outage totals as of 1 p.m.
The latest WPS outages map shows nearly 25,000 customers are currently without power.
The latest Wisconsin Public Service outages map shows almost 10,000 customers are currently without power.
The most outages were reported in Sturgeon Bay. Close to 1,300 customers there are currently without power.
On Twitter WPS said "our crews are responding and repairing outages caused by multiple inches of heavy, wet snow and strong winds moving through our service area."
If you're without service you're encouraged to report your outage to us WPS here: ms.spr.ly/6018Tp7hr
EAGLE RIVER - "For many of us, this day has been in our calendars or in a countdown as soon as we knew the date," said Northland Pines graduate Jillian Gleason.
Graduation day at Northland Pines happened without crowd, stage or students.
"We have faced challenges that no class has experienced before," Gleason said. "We're facing a world most don't know how to navigate."
But the Class of 2020 did have resolve, and a little bit of humor.
"Good afternoon: family, friends, faculty, and people who said 'well, I guess we have nothing better to do today,'" quipped student speaker Gunnar Schiffmann.
WAUSAU - Public health departments rely on contact tracing to stop coronavirus outbreaks before they happen.
But they can't do it without people to make the calls.
The Marathon County health department is hiring part-time contract workers to perform contact traces.
That involves determining how many people have been exposed to coronavirus by contact with a known positive case.
Those people are then contacted, tested and potentially quarantined.
People who are interested can apply by emailing a resume to jobs@westphalstaffing.com with "Contact Tracer: Referral Marathon County Health Department" in the subject line.
Judy Burrows from the Marathon County health department was very specific in describing what she's looking for from a potential hire.
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump announced Friday that the United States will cut ties with the World Health Organization.
"China has total control over the World Health Organization despite only paying $40 million per year compared to what the United States has been paying, which is approximately $450 million a year," Trump said during a press conference from the White House Rose Garden.
"The world needs answers from China on the virus. We must have transparency. Why is it that China shut off infected people from Wuhan to all other parts of China?" he added. "It didn't go to Beijing, it went nowhere else, but they allowed them to freely travel throughout the world, including Europe and the United States."
Trump has repeatedly criticized the WHO's response to the coronavirus, which has hit the U.S. worse than any other country, amid scrutiny of his own administration's response to the pandemic. He has claimed WHO is "China-centric" and blames the agency for advising against China travel bans early in the outbreak.
News of the arrest came moments after Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz acknowledged the "abject failure" of the response to the protests and called for swift justice for officers involved. Walz said the state would take over the response to the violence and that it's time to show respect and dignity to those who are suffering.
The former Minneapolis police officer shown on video putting his knee on the neck of George Floyd has been arrested, according to Minnesota Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington.
Derek Chauvin, who was fired on Monday along with three other officers involved in the detainment of Floyd, was taken into custody Friday.
Video showed Chauvin kneeling on Floyd's neck for at least eight minutes on Monday night. The police department initially said Floyd "physically resisted" the officers and that he died after "suffering medical distress."
The Sokaogan Chippewa Community in Crandon has been awarded $300,000 to fund their coronavirus relief effort.
According to a press release, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced they will award $15 million to 52 different tribes across the nation.
The money comes from the CARES Act that President Trump signed back in March.
Qualifying tribes can receive up to $300,000 in these grants.
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